1.   Citizens are free to travel around the country and obtain visas to venture overseas.

2.   I managed to obtain a visa through the good offices of a friend in the Service.

3.   Members of Congress have questioned the State Department about how Wang obtained a visa and whether officials knew of his arms background.

4.   Pond then took Olajuwon to see about obtaining a visa.

5.   The official procedure for obtaining a visa can turn into a bureaucratic nightmare.

6.   Americans who wish to visit Turkey must now obtain a visa, either from a Turkish Consulate in the United States or at a Turkish port of entry.

7.   American academics report increasing problems in obtaining visas for Russian students or faculty members.

8.   And felons cannot obtain visas in the United States.

9.   And for many of them the list of documents and other information now required to obtain a visa is both daunting and complicated.

10.   And, he said, officials will make it harder for foreigners to obtain non-immigrant visas to visit the United States.