Snore22

Yes! He received on Monday the receipt notice, and today I checked and his case was approved! 
But mine took a while to receive the receipt notice. You should have yours soon. 

Hi everyone! 
I received a favorable recommendation from DOS last oct 5th. What happens now? 
does anyone know long will take to receive my case number? I saw some people find the case number by chatting with someone. What’s is the website? 
 
thanks a lot! 

Apparently DOS is doing things faster. It took only 32 days for my fav recommendation, and I had sponsor views. 

Thank you for the Admins and the contributors of this forum. It was a great help  for me to guide myself through this process. Finally, after four months, I got a 'favorable recommendation'. Here is my time line,
 
-I sent the package on Dec 31 2020, the check was cashed about one week after.
-My embassy sent the NOS on Feb 23 and delivered on 24th.
In both of above situations I had to  email and asked for the updates as my case was not appearing on line. In each occasion, after one week of the automatic reply  a visa specialist replied and told me to email the whole package, and in the case of NOS to ask the embassy to email it(they gave specific emails).
 

Yeah, it doesn't matter how far back it was, they will ask for sponsor views.

Finally got the I797 notice in the mail on 7/19. It states that case was received by USCIS on 9/14. This way my updated timeline is
 
 

Hi All,
 
Just wanted to post my timeline here in case it benefits anyone out there who is waiting for J1 waiver through NOS.
 
- 4/6/22 - Application (DS3035, money order, etc) was delivered via USPS 
- 4/20/22 - NOS letter was delivered via USPS (from embassy, it took 2 weeks to process)
- 4/21/22 - Application marked as received on the DOS website (excluding NOS)
- 5/15/22 (a Sunday!!) - NOS marked as received
- 6/27/22 - Congressional inquiry (a senator's office) - DOS responded with generic language
- 8/10/22 - DOS issued favorable recommendation
                   = 126 days (18 weeks) from delivery by USPS
                   = 111 days (16 weeks) from application was received by DOS 
                   = 87 days (12.5 weeks) from NOS receipt
- 8/13/22 - Received FR copy in the mail
- 8/16/22 - USCIS received I-612 from DOS
- 8/19/22 - Received USCIS I797C receipt notice
- 9/6/22 - USCIS approved the waiver
                   = 158 days (22 weeks) from delivery by USPS
                   = 138 days (20 weeks) from application was received by DOS 
                   = 114 days (16 weeks) from NOS receipt
                   = 21 days (3 weeks) from USCIS receipt of I612
- 9/12/22 - Received paper copy from USCIS in the mail
 
I am grateful for this community and support. Please don't give up and always keep the faith!