J-1 Waiver Timelines 2016

[SSRS6 0]

1 hour ago, qingshuiyiju said:

Are you based on No Objection Statement? Is the receipt notice mailed to your current address or the mailing address?

Yes it is a no objection to return waiver. The i-797 was mailed to mailing address.

[john2017 0]

Hi All,

 

My case is based on J1 No objection, and I am freaking out because it has been almost 2 months since I have been waiting from USCIS. 

 

Here is my rough timeline. 

 

- DOS favorable recommendation on December 03, 2016.

- USCIS received the case on vermont center on December 13, 2016,

 

I am still waiting USCIS.  Any ideas  ? How long did you guys wait ? Is it normal for USCIS to take such a long time ?

 

Thanks,

John. 

 

[john2017 0]

On 1/27/2017 at 4:14 PM, SSRS6 said:

Yes it is a no objection to return waiver. The i-797 was mailed to mailing address.

Hi,

 

Did your case was processed by Vermont center ? It seems you have the exact the same timeline as mine. But I did not get any response from USCIS. 

[Poopahpoopah 2]

Has anyone who's documents were received around 8th of December had any kind of status update? It's been 8 weeks already.

[WI_CA 51]

17 hours ago, john2017 said:

Hi All,

 

My case is based on J1 No objection, and I am freaking out because it has been almost 2 months since I have been waiting from USCIS. 

 

Here is my rough timeline. 

 

- DOS favorable recommendation on December 03, 2016.

- USCIS received the case on vermont center on December 13, 2016,

 

I am still waiting USCIS.  Any ideas  ? How long did you guys wait ? Is it normal for USCIS to take such a long time ?

 

Thanks,

John. 

 

 

 

4 minutes ago, DetectiveBabadook said:

Has anyone who's documents were received around 8th of December had any kind of status update? It's been 8 weeks already.

 

 

This is my timeline:

 

December 13, 2016 USCIS NOA Date

December 6, 2016 USCIS received

November, 30 2016 Recommendation Sent Department of State Decision: Favorable Recommendation

November, 25 2016 No Objection Statement Received

Change of Address Received

November, 09 2016 Incomplete Information Letter Sent

November, 08 2016 Fee Received

October, 11 2016 Form DS-3035

Received October, 11 2016

Form DS-2019 Received October, 11 2016

Passport Data Page Received October, 11 2016

Statement Of Reason Received October, 11 2016

 

 

 

 

I contacted my senator last week to expedite the final decision as I applied to AOS and I don't want my application to be delayed pending waiver decision; no updates so far.

Edited February 1, 2017 by WI_CA

[Poopahpoopah 2]

10 minutes ago, WI_CA said:

 

This is my timeline:

 

December 13, 2016 USCIS NOA Date

December 6, 2016 USCIS received

November, 30 2016 Recommendation Sent Department of State Decision: Favorable Recommendation

November, 25 2016 No Objection Statement Received

Change of Address Received

November, 09 2016 Incomplete Information Letter Sent

November, 08 2016 Fee Received

October, 11 2016 Form DS-3035

Received October, 11 2016

Form DS-2019 Received October, 11 2016

Passport Data Page Received October, 11 2016

Statement Of Reason Received October, 11 2016

 

 

 

 

I contacted my senator last week to expedite the final decision as I applied to AOS and I don't want my application to be delayed pending waiver decision; no updates so far.

Wow, you got your recommendation very fast, though. Hope you hear about the final decision soon.

 

 

Edited February 1, 2017 by DetectiveBabadook

[WI_CA 51]

7 minutes ago, DetectiveBabadook said:

Wow, you got your recommendation very fast, though. Hope you hear about the final decision soon.

 

 

Don't remind me.

I had my case rejected initially due to wrong payment amount ($215 sent instead of $120) and my no-objection letter sent back first time as well (november 9) as my country's embassy had my name written on the envelope containing the letter as a sender.

 

Plus I have an advisory opinion dragging since 8/2015 awaiting response from my home town since they couldn't decide whether I received government funding or not (did not).
I believe that is why they approved my case so quickly once they received the NOS.

 

Otherwise, no updates from USCIS

[SSRS6 0]

19 hours ago, john2017 said:

Hi,

 

Did your case was processed by Vermont center ? It seems you have the exact the same timeline as mine. But I did not get any response from USCIS. 

I called up the USCIS and also got connected to the L2 immigration officer. However, they mentioned this is within normal processing time and currently they are processing October cases. This is the same info that's available on the internet in the USCIS website which is as of Nov. 30, 2016. The officer mentioned, normally it takes 2-2.5 months. So I am hoping it should be anytime now. Finger's crossed!!

[SSRS6 0]

1 hour ago, DetectiveBabadook said:

Wow, you got your recommendation very fast, though. Hope you hear about the final decision soon.

 

 

It looks like probably 3 cases got approved in the Dec. 13 USCIS received date timeline. One is Jan.6 and 2 others Jan 25. I have been waiting and don't know how much longer...

[john2017 0]

2 hours ago, WI_CA said:

WOW. That is really fast. I also had similar issues like yours where I submitted wrong fee, and my application returned from DOS. It has been 5 months since I first submitted all documents to USCIS. I did not expected USCIS will take this long. 

 

2 hours ago, WI_CA said:

 

 

 

This is my timeline:

 

December 13, 2016 USCIS NOA Date

December 6, 2016 USCIS received

November, 30 2016 Recommendation Sent Department of State Decision: Favorable Recommendation

November, 25 2016 No Objection Statement Received

Change of Address Received

November, 09 2016 Incomplete Information Letter Sent

November, 08 2016 Fee Received

October, 11 2016 Form DS-3035

Received October, 11 2016

Form DS-2019 Received October, 11 2016

Passport Data Page Received October, 11 2016

Statement Of Reason Received October, 11 2016

 

 

 

 

I contacted my senator last week to expedite the final decision as I applied to AOS and I don't want my application to be delayed pending waiver decision; no updates so far.

 

[john2017 0]

On 1/27/2017 at 4:14 PM, SSRS6 said:

Yes it is a no objection to return waiver. The i-797 was mailed to mailing address.

Did you get your waiver from USCIS  ? What is your timeline ?

[john2017 0]

2 hours ago, DetectiveBabadook said:

Has anyone who's documents were received around 8th of December had any kind of status update? It's been 8 weeks already.

My documents forwarded to USCIS on Dec, and USCIS received it on Dec 13. I have not heard anything from them since then. 

[Poopahpoopah 2]

Just now, john2017 said:

My documents forwarded to USCIS on Dec, and USCIS received it on Dec 13. I have not heard anything from them since then. 

Ah, no I'm still waiting for DOS (hopefully) favorable recommendation, so I'm still behind you in the process. I guess you can take away two weeks of Christmas break from that processing time.

[WI_CA 51]

I was wondering if any of you guys are waiting for the final recommendation of the USCIS on your no-objection waivers to send AOS.

 

If so, please check Note 2 in the following link

 

https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-19459/0-0-0-19728.html

[qingshuiyiju 0]

2 hours ago, SSRS6 said:

It looks like probably 3 cases got approved in the Dec. 13 USCIS received date timeline. One is Jan.6 and 2 others Jan 25. I have been waiting and don't know how much longer...

hi did you see cases received around December 21 to early January in the USCIS case system?