@willbill
Great question!
If you have a pardon, standard requests might be
-Privacy Act fingerprints
-Court documents
-Court Transcripts
-Additional explanations in writing
No Pardon
-court docs
-transcripts
-They may ask you to visit a panel doctor
-Privacy Act fingerprints.
If you do not have a criminal record
-Proof you left the US
-Proof of residence in some other country
-Police Certificates from other places you might have lived
Other things they might ask for are
-Request to file an additional I-212
-any other documents they might need to finish your application
The problem with getting this request is the timeline. You only get 87 days IN EVERY CASE
Part of the problem is identifying WHY they are asking. For example.
When you are denied entry (90% of people start a waiver because of this) Your record might be "different" then when you apply. I'll explain.
When people get certain convictions, like Possession of Narcotics, or a Conditional Discharge or even Youth Convictions, OR even certain convictions like "indecent act". unless there is ACTION by the person, the record might STILL be visible on CPIC.
For example, lets say "Steve" has the following record. (all are over 5 years old)
-Youth - Theft Under
-Adult - Indecent Act (he was caught at a bathhouse with Barry)
-Adult Assault (conditional Discharge)
He lives his life, never gets fingerprinted. He tried to go to a Buffalo Bills game, Homeland Security sees the record, they deny him entry.
Steve is distraught, but hears about this "Waiver guy" his friend brags "is the best!" LOL Steve is skeptical, because his friend is a bit of a dumbass, but he comes to see me.
Based on our conversation, (the client is vague) I tell Steve he seems to have a great chance at a waiver. We fingerprint him and start the process.
When is prints come back....no record!
-Narcotics, gone because of sequestration
-assault, gone because 3 years have passed
-Indecent Act, removed because we stopped criminalizing the LBGTQ community.
-When the 3 other ADULT records were removed, the Youth Record then was ALSO removed, because it was only there because of the adult record.
When the prints come back, Steve thinks he is "home free". No. We now STILL need to do the waiver, explain why the record in blank, and do Privacy Act AND obtain court documents as well.
I usually give the client the option of SUBMITTING the application without all the court docs, and then when Homeland Security ASKS for them, I would have received them from the courts. (they can be very slow) Or we can wait and submit everything together. This is a way of using all the time it takes for them to SEE the file, and if it works, the client would have "gotten in line" right away.
For this client, we would still do a drug test/Dr's letter and the personal letter would be detailed. If he had a gun prohibition (even if its expired) explain WHY it was put in place. The US considers this a "serious" penalty, because they don't understand that in CIVILISED countries, we worship healthcare, not guns.
The is probably why Pedophiles in Canada go to jail, and in the United States, they become Republicans, and if they are corrupt enough, PRESIDENT!
Anyways, let me stop pointing out the TRUTH, and talk about waivers. I mean, WE are all Canadians here, so we understand the difference.
Please feel free to comment, or ask more questions.
