By: Staff Writer
214 nationals of St. Kitts and Nevis overstayed their United States (US) non-immigrant tourism/business B1/B2 visas between October 1, 2017 and September 30, 2018, according to the US Department of Homeland Security’s Fiscal Year 2018 Entry/Exit Overstay Report.
As per the report, 11,764 Kittitians and Nevisians were granted entry to the United States and were expected to leave during that time.
However, the report stated that it has no departure records for 203 SKN nationals — who are now classified as suspected in-country overstays.
Eleven nationals left the US after their authorised period of admission expired. This is classified as out-of-country overstays, according to the report.
The findings revealed that St. Kitts and Nevis has a total overstay rate of 1.82 per cent and a suspected in-country overstay rate of 1.73 per cent.
