1.   Exit visas are only given in exceptional circumstances.

2.   A consul agreed to give the visas to the sisters after Whitman told her their story.

3.   After a background check showed that Akhmadov had not committed any offenses that would bar him, he was given a visa, they said.

4.   After the cease-fire broke, the Clinton administration made it clear that Adams would not be given a visa to the United States.

5.   But Foreign Minister Yohei Kono of Japan confirmed Friday night, after meeting Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, that the former Taiwan leader would be given the visa.

6.   But Lebanon is not giving visas to Palestinians, not even to those who, like Jibreal, bear travel passes issued by the Lebanese government.

7.   He was nevertheless given a visa for the next visit, and an extension to that.

8.   In the ensuing years, relations with the United States deteriorated to the point where Arafat no longer was given American visas.

9.   Our passports are worthless because no one will give us visas.

10.   She added that humanitarian visas are given to people outside the country who cannot immigrate under other circumstances.