Sentence examples for overstay from inspiring English sources

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overstay

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To remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time.

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Roy Hodgson has vowed not to overstay his welcome as England manager and the national coach is acutely aware his team must impress at next summer's European Championship in France if he is to remain in the position beyond then.

The talks were brokered by foreign ministers from the Union of South American Nations.Brotherly loveJeb Bush waded into the Republicans' tortuous debate over immigration policy, by making a distinction between illegal immigrants who overstay their visas and should leave America, and those who cross the border to be with their families, which he called "an act of love".

Let's leave the final word to Mr Museveni The problem of Africa in general and Uganda in particular is not the people but leaders who want to overstay in power.Mr Museveni, who will be running for another five-year term, said that in 1988.

But the biggest numbers are made up of those entering the EU legally, usually by plane, who overstay their visas.

These features would be powerful incentives not to overstay.

These divide roughly into two camps: people who overstay their visas and failed asylum seekers such as Mary.Though a few will have driving licences and bank accounts acquired legally, illegal immigrants of all sorts tend to live outside formal society, which makes it difficult for the government to reach them through tough laws.

While Britain has lots of irregular migrants, most arrive legally and overstay their visas, or else use stolen or fake passports.

The new system will, however, be ideally suited for spotting tourists or students who overstay on their visas, but that is a trivial issue.The cost of the new system will not just be financial.

The main worry is that "tourists" might overstay or claim refugee status on arrival.

He might do something to make it harder for immigrants to overstay their visas: this, rather than the lavishly funded border patrol agency, is the weakest point of the current system.

On March 5th Mrs May told colleagues she wanted to end the visa exemption for Brazilian tourists, quite a few of whom overstay.

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