If a person is removed from CPIC, and they have never been denied entry, explain EXACTLY the "method" that would let Homeland Security see anything? Not in a vague way, but SPECIFICALLY the database or mechanism?

Vancity Girl you may or may not even need a waiver. I think you spoke to my Surrey BC office Manager about getting a waiver before on the forum. He runs the Surrey Office and he could see you either in Burnaby or Surrey. You do not need a lawyer to just get a waiver but you may qualify to get permanently cleared...depend on the offence. I am an Immigration Law Analyst. Waivers are a different thing than a pardon.

Plus it is not necessarily true that if you are not denied entry that you don't need a waiver. John is referring to the procedure where they seal the conviction and CBP can't see it. However, this method is risky since sometimes they can still see it. Also, they have other methods to get the information anyway.

You can call me at 1 888 908-3841 or 604 332-9213. We can sort this out quickly.

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Vancity Girl, do not go to an Immigration lawyer. Also were you denied entry? If not...DO NOT DO A WAIVER!!!

If you read through this forum, you will see that myself and others have listed the exact requirements for doing a waiver. My posts are recent and up to date. If you did a Record Suspension on your own, you will find the Waiver similar but much quicker. Ignore court documents unless you have them on hand, you fingerprints will come up "blank" so remember your "Record Suspension" is your proof of Criminal Record.

If you want some advice, you can text or call me at 416-843-1371

I completed waiver process myself with no help. I simply followed all instructions. First time I applied I was approved in 3 months for 5 year waiver. It's not rocket science.. very simple process. All instructions are provided and you just have to follow that.

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Does anyone know a lawyer in Vancouver that can help me with my waiver? I need someone that knows what they are doing.

Hey bro glad ya back. Have you seen V L yet? He has so waiver clients for you.

Hello everyone I am back from England. We have reorganized. Remember that not every offence will require a waiver

For those who have gone through having a lawyer prepare the waiver, do they write a legal brief or do they just gather documents together?

Anyone know how long the record suspensions are actually taking?

Well if the 4 months is consistent I will eagerly expect my renewal on Fri. Sept. 9th :) We shall see...

@Lisa, Good morning, I did my first waiver this year. I was inadmissible due to a criminal charge from 18 years ago. (got turned around last November). I then started the process to apply for my waiver. The border guards (at Lynden) were extremely helpful and gave me the list which tells you step by step procedure. The wait to receive my record from the RCMP (Finger prints and charge) was 4 months to the date. I then took all my paper work to Lynden and it was exactly 4 months from April 8th, received August 8th and got a 5 year waiver. You do have to repeat the entire process once your waiver expires. I didn't find it hard to do, and the border people will review your package before they send it off. The entire process took 9 months. Good luck

How long do you need to keep repeating this waiver process? I overstayed my visitors visa when I married an American, I'm Canadian, and I had gotten bad information that I could stay in the states and fill out my spousal visa application.

Also why u think this scotty b and whoever are always getting deleted because they get offended when u call them out awwww poor babys

Listen everyone allan s is a buddy of mine and trust me we called this dork sendittoken.com he straight sings u this nice song where its called i will give u the talk and take ur money ... Dudes a fraud i seen him a few times at lounges and my boys were going to tune him up the dudes a fake wanna be thug hate this dude he full of it period all you people on here think he good well think again

@alan S.
Congrats on your record suspension. If you can do that yourself you can do the Waiver no problem.

I don't know who administers this forum, but it's great. However we seem to have been taken over by these guys who are promoting their business of getting so called Permanent Clearance.
They don't seem to want to tell us their company name and address or publish their rates. They also seem to have a little trouble with English. Again I just advise everyone here to be very careful who you tell your most private matters to and who your give your hard earned dollars to. If they can't be completely open then beware. ANYONE with a little knowledge of web design can create a web page and produce phony documents.
We have enough on our plate without getting scammed. To those guys who use this site to promote themselves and troll for business I say give us your company name, address and rates or get off this forum. Advertise like a real business.

@ScottyB

“DHS also looks for certain things in all cases that they purposely do not put on the checklist. If you don't know this and fall into that trap, then you risk getting your case denied by saying the wrong thing.”

Why don't you share these 'certain things' on this forum? Otherwise we'll assume you're just here to advertise your company.

@vancity girl .... doing it yourself can be stressful but make sure you having everything in proper order double even triple checked it cause if you go to the border and they ship it off and then DHS needs more info you have only 87 days to reply or your file will be deemed incomplete and you will lose your $585us and will have to start all over.

Just letting you know, I've heard horror stories about waiting 1 year just to find out prints expired, more information about convictions etc...and then people losing the money only to start the process over again.

I do all of my own and gotten every single one approved so far...just waiting for my 4th one now.

I've helped others on theirs in local 604 but not anyone from this site yet.

But then again nothing is free in life!

@theCanadian - No, I have not found a lawyer. I am just going to do it myself. However, It's very stressful but I think after reading this blog that it is definately a smart idea. There are so many companies looking to take your money. Be careful of who you trust to help you and what information you disclose to them.

@Vancity Girl, did you find a lawyer to assist with your waiver? I'm just starting on this process myself and wouldn't mind some help in the various letters that are needed.