vwp ESTA denied, questions on visas.

[Mithmeoi 29]

Hi all,

 

Long time no post.  I wasn't sure which forum to post this in, apologies if this is incorrect.

The situation is my mother-in-law sent in her ESTA, it took forever to process and came back denied.  She's visited us multiple times on the VWP to 3 different states, with no problem until 2020. She came to visit that March, a week later they locked down and she could not leave before the 3 months ran out.  I helped her file two extensions with the local immigration office. The extensions were approved both times and she could finally book a flight home in July.  She was here a total of 5 months. Nobody gave her any grief about the overstay since she had papers to cover that.

My questions are:

Is she on a ban list now despite going through everything with immigration for that overstay? 

Would she even be approved for a visitor visa if she applied to visit next year?

I'm assuming this will affect possible immigration applications in the future?

 

Thanks for any help!

[Boiler 45,466]

I am going to assume the Satisfactory Departure she applied for did not overrule the automatic no longer eligible to use the VWP because she overstayed.

 

I would have thought a B would be very likely to be issued in the circumstances.