Came back from local INS for my J1 waiver approval

Previously I lost my J1 waiver approval notice back to 2003. For 485 filing it's required to one.
I went to local INS officer and the guy checked in the system and told me my waiver was approved in ## mon ## date 2003. He said he does not have access to the copy and asked me to use G-639 form "Freedom of information Act/Privacy Act request" to request a copy of the notice. This form can be downloaded from USCIS.GOV forms. Fee is free.
I asked him for a case number, he gave it to me.
That's all I obtained.
I came back and did some research on this issue and found that some people use G-639, some use I-824 (fee $200). I-824 is the form to request a duplicate of any previous approval notice. But I heard it takes 1-2 years!
I also found that it may also take long time if applying through G639. This is quite an annoying issue.
I am going to call USCIS to see what they suggest.
Anyone has suggestion? Thank!!

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• 要正式的批准通知用I-824，一般几个月能拿到。 -yeeha- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/19/2007 postreply 13:54:09

• 我也想知道，有什么最好的办法拿到approval notice -sunicehot- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/19/2007 postreply 14:32:07

• I will go to infopass tomorrow to ask about it -拜托拜托- ♀ (40 bytes) () 06/19/2007 postreply 15:22:51

• 回复：Came back from local INS for my J1 waiver approval -gimegime- ♂ (92 bytes) () 06/21/2007 postreply 15:18:19