<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-16-050211.txt : 20160428
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160428163354
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-16-050211
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160420
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160428
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160428

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VISA INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001403161
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389]
		IRS NUMBER:				260267673
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 8999
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94128-8999
		BUSINESS PHONE:		650-432-3200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 8999
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94128-8999

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Visa Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20070614

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HOFFMEISTER JAMES H
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001673246

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33977
		FILM NUMBER:		161600588

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O VISA INC.
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 8999
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94128
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        <issuerName>VISA INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>V</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O VISA INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94128</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>SVP, GBL CORP CONTRL &amp; CAO</officerTitle>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>4695</value>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2021-11-05</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                <value>2025-11-19</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Options vest in three equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of the grant, subject to earlier vesting in full in limited circumstances as specified in the award agreement. The option was granted on November 19, 2013. The first two installments vested on November 19, 2014 and 2015 respectively, and the remaining installment vests on November 19, 2016.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Options vest in three equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of the grant, subject to earlier vesting in full in limited circumstances as specified in the award agreement. The option was granted on November 19, 2014. The first installment vested on November 19, 2015, and the remaining two installments vest on November 19, 2016 and 2017, respectively.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Options vest in three equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of the grant, subject to earlier vesting in full in limited circumstances as specified in the award agreement. The option was granted on November 19, 2015.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Visa Inc. common stock or a cash equivalent of its value. The restricted stock units vest in three equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of the grant, subject to earlier vesting in full in limited circumstances as specified in the award agreement. The award was granted on November 19, 2015.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Sue Choi, Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-04-28</signatureDate>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): EX 24
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Kelly Mahon Tullier, Tracey Heaton, Douglas Stewart, and Sue Choi of
Visa Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), signing individually, and
with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to: (1) prepare, execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"),
a Form ID or any successor form, including amendments thereto, and any other
documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation
of the SEC; promulgated thereunder; (2) prepare and execute for and
on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any other forms or reports
the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's
ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company, and
any amendments thereto; and (3) cause such form(s) to be filed with
the SEC pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
relating to the undersigned's ownership, acquisition or disposition of
securities of the Company.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act as requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that any such attorney-in-fact, or any
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that none of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is assuming, nor is
the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest
of: (1) the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 or any
successor form with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by the Company; (2) this Power of Attorney is revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact; (3) as to a specific attorney-in-fact, the employment of such
attorney-in-fact with the Company is terminated; or (4) a new Power of Attorney
supersedes this Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 26th day of April 2016.
By:/s/James Hoffmeister
James Hoffmeister




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