J1waiver205 Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 My J1 waiver timeline (DOS/USCIS stage): Submitted forms to WRD (in Saint Louis): Feb 25, 2014 Went to Indian embassy in DC: Feb 26, 2014 Form DS-3035 Received: March 13, 2014 No Objection Statement Received by DOS: March 26, 2014 Request for Sponsor Views Sent: (did not get this) Sponsor Views Received: NA Favorable Recommendation Sent: April 22, 2014 DOS 'Favorable Recommendation' received: May 2, 2014 USCIS I-797c receipt received: May 5, 2014 Final waiver received at my apartment: May 21, 2014 I have created a blog explaining each step in details well. Please see it at http://chemgc205.tumblr.com Link to comment
J1waiver205 Posted May 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 My J1 waiver timeline (DOS/USCIS stage): Submitted forms to WRD (in Saint Louis): Feb 25, 2014 Went to Indian embassy in DC: Feb 26, 2014 Form DS-3035 Received: March 13, 2014 No Objection Statement Received by DOS: March 26, 2014 Request for Sponsor Views Sent: (did not get this) Sponsor Views Received: NA Favorable Recommendation Sent: April 22, 2014 DOS 'Favorable Recommendation' received: May 2, 2014 USCIS I-797c receipt received: May 5, 2014 Final waiver received at my apartment: May 21, 2014 I have created a blog explaining each step in details well. Please see it at http://chemgc205.tumblr.com I meant the blog is on: chemgc205.tumblr.com Link to comment
pujas Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 J1 WAIVER TIMELINE 2014 July 7th 2013 Mailed NORI application to Indian Consulate, San Fransico. July 19th 2013 Received attested NORI application copies from Indian Consulate. Aug 13th 2013 Sent attested NORI applications copies to three Indian offices Aug 23rd 2013 Received NOC from Passport office, Bareilly. (Relative helped as initially they returned my Fedex and were not ready to recieve it!!!) Sep 16th 2013 Received NOC from MHRD Delhi Nov 14th 2013 Uttarakhand State Govt. sent NOC to Ministry of External Affairs, Delhi Jan 9th 2014 Emailed to consulate at misc@cgisf.org to enquire about the three letters Jan 16th 2014 Got reply from consulate that they are in receipt of all three letters and i should go ahead with next step. Jan 16th 2014 Applied for Waiver at DOS website and got case number Jan 17th 2014 Sent NOCs to Indian Consulate San Francisco with case number Jan 17th 2014 Sent the required docs to DOS Feb 3rd 2014 Received NOC from Indian Embassy at home address Feb 6th 2014 Status update on DOS website that they received the documents Feb 27th 2014 DOS recieved the NOC from Indian Embassy. Apr 22nd 2014 Update on DOS website as Favorable Recommendation sent" Apr 28th 2014 Received copy of Recommendation from DOS at home address May 3rd 2014 Recieved the USCIS receipt number for I612- appl to waive foreign residency requirement dated Apr 28, 2014 May 22nd received the USCIS I-797 notice of action dated May 19th for Waiver Approval !! !!!!THE END!!!!! Link to comment
Chakkru Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Recommendation- Sent-, June 19 2014 Sponsor Review received: June 17 2014 NIH send the Sponsor Review to DoS: June 9 2014 Submitted documents at NIH: May 28 May 2014 NIH contacted me to submit documents to prepare sponsor review: May 27 2014 No Objection Statement- Received- May 15, 2014 Fee- Received-May 6, 2014 Form DS-3035- Received- May 6, 2014 Form DS-2019- Received- May 6, 2014 Passport Data Page- Received- May 6, 2014 Statement Of Reason- Received- May 6, 2014. Received NORI from SF consulate: April 12, 2014 Filled form 3035 and send Docs to DoS: March 25, 2014 Send 3 NOCs to SF consulate with supporting Docs: March 25, 2014 NOC from Kerala Home Dept: March 20, 2014 NOC from MHRD: Feb 12, 2014 NOC from Cochin Passport Office by email through an agent: Jan 13, 2014 Docs send to India (MHRD, Passport Office, Kerala Gov) : Jan 6, 2014 Received attested documents from SF consulate: Dec 17, 2013 Send Docs to SF consulate for attestation: Dec 2, 2013 Journey of 1000 miles starts with……wearing your shoe. (A Chinese proverb modified for NORI enthusiasts) I have few suggestions for new NORI enthusiasts: We panic in the NORI stages because we don’t have control on most of the stages and due to untraceable status of the documents. How to reduce it…? Here are my humble suggestions: Make your documents trackable as much as possible. Use FedEx tracking / Speedpost Tracking features while sending in and out. Find agents or persons who will follow the documents in your native country. (Big relief!!). Look you will find. Before starting the process, make a timeline (write it down please) and allot plenty of time which is feasible for you into each phase. Reward yourself after completion of each small steps. You deserve it!! Trust me. NORI is a group/team effort of more than 100 people who don’t even know you! Can’t believe?? Please sit for a while and think. (I can’t emphasize that enough. But I guarantee that this is the most important step I learned here) Please make your “team-member’s” job easiest for you by providing all documents in neatly packed envelopes (impression matters) and color tagged for easy identification. Provide info to them in a timely manner. You will be pleased with the result. Wish you all success and mild frustration as part of the game. Link to comment
meghaagra Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 J1 WAIVER TIMELINE 2014 July 7th 2013 Mailed NORI application to Indian Consulate, San Fransico. July 19th 2013 Received attested NORI application copies from Indian Consulate. Aug 13th 2013 Sent attested NORI applications copies to three Indian offices Aug 23rd 2013 Received NOC from Passport office, Bareilly. (Relative helped as initially they returned my Fedex and were not ready to recieve it!!!) Sep 16th 2013 Received NOC from MHRD Delhi Nov 14th 2013 Uttarakhand State Govt. sent NOC to Ministry of External Affairs, Delhi Jan 9th 2014 Emailed to consulate at misc@cgisf.org to enquire about the three letters Jan 16th 2014 Got reply from consulate that they are in receipt of all three letters and i should go ahead with next step. Jan 16th 2014 Applied for Waiver at DOS website and got case number Jan 17th 2014 Sent NOCs to Indian Consulate San Francisco with case number Jan 17th 2014 Sent the required docs to DOS Feb 3rd 2014 Received NOC from Indian Embassy at home address Feb 6th 2014 Status update on DOS website that they received the documents Feb 27th 2014 DOS recieved the NOC from Indian Embassy. Apr 22nd 2014 Update on DOS website as Favorable Recommendation sent" Apr 28th 2014 Received copy of Recommendation from DOS at home address May 3rd 2014 Recieved the USCIS receipt number for I612- appl to waive foreign residency requirement dated Apr 28, 2014 May 22nd received the USCIS I-797 notice of action dated May 19th for Waiver Approval !! !!!!THE END!!!!! Hey Puja, I request you to please reply me with the address for sending the NORI for clearance to Uttarakhand State office. Thank you. -Megha ***************@gmail.com Link to comment
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