Definition of OVERSTAYING

Examples of overstay in a Sentence

She was guilty of overstaying a student visa.

Recent Examples on the Web The couple overstayed their visas and have been hiding out in Thailand since 2014, police said. — Fox News, "'Italian Bonnie and Clyde' arrested in Thailand, accused of pretending to be George Clooney to sell clothes," 17 June 2019 My big worry, always, is that a show will overstay its welcome. — Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, "Will Netflix's 'You' Be Back for Season 3?," 11 Dec. 2019 Then on to another tow zone, before wildly overstaying its welcome by spending more than 3 hours in a 30-minute commercial parking space. — BostonGlobe.com, "Seeing red," 21 Nov. 2019 The New Times on Tuesday cites immigration authorities as saying conservative missionary Gregg Schoof had overstayed his work permit. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Rwanda deports US pastor whose radio station had been banned," 8 Oct. 2019 A few months into his presidency, however, scores of Iraqi immigrants were swept up in immigration enforcement raids for overstaying visas or criminal convictions. — Los Angeles Times, "Iraqi Chaldeans supported Trump. Now one of their own died after being deported," 12 Aug. 2019 Lubans-Otto said Ndiaye had been approved for total hip replacement surgery and was preparing for an operation when he was arrested for overstaying his visa. — NBC News, "ICE deports man awaiting hip replacement surgery to Mauritania," 11 Aug. 2019 The rapper, a citizen of the United Kingdom, was arrested earlier this year by U.S. immigration authorities for allegedly overstaying his visa. — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, "Lollapalooza review: A festival with a soul tries to peek out from a massive party," 5 Aug. 2019 Samad Nadeem — son of Saheeda Nadeem, an immigrant from Pakistan who is in sanctuary in a Kalamazoo church and whom ICE wants to deport for overstaying her visa — also spoke Wednesday at Central United Methodist Church. — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit leaders: Democratic presidential candidates should address immigration," 31 July 2019

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12 Jan 2020

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“Overstay.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overstaying. Accessed 23 January 2020.