I have a j1 visa and applied for my waiver 3 months ago. I understand that this process can take several months but I was optimistic because I got my no objection statement about a month ago so I knew things were moving along. However today the website updated that they got my DS-3035 form. I filled this online form three moths ago, I actually think that I saw it on the list of received documents before. Why is now showing up, probably again. Why would it take three months for received the online form when they got all the rest of the paperwork I had to mail months ago. Even the letter from my country. Does this mean that the countdown for them to review will start from today? I know it can take up to 4 moths after they received all documents.
I know several other people that applied for waivers and none of them had this issue. The online form ds-3035 was the first thing that the department of state marked as received. The company that is looking to sponsor me was also not happy about this because it looks like I just filled in the form.
Is this a normal thing to happen? Would this delay process?
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