J1 Hardship Waiver 2021-2022 Timeline

[Wyboxcx 45]

3 minutes ago, Sabina Bart said:

Yours might be next! Since maybe they just started… what’s ridiculous that they just skipped bunch, I think I am gonna reach out to a senator today and try to see if they can help. 
Did you have gov sponsorship? If not yours might be faster or next! 

Mine does have gov sponsorship so I am aware it will take longer. However, there is no reason for them not to request sponsor views now since they are working on cases received the same month as mine. It’s not like our hardship is somehow less 

[Sabina Bart 28]

1 minute ago, Wyboxcx said:

Oh If I were you I would definitely reach out and try to force a decision. The way they process these cases in the order they receive them but this is clearly not the case. This is incredibly unfair on top of the ridiculous long wait we have to endure. Just a question, does yours have gov sponsorship ?

Mine does unfortunately  But I am not Fulbright, I know Fulbright scholarships are a way higher… since it’s on higher level education. 
Yes I will talk to my Senator today, I tried it once but they told me it’s early and yes first come and first serve etc, they wrote that too, but now it’s 12 months for me even more a bit than 12 months. 

[Sabina Bart 28]

3 minutes ago, Wyboxcx said:

Mine does have gov sponsorship so I am aware it will take longer. However, there is no reason for them not to request sponsor views now since they are working on cases received the same month as mine. It’s not like our hardship is somehow less 

Right! This happens because they don’t want to open and read cases, I am telling you those who don’t they just quickly look and say okay make sense Favorable… but there are some cases that are not Favorable too without sponsorships… just interesting how the system works! 

4 minutes ago, Wyboxcx said:

Mine does have gov sponsorship so I am aware it will take longer. However, there is no reason for them not to request sponsor views now since they are working on cases received the same month as mine. It’s not like our hardship is somehow less 

They skipped my case mine was January 25, 2023 and they did approve bunch of January 25, 2023 cases but not mine  lol! 

[blooper1899 16]

32 minutes ago, Sabina Bart said:

Right! This happens because they don’t want to open and read cases, I am telling you those who don’t they just quickly look and say okay make sense Favorable… but there are some cases that are not Favorable too without sponsorships… just interesting how the system works! 

They skipped my case mine was January 25, 2023 and they did approve bunch of January 25, 2023 cases but not mine  lol! 

 

I think they skip the ones with government funding and wait to accumulate cases with the same sponsor. Then they do a batch of sponsor view requests. That's my hypothesis. My case is from June 2022 with funding, and they skipped them initially. Then for three cases that I know of they sent SV requests on Jan 25-26. 

[nmanc33 8]

1 hour ago, Sabina Bart said:

Mine does unfortunately  But I am not Fulbright, I know Fulbright scholarships are a way higher… since it’s on higher level education. 
Yes I will talk to my Senator today, I tried it once but they told me it’s early and yes first come and first serve etc, they wrote that too, but now it’s 12 months for me even more a bit than 12 months. 

Hi Sabina, who was your sponsor?

We were denied no objection and hoping we don't have to go through sponsor views request again for hardship.

48 minutes ago, blooper1899 said:

 

I think they skip the ones with government funding and wait to accumulate cases with the same sponsor. Then they do a batch of sponsor view requests. That's my hypothesis. My case is from June 2022 with funding, and they skipped them initially. Then for three cases that I know of they sent SV requests on Jan 25-26. 

Who was your sponsor?

[Sabina Bart 28]

3 hours ago, nmanc33 said:

Hi Sabina, who was your sponsor?

We were denied no objection and hoping we don't have to go through sponsor views request again for hardship.

Who was your sponsor?

Dept of state, yours? I am sorry they denied your Non objection and also they shouldn’t request another sponsor views for your case fyi since they already did for that other waiver. Don’t worry! 

[nmanc33 8]

2 hours ago, Sabina Bart said:

Dept of state, yours? I am sorry they denied your Non objection and also they shouldn’t request another sponsor views for your case fyi since they already did for that other waiver. Don’t worry! 

State department as well. ECA?

[Sabina Bart 28]

12 minutes ago, nmanc33 said:

State department as well. ECA?

Nope different and it was suspended for a while in my country, what's ECA? 

[nmanc33 8]

1 hour ago, Sabina Bart said:

Nope different and it was suspended for a while in my country, what's ECA? 

What was suspended?

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

[Sabina Bart 28]

27 minutes ago, nmanc33 said:

What was suspended?

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Mine was Ugrad 

[Wyboxcx 45]

6 hours ago, Sabina Bart said:

Mine was Ugrad 

Has anyone with gov funding tried to reach out to the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to ask for a favorable recommendation? 

[Sabina Bart 28]

6 hours ago, Wyboxcx said:

Has anyone with gov funding tried to reach out to the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to ask for a favorable recommendation? 

I don’t think it works like that… I thought about it, but I don’t think it’s the right thing to do… 

Any processed cases since yesterday? I haven’t checked. 

[Sabina Bart 28]

6 hours ago, Wyboxcx said:

Has anyone with gov funding tried to reach out to the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to ask for a favorable recommendation? 

Has anyone tried btw to send another evidence to them? I might have another piece of info which is new and can even add more hardship, I just don't want to do another DS form… 

[nmanc33 8]

13 hours ago, Sabina Bart said:

Mine was Ugrad 

Was the funding from US government or university?

6 hours ago, Wyboxcx said:

Has anyone with gov funding tried to reach out to the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to ask for a favorable recommendation? 

I will likely reach out when the time is right, so they can at-least keep an eye out for sponsor views when it's requested. Was your sponsor ECA?

[Sabina Bart 28]

1 minute ago, nmanc33 said:

Was the funding from US government or university?

I will likely reach out when the time is right, so they can at-least keep an eye out for sponsor views when it's requested. Was your sponsor ECA?

US Gov I believe, but it was not even a four-year college so it's not a lot. I don't even know whom to reach like I said my program was suspended for a while and then it changed couple of times it's co sponsors… so I am not sure. 

When did DOS receive your case?