Visa Overstay Calculator
Count how far a stay runs past the date you were permitted to leave by, or how many days are still left before it. The permitted date is inclusive: leaving on that day is not an overstay.
The date on your stamp, visa or entry record. This day itself still counts as permitted.
What this tool does not tell you
DAYOZA counts days. It does not publish penalties, fines, re-entry bans or any other consequence of an overstay, because those depend on the country, the circumstances and the decision of the authority involved, and stating them without a verified source would be worse than saying nothing. If this calculation shows an overstay, contact the relevant immigration authority, or your nearest embassy or consulate, before you travel.
What counts as an overstay
An overstay begins the day after the last day you were permitted to be present. The permitted date is inclusive — leaving on it is not an overstay, and leaving the day after it is an overstay of one day.
Find the last permitted day
It comes from the permission you hold: a visa sticker, a stamp, a residence permit, or an allowance such as the Schengen 90 days in any 180.
Count from the day after it
Day one of an overstay is the first day you were present without permission, not the last day you were permitted.
Every day is counted, including the day you leave
The date of departure is a date you were present, so it counts towards the overstay in the same way it counts towards a stay.
A worked example
Your permission runs to 10 June and you fly out on 13 June. You have overstayed by three days: 11, 12 and 13 June. Leaving on 10 June would have been exactly compliant, and leaving on 11 June would have been an overstay of one day — there is no rounding and no grace in the arithmetic itself.
Where people get this wrong
Assuming a grace period exists
Some countries publish one and many do not. A grace period is a specific published rule, not a general courtesy, and assuming one is how a clean record ends.
Confusing the visa’s expiry with the permitted stay
A visa valid for a year does not permit a year of presence. The validity is the window in which you may enter; the duration of stay is how long you may remain.
Believing a short overstay goes unrecorded
Since the Entry/Exit System became fully operational on 10 April 2026, entries and exits across the Schengen external border are recorded digitally rather than stamped. The arithmetic is done by a database now.
Common questions
Does the day I was permitted to leave count as an overstay?
No. The last permitted day is inclusive, so leaving on it is compliant. The overstay starts the following day.
Is there a grace period?
Only where a country publishes one. It is a national decision rather than a general rule, and DAYOZA does not assume one exists for a destination it has not verified.
What are the penalties?
They are set nationally and vary widely — fines charged by the day, entry bans, or a record that affects later applications. DAYOZA shows a figure only where it has verified one against an official source, and names that source on the page.
Will a short overstay be noticed?
Assume so. Digital entry and exit records have replaced passport stamps across the Schengen external border since 10 April 2026, and the total is computed rather than read off ink.
Further reading
Longer explanations of the rules this page applies.
Next steps
The questions travellers usually ask after this one.
- Visa Stay CalculatorWork out the exact date your permission to stay runs out, from the allowance your visa or entry actually grants.
- Schengen 90/180 CalculatorWork out how many of your 90 days you have used in the rolling 180-day window, and whether a planned trip stays within it.
- Passport Expiry CalculatorCheck your passport against a destination's actual validity requirement — not a one-size-fits-all six-month rule.
Countries this tool applies to
Rules, sources and last-verified dates for each.