2019 J1 WAIVER TIMELINE - New Applicants

[Kmarriottie 1]

7 minutes ago, eliottreid said:

I love you. I didn’t know this was possible at all. Thankssss

one more question, was your waiver a straightforward case or did you have government funding?

Lmao straight forward but I’m pretty sure it’s all up to the discretion of the IO so pray you get a really nice IO like I did she was really cool tbh 

[Jpgs 14]

50 minutes ago, Kmarriottie said:

Lmao straight forward but I’m pretty sure it’s all up to the discretion of the IO so pray you get a really nice IO like I did she was really cool tbh 

I would recommend applying for the adjustment of status after receiving the Favorable Recommendation (FR) from the DOS.

 

I say this because I originally applied for my I-485 back in October 2018, but I was denied before I even had the chance of having an interview. This resulted in me having to reapply again in August 2019 after receiving my FR. It was a horrible experience and waste of money. 

 

If you have the FR, you will have no issues applying for an adjustment of status I-485.

[Kmarriottie 1]

20 minutes ago, Jpgs said:

I would recommend applying for the adjustment of status after receiving the Favorable Recommendation (FR) from the DOS.

 

I say this because I originally applied for my I-485 back in October 2018, but I was denied before I even had the chance of having an interview. This resulted in me having to reapply again in August 2019 after receiving my FR. It was a horrible experience and waste of money. 

 

If you have the FR, you will have no issues applying for an adjustment of status I-485.

You are probably right ! Did you apply for the waiver before the aos? 

[eliottreid 9]

26 minutes ago, Jpgs said:

I would recommend applying for the adjustment of status after receiving the Favorable Recommendation (FR) from the DOS.

 

I say this because I originally applied for my I-485 back in October 2018, but I was denied before I even had the chance of having an interview. This resulted in me having to reapply again in August 2019 after receiving my FR. It was a horrible experience and waste of money. 

 

If you have the FR, you will have no issues applying for an adjustment of status I-485.

I'll wait, I have to get my marriage license and all and that will probably take another month so hopefully by then I'll have that fav. recommendation.

[rlagkssk830 3]

2 hours ago, Kmarriottie said:

So I had gotten my ead in April 2018 and it expired April 2019 however I had filed the ead extension for 6 months and got approval so my ead was valued for six more months after the expired date so I was allowed to work up to October of this year.... 

Thank you! I was freaking out because we thought we needed the waiver from uscis IN HAND before turning it in as a rfe. So i'm guessing we can just take a screenshot of the FR before the interview. THANK YOUU. Where did you have your interview?

[rlagkssk830 3]

1 hour ago, Jpgs said:

I would recommend applying for the adjustment of status after receiving the Favorable Recommendation (FR) from the DOS.

 

I say this because I originally applied for my I-485 back in October 2018, but I was denied before I even had the chance of having an interview. This resulted in me having to reapply again in August 2019 after receiving my FR. It was a horrible experience and waste of money. 

 

If you have the FR, you will have no issues applying for an adjustment of status I-485.

I think it's case by case. my immigration lawyer told me our application processes through without them checking for waivers and stuff. USCIS only makes sure we have all the required paperwork and then it moves on to the next step. Only the IO checks our files in detail so if we get denied we would get denied at our interview.

 

My husband applied for i-485 based on marriage and although he had a j-1 visa we never got denied. On his visa it said he wasn't subject to the 2 year but when we filed for an advisory opinion it said he was subject so now we are filing the waiver. 

 

I would recommend you file the i-485 the same time or a little bit after you file for your NOS waiver. i-485 takes a long time to process and you'll be waiting forever to get an interview. NOS waiver is pretty quick in processing. Usually it's your embassy that will take a while before they send out your NOS, so call your embassy and bug them about it. 

[Kmarriottie 1]

1 hour ago, rlagkssk830 said:

Thank you! I was freaking out because we thought we needed the waiver from uscis IN HAND before turning it in as a rfe. So i'm guessing we can just take a screenshot of the FR before the interview. THANK YOUU. Where did you have your interview?

I mean there was nothing I could do but send the screen shot because the actually wanted the letter but the screen shot was all I had so I just had to send what ever I had and I guess it was good enough and I had my interview at the Oakland park field office in Florida 

[Olufunke 0]

After months of waiting the case was updated online as "Not Subject" in the waiver column and that 212 (e) finding letter has been sent on August 7th.
It is almost 3 weeks and I'm yet to receive the letter. Please does anyone know about this and if it usually take this long to get the letter in the mail.

Thanks

[mibarillas 2]

29 minutes ago, Olufunke said:

After months of waiting the case was updated online as "Not Subject" in the waiver column and that 212 (e) finding letter has been sent on August 7th.
It is almost 3 weeks and I'm yet to receive the letter. Please does anyone know about this and if it usually take this long to get the letter in the mail.

Thanks

I don't know if it helps but mine was a fav recommendation on the 29...and still haven't received the letter from DOS either (3 weeks) or the receipt number of USCIS. 

Hopefully this week...best of luck 

[KKR 0]

My case too, DOS sent favorable recommendation letter on August 7.  Still, I have not received any letter from DOS or USCIS.

 

FYI, DOS is sending recommendation to USCIS through electronically. 

 

Edited August 19, 2019 by KKR

[Tulip987 5]

3 hours ago, KKR said:

My case too, DOS sent favorable recommendation letter on August 7.  Still, I have not received any letter from DOS or USCIS.

 

FYI, DOS is sending recommendation to USCIS through electronically. 

 

Have seen a few other posts in this forum earlier where they didn’t receive DoS letter/received it as late as after USCIS approval. 

[waiver_req 6]

I got an update with a request for sponsor views.

this is really weird for me, since I had no US govt funding, and my request is based on NOS from my home country.

well, let’s hope for the best.

[eliottreid 9]

5 minutes ago, waiver_req said:

I got an update with a request for sponsor views.

this is really weird for me, since I had no US govt funding, and my request is based on NOS from my home country.

well, let’s hope for the best.

Maybe your current sponsor? NIH or something.

[waiver_req 6]

3 minutes ago, eliottreid said:

Maybe your current sponsor? NIH or something.

I have not received any US funding whatsoever.

My home country govt funding was through an independent agency in the US, though. I’ll contact them and see if they were the ones that got this request...

[eliottreid 9]

3 minutes ago, waiver_req said:

I have not received any US funding whatsoever.

My home country govt funding was through an independent agency in the US, though. I’ll contact them and see if they were the ones that got this request...

It's not always about the US gov funding. They contact other types of sponsors too.