There are many foreign nationals that are not informed or warned about what the 3/10 year bar and who are subject to this bar. The 3/10 year bar is a punishment set by the United States to prevent “unlawful presence” in the U.S. People who have been unlawfully present in the U.S. for more than 180 days but less than one year are subject to a 3 year bar on admission, while those who have been unlawfully present for more than a year are inadmissible for 10 years.
What this means is that the foreign nationals who are subject to the bar are not allowed readmission into the United States for either 3 years or 10 years. Now the question is: if you are subject to the 3/10 year bar, when does the bar start counting down. The short answer to that is: right after you leave the United States. You can start counting on the day you leave United States soil based on a deportation action.
