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You hadn't specified whether you had paid the fee or not. If not, then it wasn't truly filed, so you should be fine.

My apologies, I should have been a bit more specific.

Thanks, that's quite a relief to know. I wouldn't be too comfortable having that at the back of my head.

If you've already paid the visa fee and submitted the application then you can't withdraw it. It would automatically be entered into the system as a denied B-2, which would most likely result in your ineligibility for the VWP. This is why people from VWP countries need to stay away from the B-2 unless absolutely necessary.

By application do you mean just the DS160 form or the whole thing?

I called the embassy. I told them about my station; they said it was ok, since I alredy have an ESTA which I just need to update, and that I didn't pay and didn't schedule an interview, and thus I wasn't registered.