@JohnB2 lol. Good luck with everything. I wish you both a wonderful life together!

@Marsha Lol I guess it may have appeared that way. For me, my whole future was on hold waiting on this waiver. That makes a 3+ month really hard to endure and you feel so helpless at the same time. I deal with it by trying to stay engaged and by trying to figure out the patterns so that I could have some idea of when to expect the waiver. The not knowing just sucks.

But yeah. I probably won't be visiting this forum any more. In 5 years, if the universe smiles on me, I'll be married to her

@Ope I just looked at the dates of waivers that J Rogers was posting and extrapolated it out and then finally did it by a wild A** guess. Lol

I'm guessing next week they will be processing waivers submitted around June 6th or 7th. But it all depends on the total number of waivers in the queue.

@JohnB2 yippee!! Now you will stop making new post to try and bump everyone else’s :) :)

@JohnB2

Hearty congratulations!

[ Ope appended this reply on September 9, 2022 @ 10:40 am ]

@JohnB2

Hearty congratulations! How did you determine that the timeline was right for girlfriend and you actually predicted today?
Please share....

@skumar Thank you and yes I'm super happy! Now I need to talk with her about plans and when she might come here finally.

@JohnB2 Many many congratulations... I was really hoping for (and expecting) that she will receive her waiver today.
You must be a very happy person now.

Forgot to mention. First waiver and for 5 years!

A week ago I predicted my GF would get her waiver at noon today. I was off by 3 hours. LOL

Status History (5)
9/9/2022, 08:30 AM CDT : Status changed to Completed
6/3/2022, 03:00 PM CDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
5/16/2022, 10:07 AM CDT : Status changed to Paid
5/16/2022, 10:01 AM CDT : Status changed to Signed
3/16/2022, 07:28 PM CDT : Application Created

@Patientlywaiting416 is this your first waiver application?

Yes I logged in. My conviction is a robbery with a fake BB gun from 2012. Haven't been in trouble since.

I am just hoping I get my waiver before december.

submitted everything APRIL 29, 2022 and still nothing yet.

@Patientlywaiting416 Have you heard back from them.
I believe that you can now directly contact them and will get a non-automated response as you cross 120 days since your fingerprints.
Please let us know about it.

Cases such as these make the rest of us waiting nervous as that means there is a possibility of not getting a waiver result after 4 months.

@J Rogers

Thank you for the update!

@Ope

So this is a common misconception. The first waiver takes longer, etc. No. If you waiver is going to be approved, how busy Homeland Security is is the bigger factor. For example.

3/9/2022 submitted
4/4/2022 Granted.

See how fast that was? They were ALL fast then. The client I posted in the "Waiver timelines thread" was 94 days. Yet he was an easy re-application. Its just that applications have slowed because of the sheer amount of waivers. First time, 4rth time, no difference. Maybe it take the adjudicator an hour, maybe it take 5 hours. The relevant question is "how long is the line in front of your application?"

Its no different than me. I have 4 files on my desk. I don't know if the 4rth one is easy, or hard. But its still 4rth. The other 3 will be done first.

Also, if you want to have a clearer picture of timelines, then keep them in one spot here. I post many of them, and I post them all in the same category. "Waiver Timelines - Post here." This WILL make it easier than having to check every single thread.

Wonderful day to everyone,

My first waiver was approved last year for year. Now I recently applied for another waiver last month. What I would like to know are

1. Anyone with timelines can post so that we can have visibility

Mine: 2nd waiver (B1/B2/E2)
Month: August 5th 2022
ARO Decision: Pending

2. If this is a second time around for anyone, do you know if it is usually faster or they treat it the same as everyone?

@JohnB2

Good point about email. But 2 things to remember about clients who watch the board carefully;

1. every time I prepare the file I have to call the client I ask them to check email to get the token so we know it works
2. They are watching the email like a hawk
3. I always try when the client calls to log in since i have them on the phone anyways
4. They also have the 10 day warning

I actually find its the OLDER clients, the ones who are so used to getting waivers through regular mail that might miss it. Anyone here is pretty into technology (they found this place!) So I don't think any of these diligent people will miss it.

This won't be a busy week for waivers. Its too soon. Next week I think we should see some progress.

(this is a guess, YOU are the one with the security clearance, not me!!!)

100 days for me today AND STILL NOTHING :(

@Patientlywaiting416 Have you logged in and checked it on e-safe rather than waiting for an email? I'm sure you have but if you haven't I would recommend you log in and check it. Email isn't all that reliable.

@Patientlywaiting416 what was your conviction if you don’t mind me asking? I have a fraud over from 9 years ago but I’m yet to apply for my fingerprints because I’ve been told not enough time has passed especially since I have unpaid restitution.

Hey guys I've been waiting since April 29th ,2022 and still haven't heard anything. I am also using J Rogers service and he is definitely a professional.

He believes i should get it since my conviction is from 2012.

wondering if anyone who has applied in April is still waiting?