Overstayed In United states for 3-4 weeks 7 years ago?

Question

I was living in NY back in 2001 on an Irish J1 visa, I was supposed to fly out on sep 15th and the airport was closed and I changed my flights a few times because I ended up being nervous about flying, I ended up leaving eventually but I had overstayed my visa by 3-4 weeks. I am living in australia now and have to go for a buisness trip, and am worried sick I will get deported upon entry, is there a number I can call ?/Or does anyone know of where I can get a definate answer??

Answer 1

For overstayed visa about only 3-4 weeks, you should have no problem to get a visa for your business trip.

Under the current law, those aliens who accumulate the unauthorized status from 6 months to 1 year are ineligible to return to the U.S. either on nonimmigrant status or immigrant status for 3 years.

If the unauthorized status reach 1 year and the alien departs from the U.S., such illegal alien is unable to return to the U.S. for 10 years.

Also see www.greencardapply.com/news/news04/news0...