I-192 renewal

https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/760/~/entry-into-the-u.s.---canadian-with-criminal-record-or-overstay,-waiver

The above should link to the latest checklist. Please note that you may include --anything-- you feel strengthens your case, and you're encouraged to do so.

I wouldn't say that the new application, I-192 as updated June 10, 2016, is "streamlined" per se, since it adds biographical information. Note that you still include other information like employment and parentage on the form G-325 (as revised 2013).

Good luck with your renewal efforts, and feel free to check in anytime. Read through some of the recent threads at will.

Yes, I mistyped. The G325-A form is to be included in your application package.

It is good practice to treat each application like it is your first one...there are documents which MUST be the original, such as the RCMP records, however, others, such as your court records, may be photocopied (and this is advisable so you have them for renewals).

See the checklist links above.

Get your renewal in soon; the increase from US $585.00 to US $930.00 is imminent as it's recorded in the Federal Register and it is rare that a proposed increase does not go through, since at that register they show a complete accounting of costs regarding these applications.

You will need to renew if it has expired, going by the date that should be printed on the approval letter and the waiver itself.

When you get your I-94 white card, assuming your waiver is still valid of course, you actually are to keep your waiver and letter in your possession at all times when travelling to the US. You do not "hand them in" as it were. When your white card expires, however, you DO hand this back in (usually at Canada customs) if you don't plan on making any more trips within the date shown on it. Then the next time you visit you will be referred to secondary to get a new one.

I hope this doesn't sound too confusing, but once you know the process you'll get used to it :)

As well: Good news for those with those I-94 multiple entry cards stapled to your passports as well. "Some" ports of entry are issuing these for up to one year now, as opposed to just six months, and I have one from Detroit that was done a few weeks ago and it's good until next November.

Your mileage in this regard, of course, may vary, since I was told at another port of entry (Lynden WA) that at that one they only still do them up for six months still. A small favour since over the course of a five-year waiver you'll have to visit secondary perhaps up to ten times just to do these and have them stapled in your passport as they expire...

@Whitney Joseph Brian its too early to have an answer. I would say late August. Your less than 60 days.

#8 What was your conviction for? If it was PPT or sex crime, then you will not be hearing from them for a while. I agree that you may want to email them if you do not hear back by end of August.

#12, Jamie, yes, for sure you should call the Parole Board and ask for a status update. They will advise what is happening with your file and how long you have to wait...Note: once they processed your credit card, you should have received a confirmation letter from them advising that payment was received and your file number.

#11 I can't speak for other borders but they give our BC clients the paper I-94 and tell them to turn it in before it expires. If they fail to comply, they risk their waivers getting revoked by CBP....as it happened to a few of our clients before.

Jamie, call 1-800-874-2652 and quote your file number. It is not "late" according to the timeline you have said, but no harm in checking like Michelle said.

@WaiveMein and @Ken I think you are both answering different things.

If you have a waiver, (as Ken answered) the I-94 card serves as a 6 month check on the waiver holder. They run the person through CPIC and ensure the waiver in genuine and make sure they don't appear to be living in the US. The card is for LAND only. You do NOT hand this card in. Leave it in your passport.

If you do not have a waiver and get a I-94 card, its function is as a "departure record". You DO hand this card in when you come back to Canada.

The reason there is a lot of confusion over this is because Homeland Security officers themselves give contradictory information to waiver people.

The card was always MEANT as a departure record. It clearly says on it to hand it in to Canadian border authorities. When you have a waiver, the usage has been modified. If you are a frequent traveler, you want to hold on to the card because it will allow you to skip a secondary inspection every time you travel.

Why is there such a divergence of opinions about this? Because people who do waivers for a living get a lot of feedback from their clients. And then clients are telling us what Homeland Security officers are telling THEM at the border. Despite "warnings", no one is going to lose their waiver if they leave the card in their passport. (waiver holders only)

If your very paranoid, and I get why you might be, then hand the card in if you want. It simply means another secondary inspection when you travel. If you travel every 6 months anyways, this it doesn't matter.

NOTE: Cards are not giving out to waiver holders when you fly.

The I-94 can be given to Canadians that do not have a waiver. An example is if they suspect you may try to unlawfully move there or possibly overstay. They do what is called a Controlled Visit..which means you are allowed to enter for certain days for a particular reason.

A lot of Canadians mistakenly believe that you are automatically guaranteed 6 months in the USA This is not true since it is up to 6 months with officer approval. Depending on the circumstances, they can demand that you turn in that card before expiry. Note that you can technically turn it in 1 day before expiry.

We see a number of Canadians in BC get the I-94 card that does not have waivers or criminal records..Although again it is because they getting restricted days for certain reasons. BC is different because you have a lot of people trying to enter USA from BC and overstay/unlawfully work in places like California and Las Vegas.

An example is that they especially have a number of young women that escort in Vancouver and leave BC to unlawfully work in Vegas. These women get subjected to the controlled visits often since they state that they are only going to visit friends but the contents of their luggage say otherwise. The link below explains who may still get issued a paper I-94

https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/1695/~/i-94-automation---will-cbp-still-issue-paper-i-94%3F

It says only for land travel. Why would escorts be driving from Vancouver to Las Vegas? Isn't that a bit far? Or is it closer than I think? How many hours drive?