Exceptional Hardship or No Objection Statement? Which one is better?

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Thank you! If I was in the USA with work and travel, and a visitors visa is that what I put for question 13?

Right, if you were in the U.S. in any status other than J-1.

[June 29 0]

A few things came up again... Could you please guide me in the right direction with your advice on this:

Yesterday I found my other 2 DS forms that I was given when I came to the USA on work and travel. And it says on there that I was funded 4,000.00 (from a host company)!!!! And from what I know, if there is any kind of funding, it means I am a subject to 2 year home residency rule. I called INTRAX (exchange programms company http://www.intraxinc.com/about-intrax) and I asked them why does it say that I was funded 'cause I paid for everything myself! And they said it's not us who funded you, it's your employer. Now I am even more confused. Do I need a waiver from my employer too?

Also, I feel like the waiver from my government is going to either take forever or they will just refuse to give me one. I wrote a huge letter to them explaining everything. Now the counsel says he is going to mail it to Turkmenistan and from there we will see how it goes... I am so paranoid. And I was looking at my admissions letter from American University in Bulgaria. And it says that I was admitted as an Open Society Turkmen scholar on a full scholarship (more about OSI: http://www.soros.org/). I am thinking could that count towards the 2 year home residency rule?

Thank you all in advance!

[grrrrreat 109]

A few things came up again... Could you please guide me in the right direction with your advice on this:

Yesterday I found my other 2 DS forms that I was given when I came to the USA on work and travel. And it says on there that I was funded 4,000.00 (from a host company)!!!! And from what I know, if there is any kind of funding, it means I am a subject to 2 year home residency rule. I called INTRAX (exchange programms company http://www.intraxinc.com/about-intrax) and I asked them why does it say that I was funded 'cause I paid for everything myself! And they said it's not us who funded you, it's your employer. Now I am even more confused. Do I need a waiver from my employer too?

Also, I feel like the waiver from my government is going to either take forever or they will just refuse to give me one. I wrote a huge letter to them explaining everything. Now the counsel says he is going to mail it to Turkmenistan and from there we will see how it goes... I am so paranoid. And I was looking at my admissions letter from American University in Bulgaria. And it says that I was admitted as an Open Society Turkmen scholar on a full scholarship (more about OSI: http://www.soros.org/). I am thinking could that count towards the 2 year home residency rule?

Thank you all in advance!

Your DS-2019 form is what indicates who your sponsor is and whether you're subject to the HRR. I am not sure what other DS forms you might be referring to.