Leading countries for overstays Estimated foreign visitors in the U.S. at the end of fiscal 2016 with permits that expired during fiscal year, by country of citizenship
The largest number of overstayers came from Canada (about 119,000, a 1.3% overstay rate), followed by Mexico (about 47,000, a 1.5% overstay rate) and Brazil (39,000, a 1.8% overstay rate). As a group, countries with visa-waiver programs (such as the United Kingdom or Spain), where the U.S. does not require a visa for temporary visits, had lower overstay rates than Canada, Mexico and countries without visa-waiver programs.
Leading countries for overstays  | Estimated foreign visitors in the U.S. at the end of fiscal 2016 with  | permits that expired during fiscal year, by country of citizenship  | Canada  | 119 .118  | 46 658  | Mexico  | Brazil  | 39, 053  | These 10 countries  | account for 56% of  | China  | 25,486  | the 628 .799 total  | estimated overstays  | 24 396  | India  | in the U.S in 2016  | Venezuela  | 23 .927  | UK  | 21 688  | 273, .698  | Colombia 19 .636  | 355 101  | Germany 19 .519  | Intaly 15 320  | Note: Includes business pleasure, student fand other temporary visitors who  | arrived only by air or sea,  | Source: Pew Research Center ana lysts of U.S Department of Homeland Security  | data.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 