Natasha Sichula

1 minute ago, pedroneo said:

The address I sent is basically the one they told me in the e-mail, and it is also the one that appears on their main website. This is a mess.

Yes, its really devastating. My DS 2019 expires the first week on December. All my documents aside from my NOS were marked as received on July 6th. My Embassy sent the NOS three times. Then finally I called one of the Congressmen in Chicago who helped me with my case. The Department of State then gave us a fax and email address for my Embassy to send my NOS. I am literally praying that all things work together for my good. All the best with your case. 

6 minutes ago, pedroneo said:

Did anyone ever send mail to the Waiver Division using this address?

 

Waiver Review Division
U.S. Department of State
CA/VO/DO/W
SA-17, Floor 11
Washington, DC 20522-1711

 

My Fedex overnight package I sent yesterday says "operational delay" due to incorrect address. #######? This is becoming a nightmare. See print screen attached.

 

My NOL was delivered by my Embassy using that address. They also used overnight shipping. However, you did not put the 600 19th st NW SA 17 11TH FLR

Hi everyone, 

So all my documents were submitted in May, including my NOL from my Zambian embassy. However, in August, I noticed that my NOL was reflecting as received, and so my lawyers emailed the State dept, and I also asked my Zambian embassy to resend the NOL. In September, my NOL was still not reflecting, and so I asked my Zambian Embassy to email the NOL. Today, my lawyers got a response from August State Dept inquiry saying that they have not yet received my NOL. Does anyone know how I can contact my Illinois Congress Representative to help with my case. My student visa expires in December 2021. Please advise. 

Would you mind sharing their faxing details

On 8/31/2021 at 12:05 PM, WaiverFinder said:

Hi all,

 

I sent all the documents to DoS on 25th of May (2021) and they showed up on their website in the first days of July. My embassy sent (via e-mail) the NOS twice, on 29th of May and on 7th of July. However, even to date (31st of August) the NOS doesn't show up on their website.

 

Anyone else finding a big delay (3 months+) before the website reflects the NOS? My J1 expires mid October.

 

I find this process one of the worse: no transparency whatsoever, random delays, no answers, and misleading information (e.g., website says "that 12-16 weeks after we received all the documents", should be "12-16 weeks after an arbitrary, unknown point in the future when we feel like we'll update the case to reflect the document that we received"). I understand that the COVID19 situation slow things down, but the process seems really broken to me.

 

I've asked twice DoS via e-mail about the status of my NOS and I never received a response back (except the two automatic e-mails with contradictory information -- "we'll get back to you in 10 business days" and then "we'll get back to you in 25-30 days"). I've tried to ask help from two senators and none of them were able to help (my experience is that they can help once the case is at USCIS, but not so much when it is at DoS).

 

Finally, I have more than four J1s, do you think that this may cause a delay? None of them were government sponsored.

 

Thanks.

Very similar story, but my NOS is still not reflected

Hi everyone, 

My student visa was the J1 visa, but it clearly said “Not subject to the two year home residency." However, when my hospital was applying for my H1B visa, the hospital lawyer said he had never seen anyone who had a J1 visa who was not subject to the 2 year home residency. He claimed that the US Consulate in Zambia (My home country) may have made a mistake, and that if they just go ahead and file my H1B visa the J1 issue might come back to haunt me. 

My work lawyers submitted all my documents for the J1 waiver on May 25, 2021 while the Zambian Embassy sent their No Objection Letter on May 21. However, the No Objection Letter was not being reflected, and my lawyers asked me to have my embassy resent the No Objection Letter which they did on August 11. Upto now no update has been made on my case and my student visa expires in December. Please advise on what I should do?