I can not imagine all employees of all large shipping companies are required to have a US Visa.

Might be a good idea to have a back up plan.

no no just the crewpeople like deck cadettes , ship masters and everyone working onboard...no backup plan cuz i invested everything i have into my education at maritime school of nauticas science...

That's a huge risk. Obviously, if the visa isn't granted, you're SOL. Now might be a good time to think up of a plan B.

u can always ask for review of the case and i have to think positive...its not like im gonna have to work inside the usa with the visa...and every person trying to immigrate on c1-d is toast

You quoted me in your response so I'm assuming you think I am a hater and that I feel you deserve jail time. If this is correct, you cannot read people or posts comprehensively. I could give a rat's arse about your problem but was answering your question truthfully since you asked what "would you do".

If you had a F-1 D/S on your I-94 and you left months after you left school, then you are not nor have you been out of status unless and until a immigration judge or an adjudicating officer has made that determination.

Yes, they can deny your visa because of a violation and they can deny your visa if you ticked no when it should have been yes. That is called material misrepresentation/fraud.

As well as those that might need to leave the ship to get transport to another area of the US to board another vessel.

Well:
a) There is a difference between thinking positively and thinking realistically. They aren't mutually exclusive.
b) I am sure many people get rejected C1s, even without any prior poor immigration records. You have a serious violation.
c) You can't immigrate on a c1-d.

yes i forgot to put etc. my bad...yes u are correct...

Get a job with a shipping line that does not visit the US?

And now you want to know if you will get a C1/D visa, despite the fact that you have violated the terms of an F1 visa in the past. (Yes, i have read your nonsense in other threads here and elsewhere)

The answer to that is a definite maybe - but only if you apply.

I can also tell you that the answer to the ultimate question about Life, the Universe and everything is 42.

Hope that helps.

I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!!! No one believed me!!!

That's not correct. He would be out of status as soon as he dropped out of school, but he would not start accruing unlawul presence for the purpose of a ban until the date an immigration judge or other immigration made the determination he was out of status.

LMAO!!!

yes thats true but somehowe i still think its sometimes better to have something to waive and u can qualify

Sorry if that is not what I said? So if his visa ended on 1/11/10 and the court found him out of status on 12/13/10 and he left the next day, he would have only had one day of overstay.

In other words, while he has a D/S in his passport and although his visa is finished, he is not in overstay until it has been decreed. I still don't see where you are saying I'm wrong.

PS since no one has decreed him as being in overstay, then he wasn't.