F1 Overstay - Implications, Future visa strategies, CBP check

[Rashmika 0]

Background:
I went to the US for my bachelor's in Fall 2014. Everything was going well until Spring 2018, the semester I was supposed to graduate. I had always maintained good CGPA. Unfortunately, due to some serious family issues back home that influenced me a lot, my academic performance was severely impacted, and I received a D in a course, preventing me from graduating that semester.

In Fall 2018, I took a 3-month CPT with a reduced course load and simultaneously applied for OPT, which was approved in April 2019. I started working on OPT, although I still had one course left to complete. I left my job in February 2020 because my OPT was about to expire. I had a 60-day grace period but couldn't leave the US immediately due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, I was unaware of status adjustment options, and not applying for one was among the many poor decisions I made. Ultimately, I left the US in September 2020, approximately 150 days after my SEVIS completion.

I completed my remaining course and graduated online in Summer 2021 from my home country.
My questions are:

1. This will be considered an overstay of my I-94 D/S period since My SEVIS was automatically completed in April 2020, after 2 months of my OPT ending. From your experience, will this 150 days affect my future visa chance? Even if I get visa, can CBP check previous overstay and deport?
2. If I apply for a student visa again for a master's program, how should I approach the interview? Or what should I answer in the DS160 question? I understand that students generally do not receive an inadmissibility ban since we do not accrue unlawful presence, nor was I ever officially notified of deportation.
3. If the above concerns are not an issue, that's great. But if they are, will obtaining full funding for a postgraduate program increase my chances of getting a visa?

[Boiler 45,525]

A Student Visa is non immigrant so is discretionary, the Consulate has discretion to issue one.

 

It does not seem that you have a bar and if you did it is likely expired and there seems a lot has happened that would not help your application.

 

Which Consulate would you apply at and who would be finding your course? Ohh and what is your course?

[Rashmika 0]

13 hours ago, Boiler said:

A Student Visa is non immigrant so is discretionary, the Consulate has discretion to issue one.

 

It does not seem that you have a bar and if you did it is likely expired and there seems a lot has happened that would not help your application.

 

Which Consulate would you apply at and who would be finding your course? Ohh and what is your course?

Sorry I didn't understand anything what you have said here. Except that I dont have a bar, I know that student don't get bar.

 

And as you said, "there seems a lot has happened that would not help your application." could you kindly explain a bit?

 

Edited November 12 by Rashmika

[Boiler 45,525]

Main ones seem to be CPT I assume you did not get your F for CPT

 

You left 150 days after SEVIS completions