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I called yesterday and found out my waiver has been approved by the Vermont Service Center as of October 4th. I still have an info pass appt schedule for next week which will help me confirm it 100%. The officer said I should be getting the notice on the mail by the end of this week beginning of next one. Below is my timeline. 

• Aug 4th, 2017 - Fav Recommendation Sent 
• Aug 7th, 2017 - USCIS received my case
• Oct 4th, 2017 - Approved by USCIS 

Tamara mentioned to me that once they receive your AOS paperwork they speed up the waiver process, which was true for my case as USCIS received my AOS forms on Sept 29th. 

39 minutes ago, odeod93 said:

Hey guys, even though I'm still waiting for the USCIS final approval I wanted to share my timeline for the J1 waiver based on No Objection:

 

• Documents Received - July, 18 2017
• No Objection Statement - July, 21 2017
• Recommendation Sent - August, 28 2017
•  - Received recommendation by mail (US address) - Sep, 5 2017
• USCIS received the recommendation - Sep 8, 2017
• - Received NOA1 by mail (US address) - Sep 11, 2017
• - Still waiting for the final approval

 

I've seen some people that got the recommendation after me and already had it approved by USCIS.

I'm starting to get worried, I've called them a few times but it was not helpful at all.

Any ideas of what I can do? Should I try asking them to expedite it?

Just be patient and wait. If you are in the US you could make an info pass appoint to get more information on your case. USCIS got my recommendation on Aug 7th and I still have not been approved. 

22 hours ago, Wosniak said:

24 days waiting for the DOS letter and nothing yet

Wosniak, Feel free to email DOS to the email address they have on their website. I emailed them and asked them to send me the copy online and they did. It takes about 5 days for them to reply back, and I happened to get the one on the mail before they replied back to my email request. However, they did send it via email. Make sure to include all your information so they don't have to have a hard time finding you. 

1 hour ago, tamaara said:

Each USCIS form gets a different receipt number

Thanks Tamara, I posted this before I asked you.

DOS sent my fav recom on August 4th but I never received the receipt number on the mail. However, Coco8 informed me that some people have made appointments in the past through InfoPass at local USCIS locations, and I decided to go that route. I just came to my appointment and the officer found it weird that I never got it on the mail and was able to give me my receipt number. He said that the 1-800 line officers don't know how to handle this things sometimes. So, try doing this for those of you who are on a similiar situation. The officer also said that my case has been moved from office to office don't know why, he said sometimes they do that. At least I can track it now. 

I filed my AOS without a receipt number from USCIS from my waiver case. In case I receive the receipt number for my AOS case first, would that same receipt number would then apply for my waiver? Meaning, is it like the DoS where you only get one case number for all cases pending....? 

1 hour ago, logisticamente said:

I got fav recom on August 1st and havent heard anything.. see my signature for more details

 

 

Same with me. Got fav rec on Aug 4th and still nothing from USCIS. 

Hi everyone, I started my J1 waiver based on No Objection at the beginning of the year. I can now say I am over the first part and thought I would share my timeline for future applicants. A little background on my case and myself, I am married to a US citizen and am currently under my academic training which will expire at the end of September this year. Now the next step is to apply for Residency. Best of lucks to you all.

Hi everyone, I started my J1 waiver based on No Objection at the beginning of the year. I can now say I am over the first part and thought I would share my timeline for future applicants. A little background on my case and myself, I am married to a US citizen and am currently under my academic training which will expire at the end of September this year. Now the next step is to apply for Residency. Best of lucks to you all.