J1 Hardship Waiver 2021-2022 Timeline

[ErinK 35]

On 12/21/2022 at 1:21 PM, ErinK said:

per my lawyer, O-1 is the only visa we can switch to and even that only by leaving the U.S.

We are not eligible for any other type of visa until our 2-year home residency is waived 

Obviously ask your lawyer too. Lawyers are wrong all the time! 

 

On 12/21/2022 at 1:34 PM, Hanijani said:

Oh i didn't know that.

 

[KA1214 1]

On 12/11/2022 at 9:33 PM, Freidrichm said:

Is anyone else still stuck at USCIS's initial stage ?? Filed in May 2022 and so far they haven't either requested additional evidence or forwarded it to DOS. 😪

Any update on this one? Thank you.

[Wyboxcx 49]

2 hours ago, KA1214 said:

Any update on this one? Thank you.

Unfortunately no updates yet. So demoralizing. What about you? Let’s keep each other updated 

[surefire6 13]

3 hours ago, KA1214 said:

Any update on this one? Thank you.

MY case has been at dos for 15 months now and still nothing that's just as DOS. NO RFE or anything. Still waiting for an answer. On USCIS website it is taking 11.5 months for USCIS to send to DOS so hang in there its a almost 30 month ordeal currently for total time.

[Hardship_atn 6]

This is the new post from Facebook group.(this is not mine). I'm still waiting in my grace period 😞

[ErinK 35]

14 minutes ago, Hardship_atn said:

This is the new post from Facebook group.(this is not mine). I'm still waiting in my grace period 😞

They are definitely not going in order. what's this fb group? Hope you get an answer soon 

[KA1214 1]

11 minutes ago, ErinK said:

They are definitely not going in order. what's this fb group? Hope you get an answer soon 

She did not have govt. funding.

[ErinK 35]

3 minutes ago, KA1214 said:

She did not have govt. funding.

So many people in this forum are waiting longer than this without governmental funding 

[Hardship_atn 6]

2 hours ago, ErinK said:

They are definitely not going in order. what's this fb group? Hope you get an answer soon 

Facebook group "J1 Visa waiver" 

Most of them applied based on NOS. A few on Hardship.

[Hardship_waiver 54]

This is right after my case. 

[Hanijani 8]

On 12/24/2022 at 8:35 PM, Hardship_waiver said:

This is right after my case. 

I have a question. I don't know how to comment without replying to a previous one, sorry for that.

If my fellowship is ending June 2024 and my hardship is approved November 2023. Do i have to change status within 3 months? I cannot wait till June then?

[Wyboxcx 49]

On 12/22/2022 at 10:58 PM, KA1214 said:

She did not have govt. funding.

Did you get any updates from USCIS?

[KA1214 1]

19 hours ago, Freidrichm said:

Did you get any updates from USCIS?

 None so far… How about you… going 8 this 1st week of January already…😞

[Robble42 6]

On 12/22/2022 at 7:10 PM, surefire6 said:

MY case has been at dos for 15 months now and still nothing that's just as DOS. NO RFE or anything. Still waiting for an answer. On USCIS website it is taking 11.5 months for USCIS to send to DOS so hang in there its a almost 30 month ordeal currently for total time.

Are you comfortable sharing which country you're from (or which region)? Since the DOS isn't going in order, I was wondering if there was some discrimination here. We've been waiting for over 16 months at DOS.

[Wyboxcx 49]

10 hours ago, KA1214 said:

 None so far… How about you… going 8 this 1st week of January already…😞

Same. No updates whatsoever. Going on to 8 months in a few days .