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My wife applied for i212 in 2023 and finally she was approved in January 2025, we decided to meet but she was scared to fly because of previous experience. I flown to the closet land border to Canada and stayed in the US while she cross the land border from her city. As expected she was asked for second inspection and they asked her many a questions and also asked for her reason to visit the States. She works for the government in Canada and holds a prestige job there and had all the necessary documents to make them understand that she will be coming back to Canada. We planned to meet for 14 days and she was given I94 for 3 weeks. Two weeks ago we decided to meet again and as usual she was ordered for second inspection as well. This time however she was asked to pay $500 to cross the border which I thought was weird as they didn't give out any receipt for the transaction and were only given 7 day entry. We were not in the position to ask any question as per CBP they can still denied entry and we went through hell in this last 3 years. This is just to let you guys know what we experienced in the last 2 months.

5 year waiver

had a 1 year first.

So once again a re-application is from September.

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3/31/2025, 09:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
9/20/2024, 11:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
9/10/2024, 04:05 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
9/10/2024, 04:03 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed

@cal123 if you click on the top left there’s an entire separate thread about this separate from timelines

Those (with or without spouse?) who crossed the border please provide the feedback if Secondary was carried out and at which border. Did they cross examine Spouse also?

Hello, I submitted to ARO on May 1, 2024 and still waiting. It is my second waiver application, first one was a 1 year for drug trafficking and b&e from pre-2015 but was approved in March 2023-2024. Just expiring now and hoping to receive my second one soon!

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Re-application. He had a 1 year first.

As you can see, re-applications in September and first applications in April being processed most frequently right now.

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3/28/2025, 01:00 PM EDT : Status changed to Completed
9/18/2024, 02:30 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
9/9/2024, 05:01 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
9/9/2024, 04:59 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
8/16/2024, 03:10 PM EDT : Application Created

5 year waiver

He had a 5 and now another 5 years, but he went in September. I am still getting April waivers so September is out of line with the rest.

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3/26/2025, 08:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
9/13/2024, 02:30 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
9/10/2024, 03:33 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
9/10/2024, 03:24 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
9/9/2024, 03:13 PM EDT : Application Created

I was hoping to get some new waivers form May. These are 2 re-applications, both from people who went to the border in....SEPTEMBER.

Makes no sense. I still have some April, all May, June July August.....why are they doing Septembers?

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3/24/2025, 09:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
9/5/2024, 09:30 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
8/29/2024, 02:04 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
8/29/2024, 01:53 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
8/14/2024, 02:43 PM EDT : Application Created

5 year waiver

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Status History (5)
3/24/2025, 11:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
9/11/2024, 01:47 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
9/4/2024, 10:58 AM EDT : Status changed to Paid
9/4/2024, 10:56 AM EDT : Status changed to Signed

2- 5 year waivers husband and wife.

Deported in 2006 fake green card.

3/19/2025, 01:00 PM EDT : Status changed to Completed
4/28/2024, 04:32 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
3/31/2024, 10:16 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
3/31/2024, 10:15 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
3/28/2024, 06:48 PM EDT : Application Created

3/19/2025, 01:00 PM EDT : Status changed to Completed
4/28/2024, 04:32 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
3/31/2024, 10:03 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
3/31/2024, 10:00 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
3/29/2024, 10:40 AM EDT : Application Created

2 year waiver

(he had A 1 YEAR SO THIS IS A REAPPLICATION)

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3/18/2025, 10:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
4/26/2024, 11:01 AM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
3/30/2024, 12:13 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
3/30/2024, 12:11 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
3/27/2024, 03:43 PM EDT : Application Created

1 year waiver
(1st waiver)

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Status History (5)
3/18/2025, 10:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
4/25/2024, 09:32 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
3/30/2024, 10:34 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
3/30/2024, 10:31 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
3/30/2024, 12:50 PM EDT : Application Created

I am seeing more 1 and 2 year waivers. Many clients who re-apply after a 1 are getting 2 year waivers instead of 5 year waivers, although I am still seeing 1 to 5's and some people are getting 5 year waivers off the bat.

@Portfolio99 If they really have a problem with that, they will send you a letter asking for verification. The agency indicated they prepared the documents on the forms, correct?

So I doubt it will have a significant impact.

@J Rogers, After reviewing the completed i-192 document submitted by a fingerprinting agency via e-safe, I noticed an error indicating my marital status as single instead of divorced. The civil divorce settlement was included, but the court divorce document was omitted. I am concerned about the impact of this oversight, as it has been 12 months since the application was submitted.
Best Regards

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Status History (5)
3/17/2025, 09:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
4/25/2024, 11:01 AM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
3/30/2024, 11:34 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
3/30/2024, 11:31 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
3/29/2024, 11:49 AM EDT : Application Create

@J Rogers thank you for the feedback. Can you kindly suggest what I can do to improve the application?

[ PumpedupTraveller appended this reply on March 15, 2025 @ 1:08 pm ]

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Second try, he had a conviction for videotaping sex with a minor and himself (he had no idea she was underage, she actually had her own apartment and he met her at a bar) and I am happy for the client, I didn't think they would give him a waiver. (especially now)

It also has the usual warning that he must contact local law enforcement to let them know he is in the country on the waiver.

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Status History (5)
3/14/2025, 09:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
4/18/2024, 04:02 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
3/31/2024, 07:54 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
3/31/2024, 07:52 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
3/19/2024, 10:10 AM EDT : Application Created

5 year waiver

Application Status
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Status History (5)
3/13/2025, 11:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
4/19/2024, 03:02 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
3/18/2024, 11:50 AM EDT : Status changed to Paid
3/4/2024, 04:38 PM EST : Status changed to Signed

Hi @Proudly Canadian Many thanks for your feedback and no offense taken. As I noted in my first comment, I am simply offering to share a resource (the spreadsheet) with this forum, which makes it easier for anyone waiting for an ARO waiver to see roughly how much longer they have to wait. I make a point in our tracker of pointing I-194 discussions back here. Our forum discusses the wait time and consular requests. The Travellerspoint forum is specifically for Brits travelling to the USA with a criminal record, and this one here is for I-194 discussions. The key challenge is signposting people to these forums in the first place. all the best, joolsjools.

@joolsjools don’t mean to be rude I think it’s great you’re maintaining this timeline but John had opened this specific chat for people to post time lines or trouble reaching the timelines I think if it’s a discussion about your worksheet you can open a new chat on the main page where people can see and explore that instead of on the chat specific for timelines instead of conversation as it’s bumping down the time lines people are posting You can certainly open a separate chat

@J Rogers I have added a lot of your submission and completed dates to our sheet. It's reassuring to see more evidence that the wait times we've been seeing are not unusual - well over 300 days for April applicants. We've had some results from May and June already; as you forum notes, the September results are a real curveball. Until now my B1/B2 waiver at 328 days was our longest, but some of your complex cases have taken over 400 days from the data! Hope this sheet will be useful to your clients and team, and anyone else who uses it.

Hi @Portfolio99 I have added an entry for you on our tracker sheet at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qzFVrHBGVC-7yzqEhidmBz52KqQXYyX8yr3nAhdCSgM/edit?gid=0gid=0. Our sheet was originally created to track waiver applications for NIV B1/B2 visa applications at the London consulate, rather than I-194's from Canada, but lots of users now use it from different countries. It basically shows the ARO processing time for waivers, and for visa applications, the time it takes to get your passport back from the consulate. Since the ARO process appears to be the same for I-194 and visa waivers, you can see where you are compared to others in the sheet (you're the longest we have so far :-( ). Our forum links in the sheet are not for I-194 discussions - that's what this forum is probably best for - but if you want to chat to others who are waiting in the same boat, you're welcome to say hi.