Hammad107

On 3/27/2019 at 1:02 PM, JWaiver_2019 said:

I have got recommendations from DOS finally! Yay!!! 

I am a research scholar and my case is US Govt funding based, applied for No Objection category, for this forum's record.

 

My timeline:

Application packet was sent to DOS by USPS Priority Mail:                            December 26^th 2018

Packet received (USPS confirmed by email due to issues with tracking):    December 28^th 2018

Embassy sent NOS by mail to DOS:                                                                     January 21^st 2019

DOS received No Objection Statement on:                                                         February 20th 2019

DOS updated status – Documents received:                                                     February 11^th 2019

Sponsor Views Requested by DOS:                                                                     March 19th 2019

Sponsor views Received by DOS:                                                                         March 24th 2019

Favorable Recommendations:                                                                              March 26th 2019

 

I wish positive outcome for the rest of the applicants!

Who was your sponsoring agency in US? Was it also DOS? Waiver Division received the sponsor views fast in your case.
My 'Request for Sponsor Views' was sent on April 15th and it's still not received by Waiver Division (after more than two months). I have asked them to re-send the request in case first was misplaced.

Also, I had written a strong statement of reason. What other documents do you think I should send to further strengthen the case?

I will probably wait till I hear from Waiver Division. But what if my waiver is denied. 

After that, if I go back to my home country for stamping, they'll probably bring the 2YHRR up. Once that happen, can I stay in my home country for remaining period of HRR and go for visa interview again with same approval?

Hi,

I came to US on J-1 for a semester and went back to my home country and stayed there for about 15 months. Then I came back to US on F-1 for my Masters and after finishing studies started working on OPT. 
I applied for waiver this year with DOS and my application is still pending as they are waiting for sponsor views. In the meantime, my employer had filed for H1B this April and it got approved this week as well (with waiver application still pending).
Now my question is, 

1) If I go back to my home country for visa stamping will I get any issues?
2) Did USCIS mistakenly approved it (with pending waiver application) or is it normal (My company's attorney had attached my waiver application with H1B petition, so they knew my 2 year home residency requirement wasn't complete).

How should I proceed now?

Thanks!