Welcome to the new i-194 Waiver Forum

Hi @J Rogers
Could you please shed some light on how frequently first time applicants get 5 year waivers ? What are the circumstances that lead them to approve for longer periods of time as opposed to just the 1 year? Thanks in advance.

@Ana From personal experience: i was getting 1-year waivers for ~7 years after conviction, and then 5-years after that. Waiver #4 was my first 5-year. Those early years were a grind.

Does anyone ever get waivers for Schedule I drug offences or is it an automatic no?

I had 1/2 a pill of MDMA with me at a border crossing 25 years ago (1999) when I was 19 (it wasn't even mine and was more like garbage in saran wrap). I was never charged or denied entry but it created a flag on the CBP system. It caused no problems until 2004 when one officer decided I should be inadmissible, but then he did not actually deny me entry. I inquired about a waiver but was told it wasn't needed. After that I carried proof that I had no criminal record and proof that I had no expunged record for all border crossings and had to spend extra time. This worked until 2015 when one officer made me make a sworn statement about the original incident and definitively made me inadmissible. I finally have an application in and I've been waiting 7.5 months, but I notice that nearly no one here mentions anything worse than marajuana.

Someone posted a link to a page that details how many waivers are currently being processed, broken down by each quarter. It was up to date until at least September 2023. I can't find it anywhere? Does anyone know where it is?

@J Rogers did you post it?

Hi! Have you been approved for your I-192?

So, I finally got approved for my I-192 waiver last month but I'm so nervous and traumatized... I don't want to book a ticket to go to the US and be denied as it says that there's no guarantee of entering the US.. do I need to bring any additional documents to showcase with my waiver?

How does the process work at the border?

Thank you!

@leepocky congratulations! I’d maybe call Cbp office to check. I’ll keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Don’t fret!

I am on my second 5-year waiver which I received almost a year ago. I recently traveled to Orlando Florida and was pulled into secondary for the second time in a row. The last time happened in July when I travel to Orlando as well. Most recent time which was only less than 2 weeks ago the agent had informed me that anyone with a waiver is automatically being pulled into secondary right now. I was only in secondary for less than 10 minutes and they did not even ask any questions and said I'm free to go. Not really a big deal but just wondering what has changed recently for anyone with a waiver being pulled into secondary automatically? Not sure if the agent knew what she was talking about but she said that they were told anyone with a waiver has to go in the secondary. Any thoughts?

Drug charge (snow) with conditional sentences.
Sent waiver last year October. What is our chances.

@Geoff anyone with a waiver is automatically being pulled into secondary... this started 3 months ago. If you scroll down you see my comments

is this forum dead ? posts are from 5 months ago