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On 2/8/2019 at 5:09 PM, shiv2019 said:

Hi all,

I sent my documents to DOS on Jan, 19th and got a confirmation from USPS tracking that the documents were delivered on Jan, 22nd.

However, today is Feb, 8th and there is still no update in the DOS portal that my documents were received.

I have seen in some of the timelines that others have shared in this thread that it normally takes around 2 weeks, so am a bit worried that my documents got lost somewhere.

Is anyone else seeing delays?

Thanks!

 

Don't worry shiv2019, It will be updated soon. My documents were received on December 28th and just got status updated this morning (Feb 12). As part of 2019 timeline, things are delayed than last year and it is taking 4-6 weeks to get the status update as per observed recent posts.

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I just got the favorable recommendation today. Here is my timeline:   epartment of State Advisory Opinion Finding: Favorable Recommendation   Ite

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Hello,   Reading other people's experience helped a lot to calm my anxiety during this process, so I am paying it forward and sharing my timeline.   I applied for the J1 waiver bas

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Yeah, Coco8 is right. It starts to count when they received all the documents (usually the NOS is the last).   And the 6-8 weeks is for the DOS only, however, if you need this to apply for a

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9 hours ago, JWaiver_2019 said:

Don't worry shiv2019, It will be updated soon. My documents were received on December 28th and just got status updated this morning (Feb 12). As part of 2019 timeline, things are delayed than last year and it is taking 4-6 weeks to get the status update as per observed recent posts.

Thank you so much @adrian876 and @JWaiver_2019 for the reassuring words, it helped me to not stress out as much in the past days.

My documents are also received since this morning (Feb 12). 🙂

Let's hope the NOS will also appear in the portal soon, so the process can finally start!

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3 minutes ago, shiv2019 said:

Thank you so much @adrian876 and @JWaiver_2019 for the reassuring words, it helped me to not stress out as much in the past days.

My documents are also received since this morning (Feb 12). 🙂

Let's hope the NOS will also appear in the portal soon, so the process can finally start!

This is good news! Keep us posted on NOS too!

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7 minutes ago, shiv2019 said:

Thank you so much @adrian876 and @JWaiver_2019 for the reassuring words, it helped me to not stress out as much in the past days.

My documents are also received since this morning (Feb 12). 🙂

Let's hope the NOS will also appear in the portal soon, so the process can finally start!

Awesome bro. Hope everything goes smoothly from here on.

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5 minutes ago, DS-5535-O1A said:

Congratulations Adrian. Can you please share your timeline?

Sure no problem. USCIS got my recommendation 01/09/2019 and sent the NOA 01/17/2019. I got approved on 02/12/19. So in a summary it took a little over a week to get favorable opinion after DOS got all my documents and then approximately 30 days for USCIS to approve the waiver. Just waiting on the mail now.

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7 hours ago, adrian876 said:

Sure no problem. USCIS got my recommendation 01/09/2019 and sent the NOA 01/17/2019. I got approved on 02/12/19. So in a summary it took a little over a week to get favorable opinion after DOS got all my documents and then approximately 30 days for USCIS to approve the waiver. Just waiting on the mail now.

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Congratulations @adrian876, very happy for you!

And very hopeful to see how fast DOS recommendation and USCIS processing can be, potentially.

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14 minutes ago, shiv2019 said:

Congratulations @adrian876, very happy for you!

And very hopeful to see how fast DOS recommendation and USCIS processing can be, potentially.

Thanks I appreciate it! I hope you get the good news as well real soon. Crossing my fingers🤞🤞

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Hello,

I have a question regarding J1 waiver program.

I’ve applied for J1 waiver recently but my case status is not yet updated in DOS, that means my documents were not yet received by DOS.

 

And from above discussions, I got to know that time line for favorable recommendation is around 8 to 12 weeks.

 

My question here is, Whether I can  travel out of USA during this process?

My DS 2019 form is valid until Aug 2020 and in March I’m planning to travel out of USA for a month.

will there be any issues during my Visa process in Home country or when returning back to USA?

 

It would be great to know if anyone travelled internationally during Waiver  process.

 

Thank you and appreciated.

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16 hours ago, Conrad30nj2019 said:

It looks like DOS review is taking longer now.

 

 

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It's insane the inefficiency of this government.

N-400 - Field Office: Phoenix - AZ - 177 Days (+124 days for Passport)

 

Day 000 - 08/17/22 - Applied Online

Day 000 - 08/17/22 - Biometric Reuse

Day 112 - 12/07/22 - Interview Letter

Day 147 - 01/11/23 - Interview 

Day 177 - 02/10/23 - Oath

Day 301 - 06/14/23 - Passport

 

ROC - Texas Service Center - Field Office: Phoenix - AZ - 469 Days

 

Spoiler

 

Day 000 - 09/29/21 - Sent Mail

Day 001 - 09/30/21 - ROC Delivered

Day 009 - 10/10/21 - NOA Received in the mail

Day 059 - 11/30/21 - Biometrics

Day 323 - 08/18/22 - Case transferred to another office

Day 382 - 10/16/22 - Fingerprints were applied

Day 469 - 01/11/23 - Approval/Interview

 

 

AOS - F1 to LPR - Field Office Phoenix - AZ - 212 Days

 

Spoiler

 

AOS - F1 to LPR - Field Office Phoenix - AZ

 

Day 000 - 04/20/19 - Sent Priority Mail (4lb - 12oz, ~700 pages, $19)

Day 001 - 04/24/19 - AOS Delivered

Day 007 - 04/30/19 - Credit Card Charged & Text for NOA.

Day 012 - 05/05/19 - NOA Received in the mail (PD: 04/23/19, RD: 04/23/19)

Day 017 - 05/10/19 - NOA2 Biometrics Appointment (Action Date: 05/03/19)

Day 031 - 05/24/19 - Biometrics Appointment

Day 042 - 06/04/19 - Case Ready to be Scheduled an Interview

Day 160 - 09/27/19 - Interview Scheduled

Day 173 - 10/10/19 - EAD Card in Production

Day 204 - 11/14/19 - Interview Date

Day 204 - 11/14/19 -  Approved and Card in Production

Day 212 - 11/22/19 - Card Received in the Mail

 

 

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