Student Visa (F1, F2, M1, M2)

After 7 long moths my J1 Hardship waiver has been approved. I decided to write my experience to help others that are going through the process. I will recommend to hire a lawyer if you are thinking on doing the hardship waiver. It is very important to have someone with experience in the area.
My argument (Affidavit) was based on the following:
1) Employment hardship: we claimed that my husband was not able to leave with me to fulfill the two years because he was going to lose his job. Because of this, he wasn’t going to be able to pay his students loans. At the same time, he was not going to be able to find job in my country because he does not speak the language.
2) Family Ties hardship: My husband never lived outside the USA. Also, one of his family member was sick and we used to help that person with house duties.
3) Educational hardship: His degree required him to go to conference every year.
4) Financial Hardship: As I mentioned before, he needed to stay to keep paying his students loans. We also claimed that if I had to leave the country his debt was going to increase due to the visiting me and others things.
5) Separation Anxiety: We claimed separation anxiety if I had to leave the USA (This was used only the Request for Evidence.)
USCIS Process:
1) May 3: USCIS received my package.
2) May 22: USCIS requested more evidence. They claimed we did not provide enough information about the hardship if I had to go to my country to fulfill the two years without my husband.
3) August 4: USCIS received the request for evidence.
4) October 28: USCIS was seeking for a second opinion from the Department of State to make a decision (After two inquiries!).
5) December 22: USCIS approved my case. USCIS approval was received 2 weeks after the Department of state made a decision.
Department of State Process:
1) June 6: Received my statement of reason, passport data page, fee, and DS-2019.
2) October 29: Received forms I-613 and I-612.
3) December 8: Favorable recommendation was sent.