Hi Friends,
I just wanted to share with you my J1 waiver time lines:
I had already got No Objection Certificates (NOC) from Home Government in 2005, but did not apply for waiver till Feb 2007:
- Applied for waiver Feb 27, 2007: Sent papers to Waiver division and sent the NOC's to my Embassy in Washington.
- On March 06, 2007 received a copy of the NOC submitted by my embassy to Waiver Division in Washington.
- The waiver website: My case appeared on the website on March 22...stating that fee, DS 2019, DS3035 forms have been received.
- Then on March 29, it got updated stating NOC has been received.
- from then onwards there was no update until June 06, 2007. In between I sent a couple of faxes to Waiver division and spoke to Customer Service on phone. But all they told me was that it takes 4-6 weeks for the whole process and that I should wait. So I waited. Then on June 06 when I checked my case status on website....The NOC received date was changed from March 29 (listed earlier) to March 22, 2007. I don't know why they changed this date...but who cares. The status still showed "Pending"
- However when I checked on june 7th, my status mentioned "Favorable Recommendation"
So in all it took me more than 3 months to get my J1 waiver. Obviously this does not include the time that it took me to get my NOC certificates from the home government.
I just wanted to share with you my J1 waiver time lines:
I had already got No Objection Certificates (NOC) from Home Government in 2005, but did not apply for waiver till Feb 2007:
- Applied for waiver Feb 27, 2007: Sent papers to Waiver division and sent the NOC's to my Embassy in Washington.
- On March 06, 2007 received a copy of the NOC submitted by my embassy to Waiver Division in Washington.
- The waiver website: My case appeared on the website on March 22...stating that fee, DS 2019, DS3035 forms have been received.
- Then on March 29, it got updated stating NOC has been received.
- from then onwards there was no update until June 06, 2007. In between I sent a couple of faxes to Waiver division and spoke to Customer Service on phone. But all they told me was that it takes 4-6 weeks for the whole process and that I should wait. So I waited. Then on June 06 when I checked my case status on website....The NOC received date was changed from March 29 (listed earlier) to March 22, 2007. I don't know why they changed this date...but who cares. The status still showed "Pending"
- However when I checked on june 7th, my status mentioned "Favorable Recommendation"
So in all it took me more than 3 months to get my J1 waiver. Obviously this does not include the time that it took me to get my NOC certificates from the home government.