Pinguina

Yeah that’s what they tell people but it’s definitely not true… I’ve heard of cases of people from the same nationality, same work place, basically the same case, and one of them got it in just one or two months, and the other one was waiting for long… I hope your case gets approved soon!!!

When is your visa expiring? I’m pretty sure they take that into account too.

Yes! Got email approval notice on Friday (took 8 days). Now we are waiting for official approval on the mail. The waiver case on USCIS has not changed status since they received it on august 24. I hope your uni decides to apply. Do they have a lawyer firm? The lawyers working for my uni were super sure about what to do

Hi Adrian! My university filed for H1-B with premium processing last week (and they were able to include the receipt number from USCIS), but we have not heard back yet. I am not too concerned because we had the long weekend. I'm hopeful that we will hear back this week!

Received a mail from USCIS today August 29 with the notice of receipt of my case.

Thanks for the reply, my friend! My university told me that it is not common nowadays to wait for USCIS final approval, so we are going to file with premium processing next week and hope that USCIS can find the case and they won't send a request for evidence. It seems like there is no common practice here and every lawyer prefers to do something different. I'm hoping it all works out!

Hello everyone, I have an update regarding my case. I received FR on August 19. Now my new employer is trying to figure out if we should file for H1-B immediately or wait until USCIS send notice of receipt. My J1 is expiring in one week so I'm quite nervous. I hope everything works out. Good luck to everyone out there still waiting for FR!

I feel you. I also have a job that I was supposed to start last Monday and now they’re trying to push my start date to January :( all my documents were received by April 21st but still nothing (17 weeks). My congressperson contacted DoS but that wasn’t useful. I think all we can do is wait.

Hi, do you have any updates?

That's awesome!! So did you file for H1B after you got the receipt from USCIS? Or did you do it right after DoS sent FR?

Hi, do you have any updates on this? I was also supposed to start my tenure track today but here we are All my documents were received by April 21 (one week after you) and my case is still pending, even after getting my congressperson to inquire.

Oh wow that’s horrible are you in the US? When do you have to leave?

Did you file for H1B? How’s it going? I have a similar timeline and my employer also is wondering if we should file for H1B. I’m just nervous about it getting rejected

Hi everyone, I applied for waiver under no objection. Timeline: Documents received: April 11 NOS received: April 21 Case still pending even after getting my congressperson to contact DoS. It has been over 16 weeks already. My sponsor was my university, so I doubt that they are getting sponsor views. What should I do? I have a job lined up and I was supposed to start tomorrow, but obviously can’t. They’ll sponsor me for H1B (no cap). I’ve seen a few people who applied right after getting FR from DoS. Is that recommended? Can anyone share? I’m so stressed don’t wanna leave the country.