About

The I-194 Waiver Forum is a place for Canadians who have been refused entry to the United States to share experiences, timelines and advice about the I-192 application and the I-194 waiver.

How posting works

There's no registration and no email address. The first time you post, choose a name and a password: they become yours. Write them down, and use the same pair whenever you come back. You stay signed in on that device until you sign out.

Your name is shown next to everything you post, so don't use your real name unless you want to. Please don't post personal details such as file numbers, dates of birth or addresses.

Names: capital letters don't matter ("J Rogers" and "j rogers" are the same account). New names that look too much like an existing member's name, such as "JRogers" or "J R0gers" when "J Rogers" exists, aren't allowed, so nobody can pretend to be someone else.

If you forget your password

When you join, you're shown a recovery code like K7QF-3MZT-9WXP-H2DC. Write it down with your password. If you forget your password, use Forgot your password? on the sign-in page with your name and that code. You'll get a new code each time you use one, and you can make a new code from your account page at any time.

Members from before November 2026 get their recovery code the first time they sign in on the new forum.

Lost both your password and your recovery code? Contact the moderators. Because we don't know who anyone is, we can only help if you can show the account is yours, for example by describing posts you made.

Formatting

• **bold** for bold and *italic* for italic
• Start a line with > to quote someone
• Start lines with - for a list
• [link text](https://example.com) for a link (new members can add links after a few posts)

Moderators

Moderators remove spam and posts that break the forum rules. If you see a problem, use the contact page.