Hi everyone,
I checked my status online and it is showing dos has sent me favourable recommendation on 22nd oct, 2007. process seems to be real fast once u submit all the documents to them. I am giving the timeline for some of u who r still in the process of waiver.
1. Getting NORI From INDIAN authorities (took almost 8 months)
Jan 5, 2007 - Notarised forms and affidavits sent to chicago Indian embassy
Jan 21, 2007 - Attested Documents return back to me (to be sent to authorities in India)
Jan 23, 2007 - Attested documents sent to parents in India
Feb 6, 2007 - Documents received in India
March 24, 2006 - Received New Delhi MHRD 'NORI'
June, 2007 - Received Chandigarh Passport Office 'NORI' (collected and sent by my father). I never got a copy direcly from them.
Sept 18, 2007 - Received scanned copy of Home Ministry Haryana (Chandigarh) 'NORI' sent by my father
Sept 19, 2007- NORIs and other documents with $20 fees sent to Chicago Indian Consulate. I sent photocopies of NORI from passport office n home govt.
2. Case timeline with DOS (took 1 month after receiving documents by them)
Sept 11, 2007 - DS 3035, fee ($215), case no. and other documents sent to DOS
Sept 21, 2007 - DOS showed online- all documents received
Oct 1, 2007 - Waiver Certificate received frm chicago Indian Consulates (one copy forwarded to Indian Embassy in Washington DC)
Oct 15, 2007 -Waiver Certificate received by Indian Embassy and sent to DOS
Oct 18, 2007 - DOS receives Waiver Certificate (No Objection Statement from Indian Embassy)
Oct 22, 2007 - DOS sends Favorable Recommendations
Now I am waiting for approval letter from DOS.
If anybody has any kind of querries , let me know. I am thankful to everybody who posted useful information in this forum.
Nasho
I checked my status online and it is showing dos has sent me favourable recommendation on 22nd oct, 2007. process seems to be real fast once u submit all the documents to them. I am giving the timeline for some of u who r still in the process of waiver.
1. Getting NORI From INDIAN authorities (took almost 8 months)
Jan 5, 2007 - Notarised forms and affidavits sent to chicago Indian embassy
Jan 21, 2007 - Attested Documents return back to me (to be sent to authorities in India)
Jan 23, 2007 - Attested documents sent to parents in India
Feb 6, 2007 - Documents received in India
March 24, 2006 - Received New Delhi MHRD 'NORI'
June, 2007 - Received Chandigarh Passport Office 'NORI' (collected and sent by my father). I never got a copy direcly from them.
Sept 18, 2007 - Received scanned copy of Home Ministry Haryana (Chandigarh) 'NORI' sent by my father
Sept 19, 2007- NORIs and other documents with $20 fees sent to Chicago Indian Consulate. I sent photocopies of NORI from passport office n home govt.
2. Case timeline with DOS (took 1 month after receiving documents by them)
Sept 11, 2007 - DS 3035, fee ($215), case no. and other documents sent to DOS
Sept 21, 2007 - DOS showed online- all documents received
Oct 1, 2007 - Waiver Certificate received frm chicago Indian Consulates (one copy forwarded to Indian Embassy in Washington DC)
Oct 15, 2007 -Waiver Certificate received by Indian Embassy and sent to DOS
Oct 18, 2007 - DOS receives Waiver Certificate (No Objection Statement from Indian Embassy)
Oct 22, 2007 - DOS sends Favorable Recommendations
Now I am waiting for approval letter from DOS.
If anybody has any kind of querries , let me know. I am thankful to everybody who posted useful information in this forum.
Nasho