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Toronto Airport December 3 2019.
By 10:30 they had still not opened, BUT they had (because someone called them) come to everyone and announced they were PLANNING to open and that they were just slammed because of the weather.
They had also put up a list, so I know they planned to open.
The next day is Christmas eve December 24rth.
It looks like they have taken down the "we only process waivers every first and third Tuesday of the month" sign at Pearson, and some people who were there are telling me they MAY be processing waivers EVERY Tuesday now. I may take a drive on Tuesday December 24th and see if this is true. REGARDLESS, Niagara Falls is still your better best for eSafe and handing in Waivers in general.
Rainbow Bridge
Monday-Thursday 2pm-9pm
Sunday 5pm-9pm
I know many of you are going to be stressed over the holidays about handing in your waivers before the fee possibly goes up. I can guarantee the fee is NOT going up until January at the very earliest.
If you have questions during the holidays, 416-843-1371 is my cell phone. Please don't hesitate to call if you have any questions.
John Rogers.
I'm going to give the Rainbow Bridge a shot for the biometrics part of the e-safe application process. Does anyone have a walkthrough as I've never gone across that bridge. Do you drive through a Canadian clearance first? If so do you let them know the purpose? Do you cross the bridge and is there a specific pull of to go to?
Just want to avoid one of those 'accidental' crossings they show on the Border Security shows.
@Justin You can call them to ask 716-843-8300. There is information about hours, etc on the cbp.gov page https://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/buffalo
There might be others on this forum that have more recent personal information. Either way, good luck and let us know how it goes.
@Justin, they are open for eSAFE between 2-9 Monday-Thursday. Beware of talking to them on the phone, sometimes they "pretend" they can't process you or that they are busy....they are not. That is the best location to go to for eSafe.
Just go to the falls and you will see "Bridge to USA" you go as if you are crossing, just tell them what you are there for when you get to the booth. As long as you make it clear you are there for your waiver or Esafe, no problem at all.
Thanks for the quick feedback!
pearson airport open for US waiver Thursday?
Pearson is now open EVERY Tuesday. But today on Tuesday January 21st at 10 am they informed everyone they were not going to be open because of a shortage of manpower. 1 person had been there since 4am.
See my note above, save yourself the hassle and go to Niagara Falls.
Now, there is some conflicting information on here. You don't get a pardon for conditional discharges but it seems this individual's problems started after getting his records straight. RCMP give copies of pardons to US officials. I guess it defears the purpose.
I just read the article. Horribly written. This is absolutely untrue:
Last October, a senior RCMP officer offered an explanation in a letter seen by Global News.When a Canadian is pardoned, he wrote, the RCMP finds out whether U.S. border officials have looked up the person's criminal file. If they have, the RCMP sends them a notification of the pardon, without saying what the original crime was, and asks them to destroy any records of their own they might have created over the years.
So Global News, one of the most unreliable news sources out there, "saw a letter" but would not actually publish the letter.
In my opinion, ignore this entire article. "Mischief is admissible" was the first clue that there was a misunderstanding of what they allow in and don't. And that immigration lawyer quoted (Global News loves that guy) tells everyone constantly to do a waiver, whether they need one or not. "American Immigration Lawyer" is code for "nothing I am going to tell you in accurate, and I am going to rip you off".
Yes, the article John and Waiverless are referring to is "terrible" information. As stated in comments you cannot get a Pardon for Conditional Discharges. The chart they show is BS, in my opinion. The RCMP do not provide paper copies of Pardons, however, they can provide a fingerprint release of criminal history if required..Always, keep in mind that Pardoned information exists in CPIC and can be accessed if you have proper authority. Also, I know that US Customs can request a copy of an individual's Pardon from the Parole Board. (I learned that from experience with one of my first client's - they were so nice to send it to me, when they denied his application for lying)..but that is another story...This media article just confuses people and scares them into not traveling..which is too bad...
