Unlawful status and unlawful presence is one in the same, you mean a Visa overstayer by more than 180 days not a illegal immigrant with no legal entry whatsoever.
A person that has overstayed over 180 days faces 3 years of bar to receive any US visa including CP.
That goes upto 10 years if overstay is longer than a year.
You mean "out of status" vs. "unlawful presence". Yes, generally if there were less than 180 days of unlawful presence, even if there were more than 180 days of "out of status", one can still obtain a green card through consular processing.
Please provide more details about your situation. On what basis are you immigrating? Marriage to a US citizen? Marriage to a permanent resident? A sibling or parent is sponsoring you? What was your status before you lost it? Are you in removal proceedings, or have you already been removed? Are you inside or outside the US? Consular processing may be unnecessary, or it may be the only option, depending on the details.
OK, I found your other thread which was on the same topic. Since your latest question is about the same situation, please keep it in that same thread. When you start new threads, people lose the context of your situation and often don't want to respond because of the lack of information, or they respond with an inaccurate or irrelevant answer because they don't know the full context.
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