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  1. DrIdaddoq
    Thanks everyone! My DS expires in 3 months. Not sure if that's how they triage. Again, I think it's a blackbox and no one knows how they make the decisions. If you read the publications about this from Hake et al., they have been contemplating about the process since 1993, and no one figured it out yet.
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    Guys... my wait has just ended! 😭 I checked yesterday (3/16/23) was pending, but just changed this morning. Stay hopeful!
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    It’s back! Aaaaaand it’s PENDING 😭
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    I can't access my case status... anybody facing such a problem?
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    This is bizarre. Does the second Hardship case contain I-612? They may have filed two DS-3035's by mistake and just used one. Overall, bizarre. Unless it's a clerical error.
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    Me too. I hate PENDING. It’s my life now. I have few more months for my J1 to end. Been waiting for 17+ months now at DoS alone. Every single day. Every. Single. Day. I keep checking with stupid hope that the status changed. It’s almost mental.
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    No one knows if the timer "resets". Bottom line no one truly knows what happens behind the DoS closed doors.
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    I have. And it took them a while, but eventually updated my case with "Others" received. I sent it by email to their email
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    Omg. Not my case, but this is very discouraging. My case pending since Sep 2021.
  10. DrIdaddoq
    I continue to wait.
  11. DrIdaddoq
    I'm losing my mind refreshing EVERY SINGLE WORK DAY for 17 months....
  12. DrIdaddoq
    encouraging... but I'm getting so brutally anxious. Still pending since Sep 2021.
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    I guess different interpretations. Maybe no one really knows what happens there. My case wasn’t kicked back to the USCIS. I’m pretty sure DoS has authority to refuse the waiver based on the degree of hardship and not just J1. You can see some unfavorable outcomes there when the sponsor says something sometimes. It doesn’t go against J1 but it doesn’t bode well to applicant. No he just said to wait. Him and another lawyer think it’s been taking 17-24 months nowadays at DoS so just waiting is the best course of action, unfortunately. I’ve been waiting since September 2021 at the DoS (~17 months now).
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    Schmitt is my lawyer. He's good. Also, he EMAILED my new DS form and some new information that I needed the DoS to know. N
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    No. But if your state waiver gets approved your hardship waiver at the DoS will be cancelled. If you get the hardship before (from DoS) then you can actively cancel the state one.
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    Yes you need to tell your lawyer to send the DOS the new DS-2019 form.
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    I second this. You can file Writ of Mandamus and win. Talk to your lawyer as that’s expensive.
  18. DrIdaddoq
    I’m from Middle East too. I doubt country makes a difference. Perhaps time remaining until out of status? Who knows. Stay hopeful, I feel everyone here will get it. We waited so long.
  19. DrIdaddoq
    Congratulations!! Any September 2021 DOS-ers here? Do I have the oldest case that's stuck at the bottom of the pile at this point? I stopped checking the website, and basically lost hope that they will ever get to my case. I feel like I'm gonna open it up in 2029 and it will still say "PENDING"
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    Agree. I’m not from Pakistan and 16 months now at DoS
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    Was it an RFE? Or completely denied? Is your lawyer surprised or they expected? You seem to have a really good CV, 1000+ citations is not an easy task, and I'm sure you had good letters. Perhaps you can apply again (or spend some few months until waiver comes through then get apply EB or H1). I'm pending since Sep 2021 at DoS, and applying for O-1 soon, so I'm definitely know how you feel. I'm cautiously optimistic for all of us, that things will start moving soon. Good luck to all.
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    What was their basis for denial?
  23. DrIdaddoq
    I don't think it's legally possible. But ask your lawyer. I cite this from the immigration code INA 248(a)(2) [https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1258&num=0&edition=prelim] which blocks a physician who did GME in J status from changing status from J-1 to any other nonimmigrant visa status from within the United States, even if they receive a hardship waiver.
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    I don't think you can change status while in the US regardless of hardship. Even if you get the hardship waiver, you cannot change status. ONLY EXCEPTION is if you have an underserved waiver (your or your spouse who got the H1B). But ask your lawyer. Again, just a reminder, even after you get the hardship, you can only go to an AOS (I-485) through any way (Marriage-based, NIW, etc.), and otherwise need to leave the country and come back on whatever new status they have for you.
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    I know what I’ll be doing the next few days… I was actively following this case and I can swear that I checked it on 12/16/2022 and the status wasn’t updated. But I could be wrong.
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