The Beggining of the Visa System (Permission for entering in a country)

I was wondering if anyone has the historic perspective about the visa system ( Seal or permission on th passport used for entering any country). Please tell me when it started and what was the first country to adopt the visa system? I will greatly appreciate your informative responsive. Thanks

Passports, in the form of official travel documents, have been around since biblical times, but it was in the 15th century that the first true passport was born, at the behest of Henry V, of England. The document was designed to identify its holder as English wherever he or she traveled and was one means to obtain passage into a walled city while travelling abroad. In fact, many scholars believe that the word “passport” refers to the “porte,” or doorway, in city walls. Henry’s passport differed from earlier examples, which merely listed cities that a traveler could enter.

On continental Europe these 'travel documents' must have been in use earlier -.