J1W Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Hi everyone, My J-1 waiver (No-Objection basis) has been pending at the DOS for over 13 weeks since the WRD received all relevant documentation (i.e. 5 weeks beyond the estimated 6-8 weeks processing time). I have contacted the WRD by email several times to inquire about the delay and I haven't received any response. Has anyone been in a similar situation? Have there been other cases taking this long? Link to comment
john2016 Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 Hi J1w, It has been showing " Department of State Advisory Opinion Finding: Pending" for more than 8 weeks. Do you have the same message ? What is your basis ? NO OBJECTION? Link to comment
J1W Posted November 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 Hi John, I applied for the Waiver under the No-Objection basis after receiving an ``Advisory opinion'' that stated I was subject to the 212e rule. I assume you are waiting for the advisory opinion finding first, before applying for the waiver. I would strongly recommend though to start organizing the waiver application documentation, as most advisory opinion findings end up with a ``subject'' finding. In my case for example, the finding was ``subject'' with the argument that I had received government funding, although this was clearly not the case (I was fully funded by a University in Europe.) Unfortunately it is seems to be very hard to argue with the WRD even when they make mistakes. Link to comment
john2016 Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Hi J1W, Thanks for the response. I did not applied for the "Advisory opinion''. I knew that I am subject 2 year rule because I received funding from my government. So I directly applied for J1 waiver based on NO OBJECTION basis. Of course, I did paid the stopped and paid the fund back to my government, and received NOL from my embassy. Please let me know when you have some news. I started to panic because it has been like 8 weeks since they my application is complete. Link to comment
Afy Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 Hi john 2016, Did you get any news about your case? I have the same problem as you but I just have 4 weeks since they received all the required information. I'm getting nervous Link to comment
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