CASE: J-1 Waiver (No Objection Statement – Humanitarian)
NATIONALITY: Philippines
LOCATION: Glendale, AZ
Our client came from the Philippines on a J-1 in August 2016 to work as a teacher. She was subject to the two-year foreign residency requirement. Later, her employer wants to sponsor her green card and she consulted with our firm for her J-1 visa waiver prior to applying for adjustment of status. If someone is subject to the two-year foreign residency requirement, he or she cannot get a green card in the United States until he or she fulfills the requirement or obtains a waiver.
Our office told our client that she can apply for a waiver under the No Objection Statement category based on the fact that her husband experiences medical hardship. Though her husband is a citizen of the Philippines, his medical condition prompted her to pursue NOS waiver under the humanitarian category.
On February 25, 2020, the J-1 Waiver Application (Form DS-3035) was filed to the Department of State. On March 18, 2020, our office sent our client’s materials to the Waiver Review Committee in Manila, Philippines. The EVP Philippines approved the NOS Application!
On February 25, 2021, the Waiver Review Division issued a favorable recommendation based on the No Objection statement. Eventually, on March 2, 2021, the USCIS issued an I-612 approval notice for the waiver.