J1 Hardship Waiver 2021-2022 Timeline

[Pillowchis 6]

On 8/27/2022 at 7:55 AM, Danny2022 said:

You can actually obtain cases based on your case number. Just count up and down around your number you can find a lot of cases.

@Drldaddoq any update about your case? 
Its a year now if im not mistaken

[DrIdaddoq 22]

43 minutes ago, Pillowchis said:

@Drldaddoq any update about your case? 
Its a year now if im not mistaken

Yep 10 days shy of a year. Still pending. 😞 

[Pillowchis 6]

19 minutes ago, DrIdaddoq said:

Yep 10 days shy of a year. Still pending. 😞 

🙁 Mine will be a year old on the 30th of September. Hoping they will process our case soonest

[exhrdshp 0]

@Pillowchis @DrIdaddoq

Did either of you receive governmental funding (Fulbright) ? Surprised to see that they have not asked for sponsor's view yet given how long you two waited already.

[DrIdaddoq 22]

5 hours ago, exhrdshp said:

@Pillowchis @DrIdaddoq

Did either of you receive governmental funding (Fulbright) ? Surprised to see that they have not asked for sponsor's view yet given how long you two waited already.

As mentioned above I’m ECFMG sponsored and as someone said that’s not considered government fund. No Fulbright.

[Pillowchis 6]

5 hours ago, exhrdshp said:

@Pillowchis @DrIdaddoq

Did either of you receive governmental funding (Fulbright) ? Surprised to see that they have not asked for sponsor's view yet given how long you two waited already.

Not even a cent. It will be a year old already

[PeterW 17]

Hardship vs. long-term processing. It doesn't make sense. Is it possible to do something to accelerate the processing of hardship waiver? Could we send letters to DOS other than the email 212ewaiver@state.gov, like sending message to Antony Blinken? 

[Hardship LM 1]

Maybe it takes more time for ECFMG sponsored applicants? Is there a separate threat for IMGs? maybe we should create one and figure out our own trend/timeline

[g3dan00 20]

2 minutes ago, Hardship LM said:

Maybe it takes more time for ECFMG sponsored applicants? Is there a separate threat for IMGs? maybe we should create one and figure out our own trend/timeline

We have very few data points in total (300 per year) out of those, mayb 10-20 people are writing here from different fundings. Several of these people don't write here when they update either and just move on.

There is no way you can conclude anything scientific from that. 

[ErinK 35]

FYI:

 

"IMPORTANT NOTE:  The Department of State is performing scheduled maintenance to its online Consular systems during August 23- Sept 20, 2022.  During this time, individuals may experience errors in attempting to complete a DS-3035 or check the status of their 212(e)-waiver application.  We apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for your patience.  "

[DrIdaddoq 22]

11 hours ago, ErinK said:

FYI:

 

"IMPORTANT NOTE:  The Department of State is performing scheduled maintenance to its online Consular systems during August 23- Sept 20, 2022.  During this time, individuals may experience errors in attempting to complete a DS-3035 or check the status of their 212(e)-waiver application.  We apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for your patience.  "

This explains the status getting stuck on 8/23/2022 for 48 hours. Here is to good news on 9/21/2022. 

[DrIdaddoq 22]

Things used to flow really fast in the past… 

[DrIdaddoq 22]

And more recently. It’s so unpredictable I guess. 

[Pillowchis 6]

26 minutes ago, DrIdaddoq said:

And more recently. It’s so unpredictable I guess. 

I agree with you and they always replying to our inquiry “When all documents have been received, the processing time starts to run and the requests are taken in order of receipt.“

[Wyboxcx 45]

But in these cases it didn't seem like they had any government funding so maybe that's why they were decided faster.