J1 Hardship Waiver 2021-2022 Timeline

[PeterW 17]

23 hours ago, Waiver 2021 said:

I have never hated the word (Pending) so much in my life until the this nightmare waiver case. I have been looking at this word every day for the last two years and just started my third one. 

me too. I have returned to my home country due to the end of J1. My whole family is wating for the waiver and wish to come back to the US ASAP.

[Hardship_waiver 54]

23 hours ago, DrIdaddoq said:

Me too. I hate PENDING. It’s my life now. I have few more months for my J1 to end. Been waiting for 17+ months now at DoS alone. Every single day. Every. Single. Day. I keep checking with stupid hope that the status changed. It’s almost mental. 

I see this case filed another hardship when previous one was still pending. Instead of adding additional hardship to the previous one, a new case has been filed. So now it has two hardship cases pending at DOS.

[DrIdaddoq 22]

3 hours ago, Hardship_waiver said:

I see this case filed another hardship when previous one was still pending. Instead of adding additional hardship to the previous one, a new case has been filed. So now it has two hardship cases pending at DOS.

This is bizarre. Does the second Hardship case contain I-612? They may have filed two DS-3035's by mistake and just used one. Overall, bizarre. Unless it's a clerical error. 

[DrIdaddoq 22]

I can't access my case status... anybody facing such a problem?

[g3dan00 20]

4 minutes ago, DrIdaddoq said:

I can't access my case status... anybody facing such a problem?

I have the same problem:

 

Currently, there is no information regarding the status of your case. If you would like additional information

 

 

Maintenance probably?

[ErinK 35]

Same!

2 hours ago, DrIdaddoq said:

I can't access my case status... anybody facing such a problem?

 

[Hardship2021 1]

Is it a good sign? 💭 

[ErinK 35]

7 hours ago, Hardship2021 said:

Is it a good sign? 💭 

I was hoping so but since it's everyone's cases it's probably just a technical issue 

[DrIdaddoq 22]

It’s back! Aaaaaand it’s PENDING 😭 

[J1mom 0]

Have you heard back on your case? 17 months is an awful long time at DOS. Mine has been with DOS nearly 12 months and it's making me extremely anxious if it runs to over 17 months. My J1 expires in Sep 2023.

[HardshipWaiverApr 10]

I was wondering the same. There were couple of cases pending end of 2021.

[HardshipWaiverApr 10]

On 4/8/2022 at 12:50 PM, RASHAB said:

Hello, do you have any update? Similar to you, USCIS has sent my I-612/I-613 to DoS on Dec 15, 2021. DoS updated as received on March 13, 2022!! 

@RASHAB did you get an update?

[HardshipWaiverApr 10]

On 4/5/2022 at 11:15 PM, Ghugho said:

I am in my 15th month with DoS. I612 and I 613 was received in December 2020 . I will say don't panic, just take it easy. There's nothing else we can do. 

@Ghugho how long it takes to get your recommendation?

[DrIdaddoq 22]

Guys... my wait has just ended! 😭 I checked yesterday (3/16/23) was pending, but just changed this morning. Stay hopeful!

[Saysono 5]

2 minutes ago, DrIdaddoq said:

Guys... my wait has just ended! 😭 I checked yesterday (3/16/23) was pending, but just changed this morning. Stay hopeful!

Congratulations! If you don’t mind me asking what’s your original country? And basis of hardship case. I’m getting so worried about my case now.