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We were both ona J1 (she too is an academic). Pramath

I have a somewhat compleciated case. My wife and I applied for a J1-waiver in May 2006. By Septemeber we had got out NORIs and the Indian embassy had sent a no objection statement to the State Dept. October both of us got a favorable recommendation from the DOS. A few days later I got my...

I had that problem too. I found enough space in the NORI affidavit to squeeze in both numbers (one on top of the other) with (NEW) or (OLD) put in parenthesis next to the numbers. This had to be done a couple of times I think. And in the cover letter to the various places I mentioned this...

I got my final approval for a waiver of the 212(e) requirement today from the USCIS. My time line was somewhat uneven. I'm from India, and getting the NORI from my passport office (Chennai) took over a year since they conveniently lost my original affidavit. Anyway, I had all the NORIs with...

I am not an expert on medical training J1 waivers. But being a PR of Canada is not a problem (the problem--if at all--has to do with you having got a J1 visa for undergoing med training). I am a PR of Canada (as is my wife--both of us are from India). We applied for a waiver in June from...

I am somewhat intrigued by the timeline posted by Piyush. There seems a gap between the time the DOS made a favourable recommendation and the time the fav reco was dispatched to the USCIS. Is that usual? The DOS website for my case has been showing favourable recommendation "sent" on...

Well I don't have the previous ones. On a different note---what is the size of the self addressed envelope that we are supposed to send to St Louis? I now live in canada, so does anyone know what the costs are for US to Canada. I will have to find US stamps from somewhere, but I am sure...

Dear Nemu Many thanks for your answer. Pramath

I have another question. I was on a J1 from 1984 to 1991, and then returned home to India (was there till 1999). So clearly I have cleared the home country requirement *for that J1 stint*. I later came on a J1 in 1999 (and stayed till 2001). I then moved to Canada. While applying for a...

I am from India, and was in the US from 1999-2001 on a J1 with a 212(e) requirement. We have been living in Canada since July 2001. I decided recently to clear the 212(e) requirement (to improve my catchment area for jobs). I have two of the required three NORIs and should be getting my...

Confused I was told that I could apply for a J1 waiver on-line before I get my NORIs from India (I have two and should be getting the third--from the passport office in Chennai--soon). However I made a mistake in typing things on-line which I discovered the next day. I re-did the process...