2019 J1 WAIVER TIMELINE - New Applicants

[J1waiver1 8]

26 minutes ago, RKR said:

Hi Guys, I am also seeing the notification for the FR. Docs received date Jan 22 and status showing yesterday date March 23rd- FR.

Congratulations! And thanks for sharing the news. Good luck for USCIS process. 

My docs were received on December 18. It means they are not clearing them according to order of receipt. I hope everyone gets their FR soon. 

[vkk 3]

1 hour ago, J1waiver1 said:

Congratulations! And thanks for sharing the news. Good luck for USCIS process. 

My docs were received on December 18. It means they are not clearing them according to order of receipt. I hope everyone gets their FR soon. 

Ohh wow..congratulations! I hope I will be receiving the same soon.

[vkk 3]

2 hours ago, J1waiver1 said:

Congratulations! 

Congratulation!!!

[J1waiver1 8]

56 minutes ago, vkk said:

Ohh wow..congratulations! I hope I will be receiving the same soon.

Finger crossed. We will get ours soon!  

[Dev1971 6]

4 hours ago, J1toH1 said:

Hi guys,

I am happy to share my waiver timeline. All my documents were received on Jan 22nd and I just learned that the DOS sent my FR on March 23rd. Hope this info is helpful. I actually emailed on Friday (March 20) to the DOS to inquire about my status where I also mentioned that I have a job offer. I am not sure if that helped though. Also does anyone have any idea how long USCIS is taking process the final step? Can anybody share their USCIS timelines?

Thanks..

Congratulations..

Hope DoS is working in normal speed

[A_waiver_20 0]

10 hours ago, J1toH1 said:

Hi guys,

I am happy to share my waiver timeline. All my documents were received on Jan 22nd and I just learned that the DOS sent my FR on March 23rd. Hope this info is helpful. I actually emailed on Friday (March 20) to the DOS to inquire about my status where I also mentioned that I have a job offer. I am not sure if that helped though. Also does anyone have any idea how long USCIS is taking process the final step? Can anybody share their USCIS timelines?

Thanks..

Congratulations......

[PL-Waiver 2]

On 3/11/2020 at 10:14 AM, PL-Waiver said:

Hi,

 

My case was approved by DoS today.

Here is the timeline:

My embassy sent the NOS on 12/27/2019. (It took 1.5 months for DoS to update in their tracking system)

I sent the application packet to DoS on 12/27/2019. (Again it took 4 weeks for DoS to update in their tracking system)

My J-1 sponsor sent the Sponsor Views on 3/5/2020. (It is interesting that this date was shown as 3/1/2020. They actually updated this date with the recommendation on the same day)

 

Will share the USCIS timeline later.

 

Thanks everyone on this forum. Good luck to you all.

Department of State Advisory Opinion Finding: Favorable Recommendation

Item	Action	Date
Recommendation	Sent	March, 10 2020
Sponsor Views	Received	March, 01 2020
Request for Sponsor Views	Sent	February, 18 2020
No Objection Statement	Received	February, 10 2020
Fee	Received	January, 23 2020
Form DS-3035	Received	January, 23 2020
Form DS-2019	Received	January, 23 2020
Passport Data Page	Received	January, 23 2020
Statement Of Reason	Received	January, 23 2020

Today my case was approved by USCIS. Here is the timeline:

 

USCIS received my case from DoS on March, 18 2020

I received an I-797c notice from USCIS on March, 20 2020 (receipt)

Case was approved by USCIS on their website on March, 26 2020

Waiting to receive the notice via mail...

 

[waiver2020 2]

6 hours ago, PL-Waiver said:

Today my case was approved by USCIS. Here is the timeline:

 

USCIS received my case from DoS on March, 18 2020

I received an I-797c notice from USCIS on March, 20 2020 (receipt)

Case was approved by USCIS on their website on March, 26 2020

Waiting to receive the notice via mail...

 

Congrats! Your process overall seems to be done very quickly. From the time you mailed the paperwork to DOS, how long did it take to get to this stage? 

[PL-Waiver 2]

3 hours ago, waiver2020 said:

Congrats! Your process overall seems to be done very quickly. From the time you mailed the paperwork to DOS, how long did it take to get to this stage? 

Thanks!

I started my waiver process with my home country in September 2019. It took 3 months for the embassy to issue the NOS.

I mailed the application packet to DoS on December 27, 2019. It took another 3 months for DoS and USCIS for the final approval. 

That's 6 months in total.

[Dev1971 6]

Hi Guys

I have received the Favorable recommendation on March 25. I was very worried but at last I got it. Can you tell me how can I know when USCIS has received my case? I know USCIS will issue a notice and they will mail that letter. But before that is there any way to know when they will receive my case? Some of you mentioned the date when  USCIS received the case, so I am little bit confused.

look at the picture for my case

[J1waiver1 8]

6 hours ago, Dev1971 said:

Hi Guys

I have received the Favorable recommendation on March 25. I was very worried but at last I got it. Can you tell me how can I know when USCIS has received my case? I know USCIS will issue a notice and they will mail that letter. But before that is there any way to know when they will receive my case? Some of you mentioned the date when  USCIS received the case, so I am little bit confused.

look at the picture for my case

Congratulations! 

[waiver2020 2]

7 hours ago, Dev1971 said:

Hi Guys

I have received the Favorable recommendation on March 25. I was very worried but at last I got it. Can you tell me how can I know when USCIS has received my case? I know USCIS will issue a notice and they will mail that letter. But before that is there any way to know when they will receive my case? Some of you mentioned the date when  USCIS received the case, so I am little bit confused.

look at the picture for my case

Congrats! When did you send the paperwork to the DOS? 

[Dev1971 6]

1 minute ago, waiver2020 said:

Congrats! When did you send the paperwork to the DOS? 

I sent all docs on Jan 10. DoS took 1months to update. Embassy sent NOC on Jan 17 and DoS took 1.5 months to update 

[vkk 3]

10 hours ago, Dev1971 said:

Hi Guys

I have received the Favorable recommendation on March 25. I was very worried but at last I got it. Can you tell me how can I know when USCIS has received my case? I know USCIS will issue a notice and they will mail that letter. But before that is there any way to know when they will receive my case? Some of you mentioned the date when  USCIS received the case, so I am little bit confused.

look at the picture for my case

Congratulations! This means they do not process in que. Last email from DOS to me said they process first in and out basis. Feb 21 our NOC received and still waiting. Happy for you that you got out of this mess...Best!

[J1waiver1 8]

3 minutes ago, vkk said:

Congratulations! This means they do not process in que. Last email from DOS to me said they process first in and out basis. Feb 21 our NOC received and still waiting. Happy for you that you got out of this mess...Best!

That's what I was thinking. My NOS received data is Dec 18 and still pending at DOS. In response to my query (through Congressman in January) they mentioned the order of receipt. They also mentioned that some cases require more time.

My case is simple NOS based -- no funding. I am speculating that the processing time also depends on the officer working on the case. 

I sent my docs in September (received by dos in first week of Oct)

Embassy sent NOS to DOS in last week of September (not received), Emailed + took congressman's help to know status of nos (lost 3 months in this process)

Embassy sent NOS again on Dec 19 and (DOS updated Dec 18 as received date) = still pending 14 weeks passed

 

 

It is so frustrating. I don't know what to do now.