J1 fear of persecution waiver

[Waivermed 0]

20 hours ago, Georgia said:

I know several people they filled their application around April and May, still no news. They were not even asked for RFE. When did they ask for RFE? 

They sent me rfe early 09/2018. 15 months after i filed the case.

[applicant23 0]

On 2/21/2019 at 11:22 AM, Georgia said:

I know several people they filled their application around April and May, still no news. They were not even asked for RFE. When did they ask for RFE? 

i waited about 10 months before they sent me RFE. Some waited even longer

[JustFoundThis 0]

On 2/21/2019 at 8:23 AM, Georgia said:

Congrats! what is your timeline? Could you please share it? I have been waiting for 6 months and still nothing. 

Finally I got my approval. It was a long wait, but finally done!!! Good luck everyone. Here is my timeline:

• Feb 20, 2019 ---- Approval Notice received 
• Feb 12, 2019 --- USCIS approves the Waiver
• Feb 8, 2019 ---- DoS issues favorable recommendation
• Feb 6 2019 ----- Forms I-612 and I-613 sent to DoS by USCIS
• Nov 2018   ------ RFE responded
• Sept 2018  ------ RFE 
• Feb 1, 2018 ----- Case received by USCIS and DoS

Any questions, will be happy to answer. Otherwise my best wishes to everyone!

 

[Stillwaiting88 0]

On 2/21/2019 at 11:23 AM, Georgia said:

Congrats! what is your timeline? Could you please share it? I have been waiting for 6 months and still nothing. 

I waited 9 month to receive first rfe and another 3.5 month to receive the second rfe and 2 month from the secind rfe to case on hold

Bzw yesterday i received uscis final approval 🎉🎉

[Georgia 0]

On 2/23/2019 at 1:56 AM, JustFoundThis said:

Finally I got my approval. It was a long wait, but finally done!!! Good luck everyone. Here is my timeline:

• Feb 20, 2019 ---- Approval Notice received 
• Feb 12, 2019 --- USCIS approves the Waiver
• Feb 8, 2019 ---- DoS issues favorable recommendation
• Feb 6 2019 ----- Forms I-612 and I-613 sent to DoS by USCIS
• Nov 2018   ------ RFE responded
• Sept 2018  ------ RFE 
• Feb 1, 2018 ----- Case received by USCIS and DoS

Any questions, will be happy to answer. Otherwise my best wishes to everyone!

 

Thanks for sharing your timeline. What did they ask for RFE? Did they only ask additional evidence or they said the evidence you provided is not enough? I mean I wonder what kind of language they used in the RFE letter? One friend of mine got an RFE and the language they used in the letter was a little bit disappointing. They said the evidence he provided was not enough for the approval of the waiver. So I wonder if they send the same generic letter to everyone or they send different letters to people depends on their case. 

[Ali Veli 0]

Hi All, 

I have just started this painful j-1 waiver process. I know it will be a long journey. My j-1 visa will expire on 5/2020. I will apply for a green card as dependent to my US citizen wife but it will take another 6-8 months on top of j1 waiver time. Could you please advise me how can I run these two process in a best way? 

 

[Waivermed 0]

Anyone here had hardship sent prior to june 2017?

[Waivermed 0]

After all this waiting time. Application status changed to denied today! Will wait to see the reason of denial!!!

[Preparing_To_Wait 0]

On 4/4/2019 at 8:57 PM, Waivermed said:

After all this waiting time. Application status changed to denied today! Will wait to see the reason of denial!!!

I am really sorry about that,, especially after all that waiting.. please share with us any additional information that you can share regarding the denial

[applicant23 0]

To those who want to know the statistics, here is the summary for 2018 for all J-1 waivers. For persecution cases, 67 was approved, and 0 was denied!

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/waivers/INA 212(e) Waiver Recommendations - FY 2018.pdf

[hopefulwaiver 0]

hello everyone....Thank you for your great post...I got RFE asking for more evidence ,,,,any advice on this will be really appreciated

Edited June 13, 2019 by hopefulwaiver

[Fedupwithj1 0]

Hello,

 

I just gathered all of my documents for the persecution case. However,  I am very confused about the process.

Do I need to send everything to USCIS and DoS??? The fee on the website says $930, but it doesn't mention sending documents to DoS, and I see that some of you did that.

Could you please explain?

Thank you