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The practice of remaining in a country longer than allowed by one's stay permit (visa or residency card).

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Last year my Mother in Law was here on Schengen Visitor Visa (Family and Friends). She arrived on 26.08.2024 at Frankfurt, Germany and left on 16.11.2024. While booking her flight tickets, I only paid ...
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I’ve overstayed my Visa Waiver Program (VWP) period in the US by a few months and plan to depart voluntarily via a US airport soon. I’m extremely worried about being detained or harassed by CBP at the ...
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I'm Mexican, I overstayed my tourist visa in the US. Can I leave by plane? When I leave the US, do they ask for anything extra or just my passport?
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I'm an Indonesian male who was visiting Australia by visitor visa 1997 - 1998 (1.5 years). While in Australia, I was working and applied for refugee status and finally they refused my application. I ...
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I have a massive problem and I feel so upset and desperate. Basically, I always use the Schengen Calculator to make sure I’m not overstaying and based on the actual, correct dates, I should have 56 ...
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I'm a student who has come to Poland on scholarship. I applied for TRC in my first sem and during my second sem I was sent to France. During this period my TRC letter was sent back to immigration ...
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In my specific case I’m in Australia but I think it is a generic question. Let’s say that my visa “expires on the 1st of March”. (Why they don’t say “must leave not later than...”, would be much more ...
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I was born in Brazil, and entered the States when I was 3 along with my family on a visa (and overstayed). When I was 12 my dad assaulted me and was convicted of a felony. He went into ICE and got ...
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I am a Chinese citizen with a Schengen visa with a validity period of 1 year which will expire on May 17th 2025. I am far from meeting the 90 day limit. Goal: I would like to travel to Norway (the ...
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I had a short trip 10 days to the UK several years ago. I missed my outbound flight from Manchester on Friday. Visa expired on Saturday. I took the first available direct flight to my home country ...
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USA here, 3 years ago (2021) I accidentally overstayed the Schengen area by 1 day (91/180) because I had a suddenly cancelled flight (Origin Gran Canaria Spain), bought a ticket for the next available ...
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My visa is expired at Malaysia 3 months ago. I want to go back Myanmar now? What should I do. I don't want to go to immigration,.could i buy air ticket and can i go back.
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I am an Australian citizen I came in US 2023 Mar and overstayed till now (2024 Oct) I have done not anything illegal and have no criminal records. I have not been caught and now I want to vist South ...
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I'm Moroccan and I had a valid student visa in 2007 in France and then I was asked to leave by France and they took my passport as I didn't complete my study after 2 years. I stayed in France for the ...
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Have overstayed in the Philippines for 3 years now due to financial problems and I want to leave but don’t have money to clear my fines how should I go about it? Need some advice
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This was my first time I travel abroad and the first time I have been to Europe. I received a Schengen Visa for a short stay in Germany. I made unintentionally a mistake by overstaying my visa. I ...
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I'm a US citizen and went to Israel in 2022. I had a visa for 90 days, but due to an emergency, I actually stayed 98 days. In 2024, I tried to go back there, but not by air. I went through Jordan ...
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I have an Irish passport. My spouse has a Canadian passport (non-EU). We want to spend a year traveling around Europe. We won't be in any country for more than a month or two. My non-EU spouse would ...
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The question My cancelled flight caused me to overstay my visa and now my visa application was rejected and its answer are most informative! (it asks specifically what happens when you overstay in ...
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I was born in Brazil. When I was 3 years old, my parents decided to move to the U.S. on a visa. We overstayed, and when I was 12, I met a boy who has a green card. A month later, I was abused by my ...
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Background: In summer 2023, I visited Germany for work from USA on Schengen short term visa. My flight back from Germany was via Poland and it so happened that the flight was cancelled in Krakow, ...
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Due to personal reasons, I overstayed my visa in India for a while and then left on an exit permit granted by the FRRO after paying fines and clearing myself. After like a year, I applied for a visa ...
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I'm a Namibian citizen. I overstayed 7 days in South Africa last year. I was told that my ban is for a year. I appealed but since last year I haven't received any confirmation or waiver to present at ...
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My wife and I will be travelling from Argentina to Sweden with a layover in Frankfurt on the 24th of May 2024. Last time (2024-04-17) she got stopped and an officer opened a case stating she ...
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I overstayed in Australia last 2021. The immigration officer told me I'm banned for 3 years. My 3-year ban ended last April. Will this affect my travel to Singapore for holidays? I'm planning to stay ...
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I am visiting Sweden as a tourist. My visa allows me to stay in the country for 7 days. I booked the first flight for a Saturday and the return flight for the next Saturday. When I was booking my ...
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I travelled to the USA in 2008 alone on the Visa Waiver Program from the UK. Whilst there, I met someone who I thought was the one. He is a USA citizen. We got married and I was going to apply for the ...
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In another post I asked for help about my situation. After waiting for 6 long months, the German authorities sent me an email that they have closed/dismissed my case. I have another work trip coming ...
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I basically left the country after an overstay by myself with no order of deportation. I’d like to know what to do now, how to proceed. What’s the best I can do to come back to the country?
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I am an American citizen in Croatia with my UK partner and we are hoping for some clarification on our Schengen days while we wait for our digital nomad and family reunification permits (temporary ...
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My daughter (German nationality) is currently studying at a US high school. After the end of the program we want to travel in the US. The duration of this vacation will probably exceed the expiration ...
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Can a US citizen apply for a Philippines passport to get out of the Philippines even if overstaying? Or is there a chance, if I apply for a Philippines passport, that the penalty will be lower?
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I lost my Italian passport and have been overstaying for more than 1 year in the Philippines. Can anyone tell me what to do without getting banned? I can pay for whatever the penalty is. Thank you.
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I have a UK passport. I am a dual citizen of Bulgaria but I don't have a Bulgarian national ID (I can get one). What happens if I enter an EU country with my UK passport (e.g. London → Madrid), stay ...
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I was in Ukraine during Covid 19 and I overstayed because of that. When I was at the Lviv airport, I explained my situation to the officers. I did not pay any penalty. I got this stamp. What does it ...
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I was a full-term student studying in Poland. After my internship training I was waiting for my certificate and license from the government which took a bit longer time than expected. So I stayed with ...
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I am a Slovak citizen with Slovak passport, and UK resident with settled status. I live and work in the UK. I have a mortgage, children go to school here. Do I apply for a visa in Slovakia?
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At the end of May 2022, I received a one-year ban due to overstaying by one day. The document that was issued to me clearly states that the ban will be lifted on May 31st, 2023, and it includes an ...
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I have an American friend who was a graduate student in Berlin and entered Germany 4/1/22. She has taken a break from studies and has been traveling around Europe since, thinking that each new country ...
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I overstayed in Italy for 2 years in 2012 (11 years ago). Will I be granted a UK tourist visa?
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My child was born in US and we are planning an India trip, and may not return back for at least 6 months. We do not have an OCI card for the child yet. So we're planning to apply for the 1-year ...
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I went on a business trip to Frankfurt from August 27 to October 3rd. Initially, I was supposed to stay there until September 23rd, but some work emergency happened and I stayed a little longer. While ...
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I had a residence permit in Spain but I overstayed for several months after the residence period expires. While departing Spain, the immigration officer took a photo of my passport and verbally warned ...
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My friend from Canada loves Europe. Recently when exiting they couldn’t find an entry stamp in her passport. On entry, She had gone through the immigration in the same line as I did (Schengen citizen) ...
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What is the procedure of leaving South Korea after overstaying my visa? Specifically, what happens when i visit the Korea Immigration Service Center (KIS) after almost 6 months in the country? Almost ...
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I traveled to SA in December 2018 and was given a 3 month visa stamp. I spent a few days in SA, and then I entered Mozambique through land border and stayed there for a few days, before heading back ...
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I overstayed in South Korea , and now I want to go back to my home country (the US) after two months. Will there be a problem with the US Immigration when arriving back to the country?
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I overstayed my 90 day holiday waiver USA visa 21 years ago by about 2 years! I was young and foolish at the time. I so want to visit Graceland with my teenage daughter. Do I stand any chance at all? ...
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I went to the US on an ESTA for about two weeks, went to Caribbean for like 30 days (but two of those days were the flight to/from the US, meaning it was 28 days out of the states). It was not done ...
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My question is specifically about Chilean transit visas which are described as "up to 72 hours". Can someone clarify whether I get to stay in the country for 72 hours, measured from when ...
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