Visa overstay rates by country

Countries targeted by Trump's new travel ban often have high overstay rates but not always high numbers of violators, data from fiscal year 2023 shows.

A table showing 2023 U.S. visa data by country: visas issued, total overstays, and overstay rates (calculated across all visa categories). Countries subject to President Trump's June 4, 2025 executive order restricting travel to the United States are highlighted. Countries with the highest overstay rates include Chad (35.1%), Eritrea (33.9%), and Equatorial Guinea (30.7%), while countries with the largest absolute numbers of overstays are Mexico (56,114), Colombia (44,649), and Haiti (27,043).