Between Oct. 2017 and Sept. 2018…More than 3,200 Guyanese overstayed in US

May 14, 2019 News

A new report by the United States Government has indicated that 3,220 Guyanese with visitors’ visas overstayed between October 2017 and

A new report by the U.S. Government has indicated that 3,220 Guyanese with visitors’ visas overstayed between October 2017 and September 2018

September 2018. This translates to 4.85 percent of Guyanese who visited the U.S. during the period.
For the previous period, the number of overstays in that category was 2,262 or 3.29 percent.
The U.S. is estimating that more than 666,000 persons overstayed over the period.
The “Fiscal Year 2018 Entry/Exit Overstay Report” was prepared by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
DHS said it has generated this report to provide data on departures and overstays, by country, for foreign visitors to the United States who were expected to depart in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 (October 1, 2017 – September 30, 2018).
The report provides data on expected departures and overstays, by country, for foreign travellers to the United States who entered as non-immigrants through an air or sea port of entry (POE).
It does this by examining the number of entries, by country, for foreign travellers who arrived as non-immigrants during this time, as of October 1, 2018.
An overstay is a non-immigrant who was lawfully admitted to the United States for an authorised period, but remained in the United States beyond his or her authorised period of admission. The authorised admission period can be a fixed period; or for the duration of a certain activity, such as the period during which a student is pursuing a full course of study or any authorised technical/practical training.
DHS identifies two types of overstays – individuals for whom no departure has been recorded (Suspected In-Country Overstays), and individuals whose departure was recorded after their authorised period of admission expired (Out-of-Country Overstays).
“DHS has engaged in a concerted campaign to end visa overstay abuse. For the second year in a row, visa overstay rates have declined. DHS will continue efforts to ensure the integrity of its
Non-immigrant visa program,” the report said.
Determining lawful status requires more than solely matching entry and exit data. For example, a person may receive from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) a six-month admission upon entry, and then he or she may subsequently apply for and receive from U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) an extension of up to six months. Identifying extensions, changes, or adjustments of status are necessary steps to determine whether a person has overstayed their authorised period of admission.
“Valid periods of admission to the United States vary; therefore, it was necessary to establish “cutoff dates” for the purposes of a written report. Unless otherwise noted, the tables accompanying this report refer to departures that were expected to occur between October 1,
2017 and September 30, 2018.”
This report said it presents the overstay rates to provide a better understanding of those who overstay and remain in the United States beyond their authorised period of admission with no evidence of an extension to their period of admission or adjustment to another immigration status.
DHS has determined that there were 54,706,966 in-scope non-immigrant admissions to the
United States through air or sea POEs with expected departures occurring in FY 2018, which represents the majority of air and sea annual nonimmigrant admissions.
Of this number, DHS calculated a total overstay rate of 1.22 percent, or 666,582 overstay events. “In other words, 98.78 percent of the in-scope non-immigrant entries departed the United States on time and in accordance with the terms of their admission.

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