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Sexually Based Offences or trying an application when you might fail

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J Rogers Trusted posted

Trumps Homeland Security is NOT issuing waivers for sexually based offences.

Should you try anyways? No.

When you do an application, you are outlining a bunch of facts that can be used against you in the future. If you don't care about the money, then care about this...whatever you said/say WILL be used against you in the future.

If you have a serious offence, and especially a sexually based offence of any type (many of these have nothing to do with raping a woman, they can be voyeurism, they can be unwanted touching in a club, they can be "being caught in a swingers club" they can be two men having consensual sex. They can be an 18 year old having sex with a 15 year old, literally a grade 12 and grade 10 having sex. If you have an offence that mentions anything sexual please listen to the following.

1. Do not do the waiver on your own
2. Do not write your own personal letter
3. Do not let your friends write their own reference letters.
4. Do not apply NOW. Wait until 2021.
5. Start collecting "proof of rehabilitation" now. That varies from case to case but I can help you with that
6. Do not apply for the waiver anyways because you don't care about the money. Your screwing up your FUTURE waivers by handing in a shitty waiver now.

A cookie cutter waiver works for simple waivers. Sexually based offences of ANY kind are not simple.

[ J Rogers appended this reply on February 13, 2020 @ 10:43 am ]

Now that you have proven your point, you can now disappear, since you only APPEARED apparently to prove that is can be done. Cue flood of applicants with sexually based offences.

Michelle Trusted

I completely agree with John..Sexual based waivers are extremely difficult to obtain. No matter how minor the offense is. I normally do not even attempt them, however, I have just accepted a voyeurism file..only because client begged and pleaded...I am not confident of the outcome...but have been 100% honest with them..so will keep everyone posted..

Ambassador

Hello,

I'm sorry but I disagree COMPLETELY. Why? Unlike the poster, I have an offence that Mr. Rogers mentions. Ya, it's embarrassing and I regret it fully. I had to listen to people like Rogers tell me crossing the border would be VERY UNLIKELY, if not IMPOSSIBLE. Guess what? I was just granted a waiver. And the letter I received was very favourable towards me with the BIA ORDERING the waiver be issued. Something that is RARE. Everyone's situation is different. I was denied the first time, appealed, and the BIA overturned the decision and I'm now allowed unrestricted travel across the border.

Listen folks, not all of you will get the same results. Really depends on your merit and positive equities, time passed etc. My attorney was nothing short of sensational in this whole process. Even with Trump's admin. Just did my first border crossing in decades. The border guard when I handed my waiver? Well SHE was lovely. And made me feel good about my first crossing.

ITS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD!!!! Not for all of you. There is hope, unlike what Rogers says.

J Rogers Trusted

@Ambassador well if what you are saying is true, then give us some general details, plus the crux of the argument that overturned the decision. Also the "attorney" who was so wonderful....name and phone number. Lets give this person the accolades they deserve.

Oh let me guess.....your going to disappear now. Because I think this post is actually not true. But I am willing to be convinced and give people hope.

Funny how you have "suddenly appeared".

If your really legit, then send the decision with the BIA to Michelle by email. I trust her and she can be trusted to be confidential. She can (without giving too much detail) confirm your story. Then we can send people who are getting denied to your "attorney".

Waiting with baited breath.

Michelle Trusted

@Ambassador, You are extremely lucky to have received a waiver, after denial, and especially after an appeal..Please provide the name of your lawyer for reference for the others on here and which Panel Doctor you went to, as Dr. Cheema, is not giving appointments without a previous Physiologic assessment.

Ambassador

@J Rogers

Sorry everyone, I did not disappear. I was away on vacation. Just arrived home tonight. I assure you I'm not full of sh*t. I went thru multiple applications. A few of the decisions were denied due to the ARO misrepresenting some of the details. The BIA acknowledged this on my first appeal, but upheld the denial. Had to reapply for a waiver all over again, and yet again, denied. Only this time the BIA sustained the appeal and ordered the waiver be issued.

My apologies Mr. Rogers, I didn't mean to call you out with gusto. I was really just heated, excited and slightly drunk over the celebration of my first crossing right around the time you advised people not to apply with a sexual offence.

I'm not going to be giving any details of my particular case over the Internet, anonymous or not. I don't really mind if you want to chastise me as a liar. I'm only trying to give people who might be in my situation some hope that it is in fact possible, even with the current administration. If you don't want to believe my word, fine, I'm not taking that personally.

What I will say, is I had a lot of positive equities going for me. Time passed, stable and professional career, and my own personal letter as well as reference letters from my my friends, which was all mentioned in my waiver by the BIA as having a positive impact. I did do a psych assessment which naturally turned out favorable for me.

The big problem I had in this process was the ARO misrepresenting details of my case. But I had the best representation for me at Millar and Hayes in Vancouver. Andrew Hayes was with me from the beginning and worked feverishly to fight for me. I genuinely believed he wanted so bad for me to succeed. He genuinely cared. After my second denial he said he'd understood if I went another direction. I said no way. I trusted him with my life and he came thru. And the joy in his face when I saw him after I received my waiver was palpable. So please if you're in my position, and you're in the BC area, I highly recommend you go talk to them.

His firm also has an office in Washington which proves beneficial having an American root.

Hope this helps. I think I could have done a better job with the body of this message but I'm exhausted. I've been on airplanes for the last 22 hours and I'm jet lagged as heck.

J Rogers Trusted

@Ambassador

Went on the Millar and Hayes site and its hard to conceive that the firm mentioned in the reviews were the same "geniuses" that were able to overcome your sexually based offence. I called them as well and they seem like pretty typical immigration lawyers. Very vague and charge pretty high fees.

As for your two posts, they contradict.

"I was denied the first time, appealed, and the BIA overturned the decision and I'm now allowed unrestricted travel across the border" (post 1)

" I went thru multiple applications. A few of the decisions were denied due to the ARO misrepresenting some of the details. The BIA acknowledged this on my first appeal, but upheld the denial. Had to reapply for a waiver all over again, and yet again, denied. Only this time the BIA sustained the appeal and ordered the waiver be issued." (post 2)

Appeals rarely work. But if "the BIA acknowledged that ARO misrepresented some of the details" I would love to see that.

Listen, this is an inexact science. People will eventually be able to get waivers issued for sexually based offences again. But your post, transparently false, gives people the wrong idea. Worse, your going to get people to apply at some random firm you looked up, and they are going to waste a LOT of money on a firm that doesn't even specialize in waivers. All because you want to prove some guy on a waiver forum wrong.

We know who you are, your the guy who poses as the "ex gang member" on On Ken's podcasts. Or you did before Ken stopped doing waivers. If you have REAL information to post, please bring it forward. A lot of people on here are anxious for REAL hope and real information.

K SCOTT Trusted

My 2 cents.

Please note that my colleague is mistaken regarding that we no longer do waivers since we are clearing people with waivers monthy at our BC and overseas locations(www.usentrywaiverservices.com).

Anyway, they are still approving waivers(at least for us) for sex related crimes but I will agree that they are a lof of major work now under Trump. Also note that the individual in the particular talk radio show episode is reformed/rehabilitated and indeed a real person that had a past. He now works for me and runs one of my BC locations. I also do not know Ambassador.

The bottom line is that yes you can still get waivers for sex related crimes but it is a major battle. We can do it but it definitely is not a cheap price and again it is major work. We get a very large number of former BC traffickers that use us and even their cases have again changed under Trump here very recently.

Also note that I am not here that often because it is a lot of work for us to keep cases flowing in a timely manner. Hence I do not have the time to come here as much but we are definitely still in business as our Facebook friends and FB business fan page friends are well aware.

K SCOTT Trusted

I also want to add that not all immigration lawyers are bad. Preparing these cases can be a lot of work and yes professionals would like to be adequately compensated. The lawyers that we work with are very reasonable.

An example is that we have a woman that got a 5 year ban but qualifies for Derivivative U.S. Citizenship through her dad. We referred her to one of our lawyers to get her US passport. It can be a long process documentating this kind of case. If she gets her USA passport then she does not need a waiver since she will be an American. If she does not qualify, then we will do her waiver and it will be only a 1 time thing in her case.

Please note that this process can apply to a person that has an actual conviction for Rape or Sexual Assault if they qualify for Derivivative Citizenship. This is because CBP cannot deny entry to A U.S. Citizen that has any kind of conviction whatsover anywhere in the world.

Michelle Trusted

@ambassdor, Did you see Dr. Chema, as he is the only approved Dr in BC? How long did you wait to see him? He is so difficult to get into? He keeps advising my client's that they need to see a Physiologist here in Saskatchewan first, then he will review their assessment, and then provide an appointment..This is extremely difficult, as the waiting list here to see a Physiologist for anything Sexual is 1 to 2 year waiting list, without a court ordered exam. So frustrating.....

Michelle Trusted

@Ambassador, I noticed you advise "unrestricted" travel? Does your waiver state the special Order? The few clients that I have who have received waivers for sex offense have the the Order listed: (I won't list it on here) at the bottom of the their waiver, and they are do have trouble crossing the odd time..If you haven't had any trouble, just keep in mind that you might depending on the Custom Officer you may deal with..

J Rogers Trusted

@k scott I checked out the website, other than reviews I notice its revamped but still sounds as unprofessional as ever and the "fake" September letters are still up there.

Ken, I don't know WHAT you are really up to, but;

-you claimed to charge big bucks for waivers, ($5000-$10000 actual quote in this forum) but everyone you seem to do for about $500. None of your former clients seem to have paid very much yet you claim everyone else is "discount"
-Your maintaining that you have gotten approved waivers for sexually based offences...again no proof.
-you focus on September Letters but you seem to simply get waivers
-you claimed to "train" or "work" or "consult" for Homeland Security (in the past) but it fell apart when we asked for proof
-You were away from Canada for quite a while and made a huge attempt to block ME from having access to your social media
-Your not authorized to fingerprint, the company you "work for" cannot fingerprint, and you have no explanation for this. To me its the mark of someone who cannot pass the vetting process, because of record, credit or other problems.
-Not that its that suspicious, but I don't actually think you have your Canadian Citizenship yet. I think your still working on it.
-Your exaggerated bio has been removed from everything. Almost like you were worried about someone finding you. The only mention of your name is in the fake reviews on the company website. I am sure a couple might be real but the majority....so obviously faked.

When a person has to use a lot of false claims to bolster their credibility or expertise, or "over-promise" results, that's a huge red flag. I like how you have an "office" in Vancouver, Surrey and Winnipeg (as well as in Europe) but no other addresses. You can't even afford to rent a UPS mail box and PRETEND its an office?

Michelle Trusted

Ambassador has brought up an interesting point...has anyone ever appealed a denial to a higher level then the standard Appeal process and won a case? I personally do not believe in the appeal process, as I have tried it a few times, and have never won. So I don't waste my clients time or money. However, I wonder if there is a "higher" level such as the "redress" program? Anyone? including the experts? I would like to hear other experiences and suggestions..

Ambassador

@J Rogers

My posts don't really contradict. Post 1 was just watered down information of the process. Yes, Millar and Hayes is an immigration law firm, but Andrew was my lawyer who took my case on and eventually I succeeded in receiving a waiver. You find it hard to believe, which is fine, but YOUR lack of belief hardly makes me a liar.

You seem like a sincere pessimist. Not a great sign if you were someones attorney. You'd like me to air all my details out on the internet, but I decide not to bite, so to you I'm providing false information that may make people supposedly waste money. Let me ask you, what does this gain me? Nothing. So why would I need to make this up?

Look, I get it. You create a post telling people not to apply for sexually based offences. You cite reasons why no one will get one. Maybe you haven't won a case in this regard so that's why you created the post. You're trying to maintain credibility on here to the people who may want to use your services; like I said, I get it. I created my post because it is YOU spreading false information and I wanted to give people hope, before you go crushing it for everyone else. Is everyone going to receive a waiver? No. Of course not. Like you said, it's an inexact science. My appeal was simply favourable to the right people in the BIA. Call it luck, fate, magic, wizardry or whatever you want.

I think I posted enough information about how I got my waiver without airing out my dirty laundry on a public internet forum. J.Rodgers you should really give people on here more credit. Do you think that they will take my word for it without doing their due dilligence? Anyone who has a sexually based offence is free to call the law firm I mentioned and inquire if they have dealt with waivers for SBO's and what the outcomes have been. If they say no, then I suppose you can agree with J Rodgers and call me a liar.

Also -- "We know who you are, your the guy who poses as the "ex gang member" on On Ken's podcasts. Or you did before Ken stopped doing waivers. If you have REAL information to post, please bring it forward. A lot of people on here are anxious for REAL hope and real information."

I don't really know what you're referencing with that statement. In any case, the information here that was posted was pretty real. Rather than peruse the law firm's website to verify my claims, call them and ask them of their experience with dealing with waivers for SBO's. Pretty simple.

Ambassador

@Michelle I did see him because in my first appeal (I believe), the ARO or BIA requested a Panel Interview by one of their listed doctors. Dr Cheema's office is fairly close to where I live and was able to see him within a month and a half. I spent 30 minutes with him where he confirmed he didn't see me as any kind of threat and that his report would reflect that. My lawyer and I were very optimistic, yet the BIA, while noting some discrepancies in the ARO's decisions, still upheld the decision and I had to reapply for my second waiver. Which was eventually also denied yet it was after appealing again that I was successful.


I noticed you advise "unrestricted" travel? Does your waiver state the special Order? The few clients that I have who have received waivers for sex offense have the the Order listed: (I won't list it on here) at the bottom of the their waiver, and they are do have trouble crossing the odd time..If you haven't had any trouble, just keep in mind that you might depending on the Custom Officer you may deal with..

When I say unrestricted, my waiver states I may enter for business or leisure purposes. I should have maybe clarified that.

Ambassador

@Michelle My lawyer did tell me that appeals rarely work, but he recommended we try because he really believed I had a solid case and as mentioned, they misrepresented some info that should have been a positive equity for me. I'm sorry but regardless of J. Rodger's wishes, I will not post those types of details on here as to what it was they misrepresented. As mentioned, the reason we reapplied after the appeal denial was because the BIA did acknowledge they had in fact misrepresented said info, but they still felt it wasn't grounds to overturn their initial decision. I reapplied because I was not about to give up and my lawyer was honest with telling me he felt I had a shot. Albeit a slim one, but because of how much I have riding on the waiver, I went for it. Denied again, appealed again, and finally struck a chord with the BIA. At the bottom of the decision said this:


ORDER - The appeal is sustained
FURTHER ORDER - The respondands application of a waiver under section xxx.x.x of the Immigration and Nationality Act is granted

My lawyer did advise it that it's rare for the BIA to provide those further orders to grant the waiver. I guess he was right in that I did have a viable shot. Hence my glowing accolades of his firm; more importantly, him!

K SCOTT Trusted

Congrats Ambassador as I personally always like to see clients happy and am happy when they get their cases approved. Not all lawyers are bad as I said I refer select cases to them like Greencard applications, Derivivative Citizenship applications and I-601 Waiver cases. Some have sent me waiver cases to do or either prepare for them. The point is that yes it is extremely difficult but people can definitely get a waiver case for sex crimes approved under Trump...but it will not be easy.

Ambassador

@K SCOTT thank you! It was definitely not easy. Took me 7 years in total and a lot of money from day 1 to finally receiving the waiver. But I can assure everyone, it will always be worth the wait.

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