The term pro forma (Latin "as a matter of form") is a term applied to practices or documents that are done as a pure formality, perfunctory, or seek to satisfy the minimum requirements or to conform to a convention or doctrine. It has different meanings in different fields. For example, country A does not require person X to have a visa before entering the country but person X is in country B which requires a visa from country A in order to allow X to depart.
