Starrynight

1 hour ago, tamaara said:

Hi there,

 

Are you in Spain and need that visa to come in the US or are you adjusting status from within the US? I got confused with what you said about work.

If it's the latter I filed all forms without the waiver in hand but I had a receipt number from USCIS saying they had received my case. I will show the approved waiver at my interview.

Hi Tamara,

I'm in the US, in Colorado, adjusting the status from here. I still didn't get the approval from DOS, but I calculated it, based on the information everybody is sharing and I should get it very soon, I really hope so. I'm waiting to see what my lawyer says but if you say that I can fill all the forms once USCIS confirm they got my case, this could make the process a little bit faster, so thank you so much for the information.

What I mean about my job situation is that all teaching positions are getting filled and I can't get a position because I still don't have my status changed and so far there's no any school that want to wait for me, so anything that I get to do to expedite the process right now it's of great help. Thanks again for your help!!! 

Thanks a lot for all the information all of you are posting, I was a bit lost and thinking that there was something wrong with my J-1 waiver petition but now I see the process takes about 6 to 8 weeks, right?

My timeline is as follows:

May 9th - The DOS received all my documentation and fees

June 21st - I received the NOS

June 30th - The Dos received and update the website with the NOS received

And since then they didn't update anything, my case is Pending. I'm requesting the waiver because I got married with a US citizen and I would like to know if anybody else has been through this process of waiting for the waiver and then asking for the visa IR1 or CR1, and if you have any suggestion or recommendation. I've seen that you can apply for a H1b visa expedited but does anybody knows if you can do the same for the immigrant visa IR1 or CR1? And also anybody knows if once I get the favorable response by DOS if I can apply for the visa before I get an answer from USCIS? 

I'm not sure if anybody is in the same situation than me, but it would be of great help, I'm a teacher and I still don't have a contract because of my immigration status and I may lose the chance of work this year which would be really hard for me as I'm already been without working and had a lot of problems, because the lawyer I had previously disappeared. Besides, I'm going to ask these questions to my new lawyer so if someone is interested in know these things let me know! Thanks again and the best of luck for everybody!!!