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Is it possible to have my sponsor submit an application of urgency stating that they need me to come back and fill in the position at a government agency I was supposed to work at under an H-1B, when the government agency who isn't allowed to sponsor gives a written statement?

I was working for a government agency on a J-1. At the end of my program, the government agency applied for a waiver for the 2 year home requirement for me. At the same time, a sponsor company applied for an H-1B (but I will still be working for the government agency). Meanwhile the cap was...

Thank you! Hopefully I won't even need the waiver!

I know it's bad timing... it looks like I am going to leave the country during the 30 days grace period in July and hopefully come back some time in September with my new visa. I hope that this will work out timewise!

I can't extend my J-1... as trainee you can only stay for 18 months and thi time will be up. I heard though that it might go quicker to obtain a waiver from a IGA then with the no objection letter, so I am just hoping it will work out... or maybe I won't even need the waiver!

My J-1 expires at the end of June!

Fulbright is not the case here :p

There is no such comment in my passport or on the visa.

Oh, I see... yes, I do have the visa sticker :) but that doesn't say anything about the 2HYRR.

What is this visa sticker that you're talking about? Yes, I did send a copy of my DS-2019. The instructions didn't say to copy the I-94...

I talked to two people at the DOS... one told me it takes 4 weeks, the other said 2 months... in either case I'll be better off to apply for the waiver as well now!

:D But for the advisory opinion... they don't look on the I-94, do they? I didn't have to make a copy of it. Just fill in some information about the I-94 number.

I am trying to get out the Adivsory Opinion and the Waiver application at the same time. If I wait for the Advisory Opinion and then start the waiver application, it will take months! I don't have that time... my sponsor wants me to start on a different visa in October. Of course, all this...

My I-94 doesn't have a note at all... neither "subject" nor "not subject"... what does that mean in this case? I did file for an advisory opinion though.

Can they apply for the waiver on my behalf?

Yeah, I do have a "G" program number... well anyways, why did I get a "trainee" visa then? It's all not very straight forward, if you ask me!

So, let's say if I received funding by the government (and even the smallest amounts because of the PC, pens, paper... that I am using)... can the same government agency apply for my waiver when they have a sponsor that would sponsor my H-1B?

I was wondering then why the consular officer checked the "NOT subject to two-year home requirement" box. I mean, it even states a $ amount on my DS-2019. There is another curious fact though. The Department of State website lists the category "trainee" under Private Sector Programs"... but...

Does providing computer, workspace etc. fall under "funding of the program"??

yes. the government agency would apply for a waiver.