J1 waiver 2020 NOS update timeline

[MariTH 4]

5 hours ago, SomeoneNamedIan said:

Did you receive your letter by now? I'm still waiting.

No, still no letter here either. I emailed them and asked about it, but haven't heard anything yet. Have you reached out to them?

[etcoflife 14]

On 3/24/2022 at 6:32 PM, Fictions said:

Posting my timeline here even though it was NOT favorable. I don’t mean to alarm anyone.

 

I knew I had very small chances with a No Objection Waiver being a Fulbright Scholar. I thought I had a really strong Statement of Purpose and support from my employer. I sent all the documents on March 15th 2021.

 

Does anyone know if there’s anything else I could do at this point?

 

Thanks and good luck to everyone. 

 

Feel bad for you, this hurts. Quick question: are you still a Fulbright? or after completing Fulbright you spent some time in your home country?

[Fictions 4]

1 hour ago, etcoflife said:

Feel bad for you, this hurts. Quick question: are you still a Fulbright? or after completing Fulbright you spent some time in your home country?

No. I switched to an O1 a couple years ago. I spent some months in my home country since then. Does anybody know how diligent they are when proving that you have already reside the 2 years?

[SomeoneNamedIan 8]

On 3/25/2022 at 11:18 PM, MariTH said:

No, still no letter here either. I emailed them and asked about it, but haven't heard anything yet. Have you reached out to them?

No, I haven't reached out - I don't need the letter at this point in time. It seems to me that the only occassion where posession of the physical letter would be required is to respond to a RFE from USCIS. 

[S9471 60]

23 hours ago, Fictions said:

No. I switched to an O1 a couple years ago. I spent some months in my home country since then. Does anybody know how diligent they are when proving that you have already reside the 2 years?

Very diligent, to the point of days. I had a colleague who got denied for a visa because he had a few days left out of his 2year term...

[etcoflife 14]

Whats the present timeline to get final waiver from uscis after DOS FR?

[Amoyar_Dever 30]

I read somewhere on the forum that USCIS take 30 days to issue waiver. But there are several cases where the USCIS waiver was received just in a week. Did you get DoS FR? 

15 minutes ago, etcoflife said:

Whats the present timeline to get final waiver from uscis after DOS FR?

I read somewhere on the forum that USCIS take 30 days to issue waiver. But there are several cases where the USCIS waiver was received just in a week. Did you get DoS FR? 

[Rimssk 1]

47 minutes ago, Amoyar_Dever said:

I read somewhere on the forum that USCIS take 30 days to issue waiver. But there are several cases where the USCIS waiver was received just in a week. Did you get DoS FR? 

I read somewhere on the forum that USCIS take 30 days to issue waiver. But there are several cases where the USCIS waiver was received just in a week. Did you get DoS FR? 

I would also like to know my NoS is updated on website on March 13, 2021. Does DoS updates on the website the FR or it just says recommendation sent?

[Amoyar_Dever 30]

8 minutes ago, Rimssk said:

I would also like to know my NoS is updated on website on March 13, 2021. Does DoS updates on the website the FR or it just says recommendation sent?

Based on screenshots posted by others, the table shows recommendation "sent", and the status panel (with label "Advisory Opinion Finding") on the top-left indicates " Favorable Recommendation" if it's favorable. 

Edited March 29, 2022 by Amoyar_Dever

[etcoflife 14]

16 hours ago, Amoyar_Dever said:

I read somewhere on the forum that USCIS take 30 days to issue waiver. But there are several cases where the USCIS waiver was received just in a week. Did you get DoS FR? 

I read somewhere on the forum that USCIS take 30 days to issue waiver. But there are several cases where the USCIS waiver was received just in a week. Did you get DoS FR? 

I got FR last week. Will DOS send me a letter?

[Amoyar_Dever 30]

@etcoflife Wow. Congrats! I don't think DoS would send you hard copy of the decision. 

What is your DS-2019 end date?

Could you please post screenshot of your timeline, please?

Edited March 30, 2022 by Amoyar_Dever

[Rimssk 1]

Hi Everyone, 

 

I applied for J1 waiver in October 2021. I did not see any information on the DoS website till February 2022. So, I contacted the congresswoman explaining my case and she contacted the DoS. After two days I got a reply from Congresswoman that they did not received the NoS from Washington DC and gave me an another case number to track on DoS website. This case number shows that they have received all the documents including NoS from Washington DC that was updated the same day Congresswomen replied me.

 

The case number I got after creating the packet does not show anything yet. Has anyone else encountered the same thing. The DoS gave another case number to track the documents. 

 

 

Regards

Rims

 

 

[etcoflife 14]

On 3/30/2022 at 7:14 AM, Amoyar_Dever said:

@etcoflife Wow. Congrats! I don't think DoS would send you hard copy of the decision. 

What is your DS-2019 end date?

Could you please post screenshot of your timeline, please?

Sent: Oct 28

Online: Jan 24

NOS online: Feb 2

FR: Mar 25

DS end Dec this year

[Jamesn74 0]

Hi every one.I am on a J1 visa under Fulbright Visiting scholar Programme. Any help on getting waiver? Iam new.

[dr.neil100 0]

Finally, my status updated to favorable recommendation.

here is my timeline.

I mailed the original documents on Sep 07, 2021, which was received by USCIS on Sep 09, 2021.  But it appeared into the system on Nov 16, 2021

Good luck to others.