1.   Al-Mihdhar was even able to get his visa renewed by consular officials in Saudi Arabia who knew nothing against him.

2.   American citizens often try to stay as tourists, regularly leaving the country and re-entering in order to have visas renewed in their U.S. passports.

3.   Diplomats will be exempt, but the law does not specify whether foreigners already living in Russia will have to be tested before renewing their visas.

4.   Earlier this year, it refused to renew the visa of an Australian journalist, Bruce R. Cheesman, who had written articles critical of President Kim.

5.   He said several priests have to leave Cuba each year because the government fails to renew their visas.

6.   If the government uses that kind of broad interpretation, it could end up revoking or not renewing visas.

7.   Indonesia refused to renew the visa of an Australian journalist who has written about human rights abuses there.

8.   Though Eenhoorn must go back to Holland to renew his visa, he, his wife and son plan to spend much of the winter in Tampa.

9.   Usually, the visa can be renewed once for an additional three-year stay.

10.   Usually, a visa can be renewed once for an additional three-year stay.