{"id":246191,"date":"2025-08-12T15:28:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=246191"},"modified":"2025-08-12T15:28:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:28:30","slug":"more-than-12000-jamaican-nationals-overstayed-their-u-s-visas-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/more-than-12000-jamaican-nationals-overstayed-their-u-s-visas-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 12,000 Jamaican nationals overstayed their U.S. visas in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SOURCE CNW: More than 12,000 Jamaican nationals overstayed their U.S. visas in 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security\u2019s newly released Entry\/Exit Overstay Report for Fiscal Year 2023. The document reveals that Jamaica recorded a total overstay rate of 5.25%, more than triple the global average of 1.45%.<\/p>

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The report, which tracks nonimmigrant visitors arriving by air and sea only, specifically excludes land border entries \u2014 such as those from Canada or Mexico. As the report notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis report provides data on departures and overstays by nonimmigrants who entered the United States through air or sea Ports of Entry (POEs) and who were expected to depart in FY 2023.\u201d<\/p>

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For non-Visa Waiver Program countries \u2014 which includes Jamaica and most of the Caribbean \u2014 the average overstay rate was 3.2%, meaning Jamaica\u2019s rate was well above the regional benchmark.<\/p>

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Haiti, meanwhile, recorded one of the highest overstay rates in the world, with 27,269 of 86,906 travelers overstaying their visas \u2014 a rate of 31.38%, the highest in the region. Guyana\u2019s rate was also elevated at 5.59%, while the Dominican Republic\u2019s stood at 4.59%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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