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18 hours ago, PRIG said:

Hi guys,

is there anyone in this forum who has sent their J1 waiver stage III documents to Saint Louis on 17 -18th march 2020 or later and your case no. got activated on DOS website? Mine is not activated yet and is past 10 weeks now so just curious to know if someone else is in the same boat or not. I would really appreciate your responses. Thank you!

My number is not active also. I sent them an e mail and they said they sent the favorable recommendation to uscis. I still didn't get the letter. I don't know what's going on.

My application doesn't show up on the website. I sent an email to waiver department and they said that they sent favorable recommendation to USCIS on april 7th but i have not gotten the letter yet. When i search with my number it says no information available. Anyone else has the some problem?

8 minutes ago, PRIG said:

mine is the similar situation. Did you get to hear anything yet.. is your application received??

Unfortunately no. I have sent them an email still nothing.

1 hour ago, waiver2020 said:

8 weeks sounds way too long for the case to show up on the system. Are you sure you did everything right? Payment and the barcode file sent all together etc?

No it is not AOS.

Yes everything was right. I don't know what's going on. Maybe i should email them.

Almost 8 weeks past and I am still waiting for my case to be recieved. My embassy sent NOL a month ago but still there is no information on my number. 

On 4/1/2020 at 6:46 PM, J1toH1 said:

 

No, you won't be able to apply for H1B before you get the actual USCIS paperwork for the waiver. You can start preparing the required paperwork for H1B application in the meantime, but you will have to wait for the final waiver document before you file your application. 

No you are wrong. You need your recommendation letter when you go to embassy for visa stamping. You can apply your h1b without the letter.

6 hours ago, 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

Congrats. In my case DOS recieved my documents on Feb 25, my embassy sent NOL on March 4 but there is no information on their website yet. I am still waiting for them to update their tracking system. Wish me luck guys.