1.   He hoped that his visa might be extended.

2.   I applied to extend my visa.

3.   Conversely, the Justice Department is offering to reward people who do cooperate by extending their visas and allowing them to pursue U.S. citizenship.

4.   He had expected to be welcomed to Moscow with open arms, but the Soviet government at first refused even to extend his visa.

5.   He told her he would help her to have her visa extended so she could work on the terrorism project.

6.   He was allowed to return a few days later, and today said he has managed to get his visa extended for another three months.

7.   Immigration offices in China, meanwhile, have stopped extending the visas of many people from those countries, forcing them to leave.

8.   President Clinton deserves credit for extending a visa to allow the Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams to visit the United States earlier this year.

9.   Unlike older, more established Britons, whose visas are routinely extended, the young British are vulnerable because their jobs can easily be filled by local Chinese.

10.   While in the United States she made sure she violated no laws, even hiring a lawyer to extend her visa.