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Hi All,

Here is my completed timeline:

DOS sent FR to USCIS: April 20

Received a copy of the FR in the mail: In about a week

Never received the 'Case received' from the USCIS and called the USCIS customer service ## after 4 weeks. They're not too familiar with this so try to explain clearly. 

The customer rep. managed to find my receipt number so I could check the status online on May 25.

Case approved: May 26

Approval Notice: June 2

Good luck to you all. Be patient..

On 5/11/2020 at 1:29 AM, Dev1971 said:

Hi

i don’t whether it helped me in my case or not. After 5 weeks i have asked my home embassy that can they send another copy of NOC to DoS or not. They said they can fax a copy and they did. On the next day I saw my status updated and Fav Recommendation issued.

I don’t know whether the fax had any connection or not.
Now I am waiting for USCIS approval more than 5 weeks. It is frustrating 😔

thanks

Hi. I got my FR on 4/20 and received DOS letter in the mail but nothing from the USCIS. Not even the case accepted letter. Nothing. Is there a way to contact them? 

Thanks. 

19 minutes ago, RKR said:

Hi, did you receive your case receipt notice by mail from USCIS? By using receipt number you can check your status in USCIS website. If you did not receive or do you not know the receipt number, you can call USCIS and ask your receipt number.

Thank you! Much appreciated. 

19 hours ago, RKR said:

Hi all, I wanted to share you my timeline. As mentioned March 23rd-FR

March 30 - DoS Physical approval letter

April 1 - USCIS received case

April 6 - USCIS receipt notice

April 16 - USCIS approved case

April 20- got USCIS approval notice. 

Is there a way to check the USCIS status online? Can you share?

On 4/14/2020 at 9:54 AM, waiver_throwaway said:

Hey J1toH1,

 

Yes,  I got the approval notice this past weekend; it's dated April 6th.

 

DoS sent recommendation on March 23rd, so 2 weeks.

Hi. Can you tell us how to check the USCIS case status please? 

Hey guys. Finally some good news. Got my FR on exactly 12th week today. Hopefully USCIS goes faster. Here is my timeline.

12 hours ago, Bonjiorno said:

Hi guys!!!

Sorry for the stupid question, but how can I view my status on USCIS?  Do I need to receive a letter with the number first?

 

Thks !!!!

Did you finally get the favorable recommendation? can you share your timeline?
google something like form I612 status USCIS

1 hour ago, brhacker said:

I just checked my DS3035 and it does mention all the J-1 visas on it.

I really don't think they'd be asking every sponsor you ever had- but the latest one. You can send them an email at 212ewaiver@state.gov to clear things up too. 

3 minutes ago, brhacker said:

I had a J-1 visa back in 2014-2015 funded by my country government (Brazil) but on the DS-2019 it states an US sponsor (IIE) which i believe is the one responsible for managing the funds. Right now I am on J-1 visa funded by the company i am working for and the sponsor program is an US agency as well. The waiver I am applying for is for the current J-1 visa. Why would they ask for sponsor views if the US company is the one funding my current program? Do you know how long it takes for the sponsor to get the request? I noticed the status update on the site yesterday so I emailed the sponsor from 2014 and my current sponsor to see if they received anything. The sponsor of 2014 said that they didn't but I am not even sure if they are the one that will get the DOS request.

As far as I know, the waiver will waive all J1's you ever had. The one you mentioned on the DS3035 should be getting the sponsor request. If you mentioned the latest J1 visa info on the form, that's the one the views are going to be asked from. It doesn't matter if it's a US funding or your home country. Either way they'll ask for the views. I saw some people's timelines here with the sponsor views. Some took a month. It shouldn't be longer than that tbh. I'd check with your current sponsor from time to time. Good luck. 

8 hours ago, brhacker said:

This is my latest update, does anyone have any info about sponsor views?

If your J1 was sponsored financially by an institution etc., DOS asks for the sponsor views. They send it themselves and the institution sponsored you sends it to them. You can check with them to expedite this step if you'd like.  Have you received Fullbright ? 

1 hour ago, JMGN said:

hello everyone, 

I just want to share my good news that I have received my FR after the exact 12 weeks of waiting. Here is my timeline:

Department of State Advisory Opinion Finding: Favorable Recommendation

Item	Action	Date
Recommendation	Sent	April, 09 2020
No Objection Statement	Received	January, 16 2020
Fee	Received	September, 25 2019
Form DS-3035	Received	September, 25 2019
Form DS-2019	Received	September, 25 2019
Passport Data Page	Received	September, 25 2019
Statement Of Reason	Received	September, 25 2019
Other	Received	September, 25 2019

 

Congrats!! Happy for you.

11 minutes ago, J1waiver1 said:

Complete application received Dec 18. No update since then. 

Are you also applying to this bc of AOS? 

2 hours ago, abie said:

Hello Friends, 

 

I am wondering if anyone who has the following timeline or similar has received any update on their case. I know it could take longer in some cases, but wanted to see what people are experiencing in general. Thank you for your comments. 

 

 

 

All my stuff has been received on Jan 28. Still waiting..

1 hour ago, Matboyle said:

Almost 8 weeks past and I am still waiting for my case to be recieved. My embassy sent NOL a month ago but still there is no information on my number. 

8 weeks sounds way too long for the case to show up on the system. Are you sure you did everything right? Payment and the barcode file sent all together etc?

1 hour ago, j1waiverornot said:

Hey, my J1 expired last May and right now I'm living in Germany (not my home country, also was where I got my J1), looking to apply for H1b later in the year. Is this considered adjustment of status? I think I'd just apply for the waiver without the advisory opinion.

No it is not AOS.

2 hours ago, Dev1971 said:

Hi

One of my friend was in the same situation, not subjected to 2 years in Passport/visa. But he had to take waiver since his home country was listed in skill list. My suggestion will be go for Advisory Opinion and they will tell you the fact. But I am 90% sure that if your country is in skill list then you have to take waiver

Then maybe he should directly apply for the waiver since he'll have to wait for the waiver processing after the opinion more than likely. 

1 hour ago, waiver_throwaway said:

I'm in the same situation as you. I got my favorable rec on March 23 and have not yet received either DoS or USCIS letters. The SASE I sent DoS had tracking labels and those have not been scanned, so not sure if they were ever used... My case is not urgent, so I'll give it another week and reach out to their email if I don't get my DoS recommendation letter/USCIS receipt notice.

 

If that doesn't work after a few tries the best course of action imo is reaching out to your congressional representative office for help: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

 

I'll keep watching this thread and will report back next week if I get either document, but seems unlikely to happen at this point. lol

Hi. Can you share your timeline please? 

33 minutes ago, JMGN said:

Yes mine is back too but no update. 😩

2 hours ago, BUS said:

Table returned!

everything is normal.

 

looks like they update the status just one time a day.

Same here..

16 minutes ago, JMGN said:

No. My husband will be petitioning for me.

Thank you for responding. So it is for K3 Visa. 
From the examples here, I started thinking that family reasons are taking a bit longer than the H1B ones. Your 11 weeks situation also falls into this. Wishing all of us luck!

7 hours ago, JMGN said:

Yes! I just noticed that my table with information is missing. I am nervous to find out why this happened. I have been patiently waiting to see an update over 11 weeks now. Please let me when your table comes back and if any changes.

Hi. Are you applying for the waiver because of H1B? 

Mine also disappeared.. 

32 minutes ago, vkk said:

Hello guys! I received my FR today. Hopefully things will move faster now. Best luck for all those waiting for their FR.

 

omg this gives me so much hope!! thank you for sharing and congrats! Please let us know about the USCIS timeline as well. 

7 hours ago, A_waiver_20 said:

Thank you for the quick response. Can I start the H1B process, even if i don't get FR on J1 waiver? 

I believe so. From the previous posts I remember that some people managed to have DOS expedite the process bc they had job offers. 

6 hours ago, A_waiver_20 said:

Hello All,

  Does any one to give response on following question?

  1. My status expiring on May 31st, 2019 and didn't get response from DOS on J1 waiver.

       I think, i can't renew either the J1 program or change the status to H1B.

       welcome any suggestions on to stay in usa beyond expired status date.

Thanks.

Hi. I don't think you should be renewing the J1 now that you've applied for the waiver but I think you can apply for the H1B during this process. Assuming you have a sponsor for the H1B, you can ask the DOS to expedite it accordingly. There are a good amount people here who applied for the waiver to get the H1B. They should know more than I do on this. Good luck. 

13 hours ago, jessjess said:

Hey guys,

 

You might have seen me posting and complaining here before. My case took a really really LOOOOONG time. Finally today it was approved. I wanted to share my timeline here, because I've received lots of informations and supports from many of you here, even though we've never met anyone in person. I wish you all good luck and stay calm and healthy during these covid-19 times.

 

 

For the USCIS part:

1/15/2020, USCIS issued the I-797 notice of my case;

1/24/2020, "Name Was Updated" (I'm not sure what this mean. My case didn't move forward for a long time from here);

3/27/2020, "Case Was Approved".

 

I'm still waiting for the physical mail notice. 

 

It seems that most people's cases get approved within 2 weeks once it gets to the USCIS. Some other cases have taken slight longer. But for mine, it was more than 10 weeks. I really don't understand why it took so long. During this time, I've called the USCIS and they couldn't give me any useful info. If you've been waiting for your case for a long time, be patient, it'll come. Good luck to everyone. 

Thank you for sharing and congrats!!

11 hours ago, J1waiver1 said:

Thanks for reply. My case is simple, NOS based, only one J1 program from one sponser. So only 3) applies for my case :). 

What is your timeline? Have you heard back from DOS?

I feel like the reason people ask for this waiver is a very important factor as well..