overstaying tourist visa

[colleen]

First, don't worry about it. And please don't point out to any authority figure that it is out of date. They won't even notice.

Second, and more important is how you will be leaving the country. If you fly they pay attention, sort of. If you are driving nothing will happen. Nobody will look at visas on either side of the border and they will just expire.

Third, how long were the visas? Sometimes when a person came in the airport they would give only 3 months when you have a right to 6 months. That was a couple of years ago and there were problems. But those 3 month visas can be extended. It costs but it can be done.

As soon as you ask "please may I" you give them the opportunity to say "no". And everyone behind every counter has a different opinion of what the law requires. Maybe you'd get help, maybe you'd get fined. So I wouldn't do anything. This is a child after all.