Ok, so I will provide additional clarification for people here. According to my Niagara contact, the borders like Niagara are taking waiver packets by paper or
e-safe. The big thing is that you cannot just drop down since you must call 716 843-8521 for an appointment either for e-safe or the paper application. My source recommended the e-safe since he said that paper packets will sit on someone's desk for a few years. They also explained that they are doing this process because they do not want a 5-year backlog of people coming down and filing all at once. Again, this was touched upon by the ARO director when she discussed the CBP waiver acceptance procedures.
Again, CBP will still be taking paper packets and e-safe applications. So, it is not really a big secret per se since we have already sent some people back East to Niagara for this reason. We are waiting for the BC borders to start accepting the packets for nonessential cases. It is my understanding that this should be happening soon. We have a separate staff member that will focus on the Niagara area.
Also, do not rush down to this border to file until your case has been fully prepared and vetted. This is one of the projects that we have been working on as well. We are trying to ensure that people actually need these waivers before they file this paperwork. We are getting some people that wanted to file and discovered that either they did not a waiver, may qualify for the lifetime clearance, or did not even qualify for a waiver for various reasons. Most of these people tried to prepare it themselves or had a Discount Waiver Company prepare their application.
Again, know before you go people. We will also try to dedicate some additional time back to this forum now that our projects are evened out now. Anyway, you now have the basic info to get started on your waiver case. You can do your own if you have a simple case. Contact us if you have a complex waiver case since we are slowly shifting to this area on our waiver cases. As usual, we are always here to provide you guidance and still wish to thank the members here that have contacted us.
Ken Scott
Senior U.S. Immigration Law Intelligence Analyst
www.usentrywaiverservices.com
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