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1 YEAR WAIVER
First waiver
Also 347 days (like the last one I posted)
2014 FRAUD OVER $5000
50 year old woman
Status History (5)
05/05/2026, 09:55 AM : Status changed to Completed
05/23/2025, 06:00 PM : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
05/06/2025, 08:11 PM : Status changed to Paid
05/06/2025, 08:02 PM : Status changed to Signed
04/23/2025, 05:45 PM : Application Created
@J Rogers thank so much
I’m at the 320-day mark almost there. It’s funny how theft often gets a 5-year waiver, while overstaying only gets 1 year.
@J Rogers
At a 412-day mark. First waiver application along with I212 waiver from August 2024 for misrepresentation (not disclosing relationship with the TN offering company for a legit job). Sent a follow-up email to enquire status on the application but haven’t heard back from them yet. I am a professional with no criminal history and multiple US visits.
- What is a typical time to get a response for email enquiry?
- Is this unusual have no update on the portal and no response on the email enquiry?
Status History (4)
03/11/2025: Status changed to Submitted to ARO
03/05/2025: Status changed to Paid
03/05/2025: Status changed to Signed
03/04/2025: Application Created
1. You did "misrepresentation" in August 2024. My prediction is they are going to say "...you filed an instant application on March 20 2025 7 months later...therefore insufficient time has elapsed...." application will be denied.
2. You filed an I-212 UPFRONT, which makes NO sense. Misrepresentation does NOT require this application. That is a waste of $1175USD.
3. The delay is because you made them consider 2 applications, and one was not needed, and now they are drafting up a rejection letter which is 4 pages long.
Remember. When you do something "wrong". Misrepresentation, fraud, overstay, working without proper authorization, criminal record, would it make ANY sense for them to simply allow you entry RIGHT after it happened? You are missing the LOGICAL REASON they are willing to "waive" your inadmissibility in the first place.
You do something wrong, you are inadmissible. To apply right away changes NOTHING. But, if some time elapses, and you can argue "I have changed....and I am sorry, ...and this is why I would not do it again...."
The officers at the border are NOT knowledgeable. They in most case, really know about 40% about how the system works. Plus they did their job. They told you "what to do" and now Homeland Security knows EVERYTHING about you, including parents personal information.
Had you know about me and walked it and asked to apply I would have told you to WAIT. That we are throwing money away by applying now. And we would NOT have done an I-212 unless they asked in WRITING. Because you did not need that application.
If you did this on your own, that's understandable, how would you know?
If you paid a lawyer or company to do this application, they either "don't know what they are doing" (BAD) or
"times are tough and I don't care, I just want this guys money" (BAD) or you were told not to apply, and insisted. (They are just doing what you wanted)
No ETHICAL person would take money for an application that they KNOW will fail. Unless they warned you and you told them to try anyways. But the I-212 in this case makes NO sense.
I hope I am wrong. You are Canadian and I am on your side. But you are not getting into the United States until 2027 at BEST. (in my opinion)
I also hope if you did your own application, or paid someone, that you didn't say anything that will make it HARDER to get a waiver in the future.
@J Rogers
Thank you for the response. The I212 was asked to be filled by the boarder officer at the time of I-149 appointment, so filed that up after that.
An I-149 appointment is?
According to google:
Based on your request regarding an "I-149 appointment," it appears you may be referring to a Biometrics Instruction Letter (BIL) for a Canadian immigration application, which often requires an appointment at a Service Canada Centre, or a USCIS biometrics appointment in the United States.
I assume you mean when you went to the border to show them your documents? So the officer, who has NOTHING to do with the process told you to? He is wrong. When the letter comes, if it says "Not applicable" you might regret listening.
Again, misrepresentation NEVER needs an I-212, but is it a GREAT tactic to get more information out of you. I cannot even think of what category you would fit under, there are 5 to choose from. None of them fit this case. I hope I am wrong, but again, NEVER listen to these guys. You apply for the waiver, and if they ASK you in WRITING, then do it. The letter will be specific, and will give you DETAILS about WHY you need it, so you can pick that category when you apply.
How could a TN misrepresentation end up in a I-212? Plus, didn't the same genius who told you to do it warn you that you were going to be rejected? Because if he "knows that he is doing", then he should know if your waiver will be granted.......right?
Anyways, again, hope I am wrong. But I think (with the details I have) that you might be out $2275USD ($3100 Canadian) but at least you will have specific details, which can be helpful in re-applying at the right time. In your case, probably 2027.
5 year waiver.
Had a 1 year waiver - Reapplication
2005- Assault
2006 B and E with intent
92 days. (standard 86-97 day spread)
Status History (5)
05/07/2026, 09:28 AM : Status changed to Completed
02/04/2026, 07:33 PM : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
02/03/2026, 09:42 AM : Status changed to Paid
02/03/2026, 09:41 AM : Status changed to Signed
01/29/2026, 10:54 AM : Application Created
His first waiver? They used his proper name (He is Sikh)
This waiver, they put his "nickname". The application CLEARLY has his REAL name as the name, and the section simply puts his nickname as nickname.
Hopefully this does not cause him problems, we are advising to take page 2 of the waiver application with him to PROVE (we) applied properly.
5 YEAR WAIVER
Client had "kind" of child porn charges, so VERY serious. He taped sex with someone (and him) he thought was 21 but was under age of consent.
1st application denied.
Re-applied, 1 year at first
Now a 5 year waiver.
93 days
Status History (5)
04/23/2026, 11:57 AM : Status changed to Completed
01/21/2026, 07:03 PM : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
01/20/2026, 02:46 PM : Status changed to Paid
01/20/2026, 02:45 PM : Status changed to Signed
01/19/2026, 01:56 PM : Application Created
5 year waiver
1997 Fraud Over (Social Services fraud)
She said she had a waiver in the past but it was old.
took 365 days to the day. She was also born in Somalia.
05/01/2026, 11:19 AM : Status changed to Completed
05/01/2025, 10:00 PM : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
04/25/2025, 03:44 PM : Status changed to Paid
04/25/2025, 03:42 PM : Status changed to Signed
04/07/2025, 07:57 PM : Application Created
About my posts.
For anyone who is a casual reader, you might wonder WHY I post the information I do. For example, I sometimes post the offence, the age of the person, the gender and also "where they are from" although ALL Waiver clients are Canadian Citizens.
99% of the people on this board are looking for comparisons for THEIR situation, and they only have THEMSELVES to compare to. So I offer details I think are important, so you can perhaps see a pattern that you might be a part of. For example, people from Somalia, Iran and Pakistan, as well as some Sikhs, seem to get "picked on" at the border. It may not matter, but I also want to put up enough data so if it DOES matter, and I miss the connection, others might.
I should also point out that the personal letter is ULTRA important. I am very good at writing personal letters, because I SEE rejection letters, (people send them to me all the time) and that gives me INSIGHT into what Homeland Security is using as a basis for rejection.
-TIME. Biggest factor. It can only be manipulated so much. They want to use the END OF YOUR SENTENCE, not the date you committed the offence.
-severity of sentence - sometimes you have to explain this and use it to mitigate the details.
-what happened. the personal letter is supposed to be a DETAILED recounting of what happened. And be honest, because transcripts will make you look stupid. You can shape the narrative, but you cannot always blame your friends, or always be convicted of trafficking, but its just "wrong place wrong time".
-Contrition. This isn't just saying "I am sorry". Its showing an understanding of how you IMPACTED others and society.
-Weapons bans. If you have a weapons ban, you need to understand that to Americans, this is SEVERE. You need to EXPLAIN why that legislation was put in place, and why you agreed to it. (if you plead guilty, which most do) Saying "oh, it wasn't a gun crime" is completely missing the mark. Do you think the US cares about GUN CRIME? I can get you a SEPTEMBER LETTER if you had illegal gun possessions or even threatened someone with a gun. But you get an assault or Trafficking and "lose your right to have a gun"? They think this is TERRIBLE. It MUST BE ADDRESSED.
If you have overstays, you MUST explain why this will not happen again. In detail.
I like to also use age differential. I use ANYTHING I can as a tool to "win" a waiver for my clients. No stone is unturned.
Anyone from June 2025 received Waiver approval? I applied in June 2025, first time application, no criminal record, 15 years ago mispresentation
Scroll down. ALL first time applicants who applied in 2025 are getting waivers in 2026. I post waivers DAILY. Here are a couple. This topic is FULL of examples. This one is 365 days
5 year waiver
1997 Fraud Over (Social Services fraud)
She said she had a waiver in the past but it was old.
took 365 days to the day. She was also born in Somalia.
05/01/2026, 11:19 AM : Status changed to Completed
05/01/2025, 10:00 PM : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
04/25/2025, 03:44 PM : Status changed to Paid
04/25/2025, 03:42 PM : Status changed to Signed
04/07/2025, 07:57 PM : Application Created
Here are two more recent ones.
1 YEAR WAIVER
Status History (5)
05/05/2026, 09:55 AM : Status changed to Completed
05/23/2025, 06:00 PM : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
05/06/2025, 08:11 PM : Status changed to Paid
05/06/2025, 08:02 PM : Status changed to Signed
04/23/2025, 05:45 PM : Application Created
5 YEAR WAIVER
05/05/2026, 10:07 AM : Status changed to Completed
05/23/2025, 07:00 PM : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
05/09/2025, 03:44 PM : Status changed to Paid
05/09/2025, 03:42 PM : Status changed to Signed
05/07/2025, 07:54 PM : Application Created
@sebastian Do the math. If May 5 20025 are coming in May 2026, and you applied in June, when should you get it? Not in May. IN JUNE.
@J Rogers Thank you for the response. Now I will follow your updates daily
As soon as a waiver comes in, I post it. The situation has changed, and you will see that the line you are in was about 11 months, so you WOULD have it around now, but recently it went from 345-347 to 365 (as far as the results show) But Look every week on eSAFE just in case.
This is a client who has an OLD previous waiver from about 2006. So technically a re-application, but in reality, they have put him in the NEW application line.
Note that he is still waiting, close to a year. (8 more days) He is probably a "slam dunk", VERY old record (remember, he got a waiver in 2006!)
Status History (4)
05/22/2025, 05:00 PM : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
05/20/2025, 08:09 PM : Status changed to Paid
05/20/2025, 08:06 PM : Status changed to Signed
05/20/2025, 06:13 PM : Application Created
Will US Border guys @Ambassador Bridge accept to take my FP if my application states Rainbow Bridge as Desired Port of Entry?
