Yes, it took me a while to appreciate the difference between a "visa" and "status" (in U.S. parlance). The analogy in my head: Visa = permission to apply for e

Yes, it took me a while to appreciate the difference between a "visa" and "status" (in U.S. parlance). The analogy in my head: Visa = permission to apply for entry (i.e. like an unexpired password to login) Status = permission to stay (i.e. like a logged-in session) So a visa is like authentication credentials with an expiring password (only needed to apply for entry or re-entry, can expire during session), and status is like authorization (token needs to remain unexpired throughout the session, otherwise will be in violation). https://internationalaffairs.uchicago.edu/page/visa-vs-status https://internationalaffairs.uchicago.edu/page/visa-vs-statu...