J-1 waiver and H-1B concurrently

Yuri Claure

New Member
Hello everyone,

I've searched the forum and couldn't find the answer for this specific situation, so I'm posting this new thread, I'm sorry if this was answered before.

I'm from Brazil and studied in US in 2014, I was on J-1 visa, and I'm subject to the 2-year HHR, while in US I had contact with a company that is willing to offer me a job, and is going to apply for an H-1B in my behalf. I am getting a NOS (non-objection statement) from my program sponsor (which was the brazilian goverment) this december, and as you may know, the next H-1B application starts in April 2016.

My questions are:

  1. For when do I exactly need the waiver? Do I need to have the waiver processed and approved by April or only when the H-1B application is approved?
  2. Do you think there is enough time to get the waiver from December 2015 to April 2016?
 
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