I wanna give an update here. We emailed NVC and they didn’t get back to us, instead just made my appointment. I tried to contact the embassy to push back our interview but they said there might be a significant wait. Right now I’m just choosing to go with the interview which is in August. For now. Would love to hear everyone’s opinions.
Regarding my F1 overstay and if it triggers the ban, my lawyer says I didn’t, and ChatGPT says it’s a grey area. From what I researched on this website it’s saying the same thing. Some people go about the interview fine while some get rejected. But according to current law I should not have triggered the ban.