Equities check: have you ever stayed in the U.S. past the date a visa or parole period ended?

In short

Overstay is the factor *Matter of Blas*, 15 I&N Dec. 626 (BIA 1974) identifies as adverse — but immediate relatives of U.S. citizens are statutorily shielded by INA § 245(a)/(c)(2), and where the shield does not apply the cure is a documented equities packet (and where the bar runs, an I-601 inadmissibility waiver inside the AOS file).