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18 minutes ago, Niia said:

That helps a lot, thank you! Our timelines are very similar, except I got RFE for the things I originally sent in the packet, which was very frustrating. I also called USCIS to ask about forwarding to DOS and the officer said “there’s no forwarding, we will either approve or deny”... lol 

 

I guess I’m just going to send the application and the fee to DOS so I can track through them and see what’s going on. Thanks again!! 

Hang in there! Good luck!!

1 hour ago, Niia said:

Hi,

 

I applied for i-612 based on exceptional hardship in June 2017. Received RFE late November, sent the response 2 months ago. RFE response was received, since then nothing. Can someone tell me if you received a notification when USCIS forwarded the case to DOS? I had not sent an application to DOS yet, was waiting until and if USCIS forwards the application to them. 

Hi @Niia , you applied around the same time that I did. To answer your question, they never sent me a notification when USCiS sent the I-613 to DOS. I checked in both the USCIS and DOS website and that's how I knew that USCIS sent the forms and that DOS received them. Please see below the timing:

March 23- sent the application to USCIS

Jun 1- DOS received documents

Nov 8- DOS received I-612 and I-613 

Dec 19- Favorable recommendation sent

Jan 8- Approval Notification from USCIS 

Hope this helps!

Thank you @mandy_786. The service center is in California. Mine was hardship waiver too.  It takes about a month for the USCIS to process the waiver after the DOS sends the recommendation. Yours should be almost ready too. Hang in there! 

Thank you so much @Coco8. I just got the waiver from USCIS. I can't believe this long and hard process is finally over.

On 2/14/2016 at 9:29 AM, medicalguy said:

I went through exceptional hardship waiver, but for what it is worth my timeline is in my signature.

@Coco8 

Thanks so much for your help. I contacted the embassy in Washington and they said they sent the letter on Nov 8th. They said to give it a few more days since usually takes about a month. We also e-mailed the DOS office but they haven't replied back. Hopefully, they have it. 

Just got favorable recomendation from DOS🤗 on Dec 19. How long usually takes from this point? @Coco8 

Thanks so much for your help. I contacted the embassy in Washington and they said they sent the letter on Nov 8th. They said to give it a few more days since usually takes about a month. We also e-mailed the DOS office but they haven't replied back. Hopefully, they have it. 

 @Coco8 

Thanks so much for your help. I contacted the embassy in Washington and they said they sent the letter on Nov 8th. They said to give it a few more days since usually takes about a month. We also e-mailed the DOS office but they haven't replied back. Hopefully, they have it. 

Thanks @Coco8. I appreciate your reply.

I did get the no objection letter and it was sent to the DOS a month ago. But hasn't still appear in their website. Our lawyer said we could apply for both at the same time. Since we got the letter, we decided to go ahead and apply for AOS since this process usually takes longer (3months) than no objection waivers. 

We asked for a secondary opinion with another lawyer who said i might not even need the waiver since after my academic program was complete I worked in Canada (which is not my home country) for two years and then I married my fiance. I just don't know how can i verify this information. 

Hello,

I applied for a hardship waiver on March 2017 on the bases of extreme hardship to my USC husband and child. They received the documents on Jun 1, USCIS sent the I-613 and I-612 on November 8. Did any of you recently get  hardship waiver approved? what was the timeline?

I also applied for no objection statement, since I was finally able to get the NOS. We applied late october, the letter was sent from the embassy november 2 and still not showing in the website ( in fact it doesn't even show the no objection application wàs received). Does it take this long??

Also we applied for AOS and work authorization. It says they take 3 months to process the work authorization. Can I start looking for a job? eventhough the waiver hasn't been approved. 

Thank you for sharing your experience. I applied for both hardship (jun 1st application received, I-613 & I-612 from USCIS received on nov 8th) and no objection on november (embassy sent letter nov 2nd, still not showing in DOS website). Like you said, it is a hard and painful process. I check their website several times in a day. Hopefully soon we have resolution on our case.