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Hi, Give it 2-4 weeks and you'll receive your formal waiver from USCIS. Congrats!

Hi, You can find incredible info about the O visa here: immigration.com/faq/ovisa.html Good luck!

Most likely, you will receive your waiver late Feb or early March. If your employer really needs you, you can be allowed to stay under "O" visa without needing the waiver; however, that has limits too, 5 years I think, but that should give you more than super enough time to receive your waiver...

Technically, you do not need to; however, if you had attended the pre-departure orientation at the CFO, the speakers should have told you to finish at least 2/3 of your program. This is more of an ethical appeal rather than a technical one. The purpose of J-1 as we all know is for exchange of...

Please feel free to ask anything here and I'll do my best to guide you.

If your entry visa has expired and you leave the US, you need to re-apply for another entry visa to re-enter the US. You have to make sure than you DS-2019 is still valid and you get supporting letters from your supervisor and from your employer. You will need those for your entry visa application.

Advisory Opinion is the advice you get from the DOS to determine if you are subject to the 2-year home residency requirement or not. You cannot work on a B visa and you may run the risk of being denied especially if you apply for it not in your home country. Contact the US embassy in Canada if...

Your niece can change to F1 but that must be issued outside the US.

Only the responsible officer who signed your friend's DS-2019 can clarify that. This could be tricky since it really depends on your government if NOS may or may not be granted to those directly (Fulbright, USAID) or indirectly (salary from NIH-funded program) receiving government (US or other)...

Since very few experiences from Philippine nationals are posted here, I decided to post mine. All cases are unique so this might not apply to you. The No Objection Statement (NOS) for Philippine nationals is issued by the Commission for Filipinos Overseas (CFO). All NOS supporting...

Although there are specific documents needed to support a tourist visa application for the US, the list is non-exhaustive. The consul may ask for more documents to prove without a doubt that you have more than enough reasons to go back to the Philippines and that you have no intentions...