I am working under a J1 visa with the 2 year home residence Rule, I got married with a USA citizen some moths ago and in order to change my status I applied first for a waiver under the no objection statement.
I requested the letter of no objection to my country "Colombia" in January 22 but It takes 5 months to get that letter,hopefully by the end of May I will be receiving it, so
the problem is my program ends in June 30 and it will take between 6 to 8 weks to the DOS to work on my waiver, according to my calculations I will receive the waiver by the end of July, and by that time I will be out of status and under the 30 days grace which will be over in July 30. I have read that during those 30 days grace I can not change my status.
In my I/66 does not say the time where I have to leave the country, it says D/S which means that my stay in the country is legal s longas I stay in the program.
My questions are:
Can I file the documents for change of status while waiting for th waiver?
If I get the waiver during the tim of grace can i fill the documents for a change of sttus?
If I do not get the waiver before July 30, should I live the country?
I really appreciate any help provided
I requested the letter of no objection to my country "Colombia" in January 22 but It takes 5 months to get that letter,hopefully by the end of May I will be receiving it, so
the problem is my program ends in June 30 and it will take between 6 to 8 weks to the DOS to work on my waiver, according to my calculations I will receive the waiver by the end of July, and by that time I will be out of status and under the 30 days grace which will be over in July 30. I have read that during those 30 days grace I can not change my status.
In my I/66 does not say the time where I have to leave the country, it says D/S which means that my stay in the country is legal s longas I stay in the program.
My questions are:
Can I file the documents for change of status while waiting for th waiver?
If I get the waiver during the tim of grace can i fill the documents for a change of sttus?
If I do not get the waiver before July 30, should I live the country?
I really appreciate any help provided