CASE: J-1 Waiver of Two-Year Foreign Residency Requirement, No Objection Statement
NATIONALITY: Turkish
LOCATION: Amherst, MA
Our client is from Turkey who came to the U.S. on a J-1 Visa in June 2013. Later on, he changed his status from J-1 to F-1. He eventually obtained an approved I-140 National Interest Waiver self petition. He wanted to apply for adjustment of status based on an I-140 National Interest Waiver self-petition. However, he needed a J-1 waiver first.
He retained our office on December 10, 2020. Our office filed a waiver request through a No Objection Statement (NOS) from the Turkish Embassy in the United States. Every country’s Embassy maintains different procedures with regard to the J-1 No Objection Statement waiver. Our office contacted the Turkish Embassy in D.C. to pursue the waiver for our client. The Embassy requested several documents including a statement of reason for the waiver and Turkish National ID.
On December 29, 2020, the J-1 Waiver (Form DS-3035) Application was filed to the Department of State. We also sent a request to the Turkish Embassy to issue a No Objection Statement and recommend this waiver based on the fact that our client is eligible to adjust based on his I-140 NIW petition.
Eventually, the Turkish Embassy issued a No Objection Statement for our client, and sent this letter to the State Department’s Waiver Review Division. Thereafter, the Waiver Review Division issued a favorable recommendation based on the No Objection statement. On June 4, 2021, the USCIS issued an I-612 approval notice. Now, our client can file the I-485 adjustment of status application along with his I-140 NIW Self-Petition.