Waiver application processing times

TO ALL :
Well I have 15 days left on current waiver. I re applied in August believing this would be ample time to receive the new waiver. Im still waiting other, than the generic response nothing new. So without this I guess I'm saving money with the exchange so high so I guess this is a positive. Looks like Mexico again for March break.

Just curious how much $ would you spend annually traveling to the USA? I would spend between $ 4,000 to $ 6,000 annual between family trips/business and day trips. Cheers L.V

To All: Applied for my renewal on May 28 and just received today.

Hello All..
Applied on July 24th in BC at the Blaine port... Still awaiting. Most recent email says awaiting secondary security checks and thats all i have gotten so far... Still hoping it comes this month sometime as Feb will mark 6 months. It looks like from following this forum over time.. if your lucky you get it in 4-5 months.. unlucky is like 6-9 or 10 but the good news is i don't think i have seen a report of over a year and if there is, its pretty uncommon

@smily was this your first renewal ? If yes how long is the waiver good for if you don't mind me asking? thanks L.V

@Lee Ving - was my second 5 year renewal. Applied at Pt. Bob crossing. Hang tight.

Would I be correct in saying that first time waivers are processed faster than the renewals lately? Seems that first time waivers are in the 4-6 month range and renewals are 6-10 months?

@puzzled - It seems that way to me. I applied for my fist in October 15 and received by Jan 20. So approx. 90 days... The second application August 25 so approx. 150 days and still waiting... hope to receive soon checking mail daily as my current expires end of the month... Cheers and good luck

@LeeVing I applied for my first waiver the end of August, hope to see it soon.. Good luck to you as well

I applied for 1st renewal on Nov 12/16 and still waiting, received my first Waiver in less then 3 months.
Hoping and praying to receive the Waiver by mid Feb 16

@ ALLL

Is it bad form to send a second request email for an status update. My first request was done January 5th 2016 and I received the generic response on the 6th of January 2016. I have read that this will slow the process down. Any advise or lessons learned would be greatly appreciated. Thanks All

this Monday will mark 10 months since my application for renewal was submitted... starting to get a bad feeling

@Figman - Did you confirm they have your application ? That really sucks 10 months!!!

@forum - Has anyone considered reapplying even though they have one current one outstanding? Im not sure its possible or not. Assuming spending $700.00 + CDN is not a problem...

@Lee Ving - I don't think that's a wise idea to re apply until your first application has been processed. You only have one alien number so the duplicate application would pop up on their end immediately and they may think its some type of fraudulent application. I am also not sure what the benefit would be as you say it costs $700 to apply.

Received waiver in today's mail, dated January 19, 2016 (6 Months and 10 days), good for one year. Applied at Calais ME crossing on July 19, 2015. Sent an update email request on November 26, 2015 (120 days) and received their automated reply advising if the required info was provided we would receive a response, no further reply was ever received. Applied ourselves, no lawyer or processing company used.

:: @Cafpei added on 28 Jan ’16 · 18:27

Thanks so much to all of you for your info, kept me sane and patient through the process.

@ChrisD. Very good point that is the last thing I want to do, plus spending another $ 700.00 is not in the cards anyway... I guess I will just keeping checking the mailbox :(

@Cafpei - Congrats..... Start the next application sooner then later as of Monday I can longer cross for work and family trips. So don't wait :) Cheers LV

Congrats @Cafpei was that your first?

@Lee Ving thanks, absolutely starting right away! It took 8 months just to get the RCMP check alone, though I believe we can use the same one provided it's still valid. I have to re-research that. It was a 14 month process from start to finish and time was not wasted on our end getting around to it.

@Figman thanks, yes first one, hopefully five years second time around fingers crossed!