Overstaying

[shoukette 0]

Hello,

i have transfered to a US university after studying for 3 years in an american university in my home country. i have completed my bachelors degree in December 2008, and wanted to stayed until my graduation ceremony which usually takes place in May. i stayed until april, then two agents came to my house asking for me, they left after my boyfriend told them that i was out. after getting back i called them back to see what was going on, they came after a while and explained that i was out of status the moment i finished my degree, as i could not understand why since the visa was still on until 2011, i was put in jail as it was saturday until my case gets investigated. on Monday i was released and my visa was extended until May. i left right after the ceremony on my own expense.

which means i overstayed for like 120 days, now i am applying for a k1 Visa since my bf proposed and came to my home country.

will this really affect my K1 visa? will i be denied entry? what happened was a misinformation issue with the university, who did not inform me about my out of status, as i learned after that they were supposed to tell me.

any help or clarification would be really helpful.

Thank you tons!

Shoukette

[essjay 0]

Was your visa actually extended to May (in which case no overstay) or is it definitely counted as an overstay??

[shoukette 0]

Was your visa actually extended to May (in which case no overstay) or is it definitely counted as an overstay??

i actually don t know, but there was no stamp on my visa nothing, the agents were soo nice though, and i am still in touch with one of them until now i was given permission to stay for my graduation ceremony, which means probably that my visa was extended. i am just worried about denying my k1 visa because of that

[john_and_marlene 162]

If it was only 120 days, then it doesn't matter -- only an overstay of 180+ days will cause a problem.