@Kev you can only hope but look an October waiver so they are chugging along.

5 year waiver (renewal) A client I had had for years. Finally October 4rth so they are sending out October Waivers now.

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9/20/2022, 03:54 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
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7/12/2022, 02:02 PM EDT : Application Created

@Tiffany maybe there was not many applicant and will accelerate the next few months….
I’m trying to think positive here

@J Rogers probably already started processing them since this one is almost 8 days ago.

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Processing October *

Still no Octobers.

Fake Passport 1985

5 YEAR WAIVER

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@J Rogers you were absolutely correct- 6 month entry.

@Magnus she said she applied a year after her last conviction. She has three in total including two assaults been the most recent ones. I would assume that was the reason for the decision to give a 6 months waiver. She was also reduced to 3 years after getting the 5 years previously. I asked if she had changed anything (personal letter or other information submitted) but she said no. She was nevertheless happy with the three years.

@Marsha that’s kind of f’d up! I’m curious as to what kind of decision making leads to “let’s just give this person a 6 month waiver”? Considering the time (driving to a border) and expense (add 25-30% to the cost due to the exchange rate) and it’s just a drag to hear this. Then factor in the waiting time to apply again for a new waiver, it’s just a terrible situation and hassle.

I’m sure someone on here has some insight as to why some folks just get 6 month waivers.

@Magnus, I were in conversation with a young lady on this forum who actually got a 6 month waiver the first time she applied. The second time she applied, she got 5 years and a few months ago they gave her a 3 year waiver, down from 5 years! She didn’t have a bar but they really do issue 6 months waivers.

Hey my first one was 6 months lol how rude of them 😂 but second was 5 years @Marsha

Sophia replied 4 months ago

@SarahB thanks for this info. I’m curious as to why they only had a 6 month waiver at one point. Seems almost abusive to give someone a 6 month waiver due to the cost and hassle of submitting it.

Furthermore I’m curious as to how some folks get September Letters and others don’t.

In light of another guy on here getting a 4 year waiver for having a 15 YEAR overstay it just seems like willy nilly adjudication (although I obviously don’t know the particulars of the respective cases).

@J Rogers you have any thoughts on this?

@Magnus see below where someone recently posted about having 3 waivers after a ban

Just got my waiver approved. This is my third waiver. I had a 3-year bar due to overstaying more than 6 months but less than 1 year. This waiver was given for 1 year however it contains multiple purposes/visa types, not only B1/B2. My past waivers were 6 months, then 5 years. See the dates below.

Thank you

1/25/2023, 08:30 AM EST : Status changed to Completed
9/20/2022, 01:00 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO

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This waiver was done under the i192 category
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@J Rogers
Ah thanks that's what I figured!
What is the earliest time that you'd recommend a waiver application in my misrepresentation case? Is there anything I should include in a future application to bolster my chances? In my letter I admitted fault, avoided making excuses and had I think pretty stellar character references.

5 YEAR WAIVER. This is the 4rth application for this client, he lives waaaaay up north in Goulais River Ontario. So he processed his waiver (vis eSAFE) in Sault Ste Marie. (Detroit border)

Note this is an older client and he got this email on January 17th, so its a bit older.

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6/23/2022, 11:03 AM EDT : Application Create

@Magnus @KatM this is the information I’ve received and I’m yet to hear anyone who had been given a ban, report that they didn’t need a waiver after the ban expired. The border officials do give conflicting information but if when you file for a waiver and it’s determined that one isn’t needed, I don’t think ARO would actually send you a waiver. For the most part, some people on here haven’t even applied for a waiver so they don’t have anything factual to share. I’ve been on this forum for years and majority of people who have shared their approval have disappeared and probably won’t be back until time to renew their waiver. And many people post a million times using different names so how do we know what’s what really.

@CoffeeCrisp

That is a tough waiver due to the short timeline after the misrepresentation. I would be thinking its possibly denied, but yes this is longer than the norm.

@KatM yeah I’m not sure how to square this as it seems there’s conflicting reports and ideas as to whether a person needs a waiver after a ban is over. Perhaps @J Rogers can weigh in on this and provide some semblance of how these things generally play out.

I submitted my esafe biometrics on June 6th 2022 and I still haven't heard anything yet. Is this kind of long even for a denial, based on the denial timelines here?
Context: misrepresentation in April 2020, told agent I was on a TN1 visa even though my employment ended two weeks prior. I had another job in the states lined up a few months after but I needed to get back to my apartment in NY and I was worried I wouldn't be let in on a tourist basis because of border closures. The discrepancy/misrepresentation was caught a few months later when I was crossing the border again. No criminal record.

@J Rogers did he stay a long time there and applied too soon or denied for another reason?

@michajj78 yes not me for sure, not even close to the user name I use.

Weird. I do post usually immediately after the client gets off the phone with me, but I did not post "jon rogers"

USING A FALSE NAME IN 2000 TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES - DENIED A VISA IN 2012

5 year waiver

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9/30/2022, 11:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
9/26/2022, 09:27 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
9/26/2022, 09:26 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
9/12/2022, 09:49 AM EDT : Application Created

@Magnus Someone else just posted that they were told that they still need a waiver even though their ban was over years ago already. I'm so confused!