Motheus

Where my lawsuit was filed is irrelevant to you. Since the mandamus lawsuit is a lawsuit against federal agencies, you need a lawyer with a license for filing suits in federal court. The lawsuit will be filed at whichever federal court has jurisdiction over where you live currently.

No worries at all, I am happy to share my experience. I can't say for sure it was the Mandamus suit that did it as far as my case is concerned. Either way, I am happy DoS gave me my recommendation even if it took almost 16 months. For context, I know someone who got their DoS recommendation after only 9 months in June 2023 (without a mandamus suit). Their case involved a USC child, whereas mine is a spouse. My mandamus suit was filed against both DoS and USCIS at the same time. It took my lawyer about 2 weeks to prepare/file the case. The cost was $5,400. The case marked as received by the court on June the 16th, 2023 and I got my DoS decision on August the 10th. I am still now waiting for USCIS to send me the final notice of approval, so I am not out of the woods yet. Hope this helps!

Hey guys happy to share that my hardship waiver application was approved as of 8.10.2023!!! I am so happy and relieved after such a long wait. I did file a writ of Mandamus in June, so not sure if that had anything to do with it. Best of luck to everyone out there!

I've been waiting on DoS since April 2022. May I ask if your case is based on hardship to a USC spouse or child? (mine is spouse). It appears most of the favorable decisions I have seen recently (especially the timely ones) have been based on hardship to USC children. I would love if anyone could disprove this btw!