CASE: J-1 Visa Waiver (No Objection Statement)
NATIONALITY: Philippines
LOCATION: Colorado
Our Filipina client came on a J-1 visa in July 2008. Upon completion of her J-1 program, she remained in the United States and overstayed. She was subject to the two-year foreign residency requirement.
In March 2011, she got married to her U.S. citizen husband and later consulted with our firm for her J-1 visa waiver. She had to do this first before becoming eligible to adjust status.
Upon retention, our office prepared and filed a waiver request based on the No Objection Statement (NOS) from the Philippine Embassy in the United States.
On May 17, 2012, the J-1 Visa Waiver Application (Form DS-3035) was filed to the Department of State. We also sent a request to the Illinois, Minnesota, and Colorado State Government to get authentication for necessary documents. Later, these authenticated documents and No Objection Application (for the Philippine Government) were sent to the Philippine Consulate in Chicago for further authentication (she was residing in Minnesota at the time of the authentication process). On July 26, 2012, our office sent our client’s materials to the Waiver Review Committee in Manila, Philippines. The Waiver Review Committee eventually approved the No Objection request and forwarded the materials and favorable recommendation to the Philippine Embassy in D.C. who eventually issued a No Objection Statement to the U.S. Department of State.
On February 25, 2013, the Waiver Review Division issued a favorable recommendation based on the No Objection statement. Eventually, on March 8, 2013, the USCIS issued an I-612 approval notice for the waiver. Now, our client can file for her adjustment of status application along with her U.S. Citizen husband’s I-130 petition.
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