I was on a J-1 intern visa in January 2019, traveling through the US immigration pre-clearance in Dublin Airport Ireland. I was taken to the back area for extra questioning and denied entry because my paperwork was not complete. I had not filed my internship DS-7002 within 90 days (sponsor told me it was 120 days) of arriving, stupidly left the US for christmas and was not able to fly back to US that day until I had it fixed. I stayed in Ireland for an extra 2 weeks, sorted out my DS-7002 and successfully entered with no issues after that.
I am now living in Ireland and want to visit the US in the future as a tourist with ESTA but I’m worried I will be denied the ESTA as they will likely ask on the application if I’ve ever been refused entry to the US and I will have to answer yes. Anyone know if this is likely?
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