{"id":18688,"date":"2018-08-13T13:39:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T17:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=18688"},"modified":"2018-08-13T13:39:33","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T17:39:33","slug":"hundreds-of-antiguans-overstay-their-u-s-visa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/hundreds-of-antiguans-overstay-their-u-s-visa\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of Antiguans overstay their U.S Visa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Department of Homeland Security in the United States says 233 Antigua and Barbuda citizens overstayed their U.S Visa in 2017.<\/p>

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However, that’s only 1.47 per cent of the total number of Antiguans and Barbudans who legally entered the US in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DHS says\u00a015,877\u00a0 Antiguans were expected to leave at the end of 2017.<\/p>

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The report provides data on departures and overstays, by country, for foreign visitors to the United States who entered as nonimmigrants through an air or sea Port of Entry (POE) and were expected to depart in FY 2017. <\/p>

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The in-scope population for this report includes temporary workers and families, students, exchange visitors, temporary visitors for pleasure, temporary visitors for business, and other nonimmigrant classes of admission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 600,000 foreign travelers who legally entered the United States\u00a0in 2017 overstayed their visas and remained in the country by the end of the year, according to Department of Homeland Security data released Tuesday.<\/p>

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The Department of Homeland Security in the United States says 233 Antigua and Barbuda citizens overstayed their U.S Visa in 2017. However, that’s only 1.47 per cent of the total number of Antiguans and Barbudans who legally entered the US in 2017. The DHS says\u00a015,877\u00a0 Antiguans were expected to leave at the end of 2017. 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