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Crackdown on Landlords renting to Visa overstayers after Cyber Scam ...
May 3, 2026 at 7:20 PM Sri Lanka Police has warned that strict legal action will be taken against landlords who provide houses, buildings or lodging to foreign nationals who have overstayed their visas or violated immigration laws. Police issued the warning following a series of raids yesterday that led to the arrest of nearly 157 foreign nationals over alleged involvement in cyber scam operations in the suburbs of Colombo. Authorities said property owners who knowingly or negligently accommodate such individuals would face legal consequences under existing laws. During the operations, police also seized computers, mobile phones and other equipment believed to have been used in the alleged cyber fraud activities. Investigations are ongoing to identify those connected to the network, including individuals who may have facilitated accommodation for the suspects. (Newswire) 2026-05-03
Visa Overstay Statistics 2026 | Nomad Blog
US Department of Homeland Security flagged 853,955 in-country overstays in fiscal year 2023, an overall non-immigrant overstay rate of 3.30%. Frontex recorded 385,476 detections of illegal stay inside the EU in 2023, and post-EES enforcement (live since 10 April 2026) is now automated. Thailand fines overstayers 500 baht per day up to 20,000 baht and runs blacklists from one to ten years. The UAE charges 50 dirhams per day after a grace period. This report compiles 12 sourced overstay statistics from DHS, Frontex, the European Commission, the UK Home Office, Thai Immigration Bureau, and UAE government channels. Overstay enforcement is the most consequential compliance topic for digital nomads and long-term travelers. The numbers below define the cost of getting day-counting wrong: fines, bans, deportation, and visa denials that follow you for years. Two structural shifts make 2026 different. The EU's Entry/Exit System became fully operational on 10 April 2026, replacing passport stamps with biometric records. And legacy enforcement gaps (skipped exit stamps, manual day counts) are closing fast across the major nomad destinations. This post pulls the specific overstay numbers from primary government reports and names every citation inline. TL;DR: Top 5 headline overstay stats for 2026 853,955 in-country overstays were flagged by US DHS in FY2023, a 3.30% overall overstay rate (DHS Entry/Exit Overstay Report FY2023). 44,415 Visa Waiver Program (ESTA) overstays were identified in FY2023, an overstay rate of 0.85% (DHS FY2023 Overstay Report). Frontex detected 385,476 illegal stays at and inside EU external borders in 2023, the highest level since 2016 (Frontex Risk Analysis 2024). Thailand fines overstayers 500 baht per day, capped at 20,000 baht, plus blacklist bans of 1 to 10 years depending on overstay length (Thai Immigration Bureau). The UAE charges 50 dirhams per day after the grace period for visit-visa overstays, with no upper cap (UAE Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security). 1. 853,955 US in-country overstays were flagged in FY2023 The US Department of Homeland Security identified 853,955 in-country overstays among non-immigrant admissions in fiscal year 2023. The report defines an in-country overstay as a person whose authorized stay expired and for whom DHS has no record of departure or status change. According to the DHS Office of Homeland Security Statistics, the total expected departures pool was 39.1 million no...
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