overstayer
Guest who remains
An overstayer is someone who remains in a place longer than permitted, most often referring to a person who stays in a country beyond the expiration of their visa or legal authorization.
Immigration authorities track overstayers and may impose penalties, deportation, or future entry bans.
The term can also apply more casually to guests who linger past their welcome: The party ended hours ago but a few overstayers won't leave.
Person lodging temporarily
- unwelcomeNot wanted here
- lingererOne who remains overlong
- impositionUnfair demand on someone
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
nuisance · inconvenience · fatigue · tolerance · threshold · weariness · host · guest
Forbidden by statute
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- expiredNo longer in effect
unauthorized · alien · compliance · violation · enforcement · detainee · amnesty · regularization
One who enters uninvited
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- uninvitedWithout formal welcome
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
presumption · impropriety · gatecrasher · squatter · trespasser · encroacher · transgressor · invader
Made to last longer
- extensionAdded part or duration
- protractionLengthening in duration
- lingeringRemaining beyond expected duration
- overextensionExceeding sustainable capacity
drawn-out · outstaying · extended · excessive · interminable · endless · marathon · prolongation
houseguest
Person lodging temporarily
- unwelcomeNot wanted here
- lingererOne who remains overlong
- impositionUnfair demand on someone
burden · nuisance · inconvenience · fatigue · tolerance · threshold · weariness · host · guest · awkwardness
illegal
Forbidden by statute
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
expired · unauthorized · alien · compliance · violation · enforcement · detainee · amnesty · regularization · crackdown
interloper
One who enters uninvited
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- uninvitedWithout formal welcome
discomfort · presumption · impropriety · gatecrasher · squatter · trespasser · encroacher · transgressor · invader · unwanted
prolonged
Made to last longer
- extensionAdded part or duration
- protractionLengthening in duration
- lingeringRemaining beyond expected duration
overextension · drawn-out · outstaying · extended · excessive · interminable · endless · marathon · prolongation
- UK ImmigrationBritish citizenship, British passport, Home Office, immigration law, immigration officer
- lingering personlingerer, loiterer, dawdler, straggler
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- foreignersforeigner, immigrant, immigrants, migrant, expats
overstayerlegal resident
Lawfully authorized to reside
permanent resident · documented immigrant · citizen · naturalized citizen · legal alien
- overstay one's welcomeRemain past desired time
- overstaying welcomeRemaining beyond desired duration
- visa overstayRemaining after authorization expires