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Yes, I was fully prepared to wait a month. I guess between the sponsor views and USCIS the total wait time is averaging out for me. Hope your gets processed soon.

It took USCIS 7 days to process my case after the DOS approval. DOS Favorable Recommendation on May 15th, USCIS case approved May 22nd. Mine took 3 months, but I think it depends on who the sponsor is.

Yeah, I would have thought their own (DOS) statement advising all US citizens to evacuate would be sufficient. It wasn't so bad waiting around in another country, but definitely annoying because of the heightened sense of being in limbo.

It's finally happened for me as well. Favorable recommendation. Two years and a month since the beginning of the whole process and just over a year at the DOS stage. I had both the request for documents (that came after 6 months of waiting) and sponsor views. My sponsor was the education division of the DOS, but my program wasn't Fullbright. My spouse and I spent 6 months in Ukraine before having to leave and apply for the hardship waiver. I would have much rather preferred to stay and finish my time, if it were safe to do so, than go through this process. I was waiting for the decision outside the US in a third country. The request for documents was weird. They asked me to prove that there really was war going on in Ukraine (this was fall of 2022). And also asked for information that was already provided in my case. So we provided the info again in a different statement, added a medical evaluation, and found a bunch of published official reports from places like UNICEF and other organizations about the war. Best of luck to everyone.

My case got to DOS from USCIS May 4, 2023.

My DOS page just got updated saying "Sponsor Views Received". Fingers crossed. They sent the sponsor views request Feb 02, 2024 and say they received it May 06.