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    I was also strongly advised against filing for the green card without the waiver in hand by 3 different lawyers I consulted. The issue is that the USCIS manual requires the adjudicating officer to deny your case based on your 2 year rule ineligibility and not wait till you get the waiver. I even saw a case of someone who got their green card denied even though she got the waiver by the time she reached her interview stage and USCIS reasoning behind this denial is the fact that she was ineligible to apply for adjustment when she filed for adjustment. It is crazy but unfortunately that is how it is. It is a big risk . I just wish this whole nightmare process would end faster. It’s hardship on top of hardship.
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    It’s probably additional hardship evidence.
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    Congrats. Did you have government funding??
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    I honestly don't know the exact circumstances. But my lawyer told me that DOS has in recent months said that they suddenly experienced a "big increase in the number of hardship waiver applications", simultaneously, the Philippines government decided to stop issuing non-objection statements to its citizens, so they were only left with the hardship route most of the time. There are a lot of Filipino J-1 visa holders here so the sheer number of waivers is apparently overwhelming the hardship category.
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    oh trust me I feel your frustration. This is not to blame Filipino students because often times they have no choice. My frustration is mostly at the waiver review division and their inhumane wait times. They also came up with this crazy rule that has no basis in law that you can only request to expedite your case once. It does not matter how compelling the circumstances are if you once requested it and it was denied they will not expedite again. There is literally nothing in the law that says they can do this but here we are.. It's cruel and so unfair.
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    I think the real reason for this ridiculous delay is a combination of understaffing from Covid and when the Philippines government stopped issuing NOS to its citizens they all flocked to hardship waivers, thus this increased workload.
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    As you can see from this thread, no one has received a decision and unlikely to do so anytime soon .
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    Also, I have noticed that they did not publish the statistics on how many J-1 waivers they approved or denied for the fiscal year 2022. The last available data is from 2021. It’s almost the end of 2023…
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    I’m sorry to hear. That is ridiculous.
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    There is a class action lawsuit going on for another type of waiver , I think I-601, also for the excessive delay in processing.
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    May 2023
  12. Wyboxcx
    I am sorry you are going through this, but this is honestly an expected denial given that you received gov funding. I would not have filed for a NO waiver if I were you, I would have chosen the hardship route from the beginning. As for the sponsor views, no one knows for sure. Since the basis of the waiver request is different, they will probably weigh the hardship against program and policy considerations and decide again.
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    Has anyone successfully filed for AOS with a pending DOS hardship waiver?
  14. Wyboxcx
    I doubt that having any connections will influence this process whatsoever. If they had connections their case would not have taken a year. No one knows how the DOS Waiver Review Division operates, it's like a blackbox.
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