@J Rogers Confirmed. I am only excluding reapplications which are substantially outside the CBP-quoted range on e-SAFE of 274-365 days. It's a bit of a bodge, but I don't want the averages pushed too far down (or up) by outliers. Unfortunately the wait times do appear to be on an upwards trajectory, so the tracker (and forums) help users plan ahead and get moral support from others in the same position.

@joolsjools

Re-applications are the ones being processed in September October, but not ALL. I have reapplications in June, July and August that have not been touched.

So including them would probably throw the date into chaos.

@J Rogers Tracker spreadsheet is showing a 1 year rolling average for I-194 waivers of 314 days from submission to completed, with most from mid-April 2024 in the 320-330 range. The only May 2024 result so far is 342 days. They're all within the current CBP range of 9-12 months - 274 to 365 days.

I have excluded your "September/October reapplications" from the data as these do seem to be being processed differently.

Quick note on times.

-During covid I was able to get waivers in 5 days. The "standard" was always 90 days. So this "delay" is not the usual, its UNUSUAL.

-Waiver took as long as this after 9/11 so this happens sometimes.

-There are CLEARLY 2 lines.

---Line 1 is first time applications. They seem to be just getting into May. Meaning, if you went to the border in early May/late April, you should be hearing right about now. So almost a year.

---Line 2 is some re-applications. (not all) These are for people who went to the border in September/October. ONLY people who have had a waiver before get in this line.

Why is it this way? I am not actually sure. But lets not try and apply logic to a country who elected a man with 25 allegations of rape and 34 felony counts. Maybe chaos makes....more chaos?

@Some guy. Congrats

Just got my waiver, approved for 2 years. Was a renewal of a first 1 year waiver for drug trafficking, break and enter, and possession from pre- 2015

Submitted to ARO May 1 2024
Completed today April 8 2025

@PGH469 Please see "NIV VISA / I-194 / ARO Waiver of Inadmissibility wait times" thread for link to external tracker spreadsheet.

Mr. Rogers, do you ever see first applications being completed in less than 7 to 8 months? Or does it always take 10 months or more?

@ Rogers, why what happened to April, May, June, July and August? why they jumped to Sep and OCt?

@Rogers, what happened to files of April, May, June, July! why they jumped to Sep and Oct?!

All of these are re-applications. ALL are from clients who went to the border in November - October

The first one was a friend who died a month ago from a heart attack at just 46 years old. He had a ONE year waiver. This one is a 5 but its sad that he isn't here to see it.

5 year waiver

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4/2/2025, 08:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
9/25/2024, 06:00 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
9/13/2024, 11:33 AM EDT : Status changed to Paid
9/13/2024, 11:31 AM EDT : Status changed to Signed
9/12/2024, 02:19 PM EDT : Application Creat

5 year waiver

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4/2/2025, 08:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
9/26/2024, 10:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
9/23/2024, 05:00 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
9/23/2024, 04:58 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
9/19/2024, 03:31 PM EDT : Application

5 year waiver

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4/2/2025, 09:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
9/26/2024, 05:00 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
9/24/2024, 11:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Paid
9/24/2024, 10:54 AM EDT : Status changed to Signed
9/24/2024, 10:04 AM EDT : Application Cr

5 year waiver

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4/4/2025, 11:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
10/7/2024, 12:00 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
10/2/2024, 10:59 AM EDT : Status changed to Paid
10/2/2024, 10:56 AM EDT : Status changed to Signed
9/13/2024, 11:39 AM EDT : Application Created

5 year waiver

reapplication. 5 to 5 year waiver.

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4/4/2025, 11:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
10/7/2024, 12:00 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
10/2/2024, 10:59 AM EDT : Status changed to Paid
10/2/2024, 10:56 AM EDT : Status changed to Signed
9/13/2024, 11:39 AM EDT : Application Created

Both are Re-applications.

Top one 5 year to 5 years

Bottom one, Possession 2009 Mischeif 2010 had a 1 year, now a 5 year.

5 year waiver

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4/3/2025, 07:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
10/1/2024, 01:34 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
9/24/2024, 10:22 AM EDT : Status changed to Paid
9/24/2024, 10:19 AM EDT : Status changed to Signed

5 year waiver

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Status History (5)
4/3/2025, 09:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
10/2/2024, 12:30 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
8/19/2024, 02:44 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
8/19/2024, 02:40 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
8/14/2024, 02:10 PM EDT : Application Created

@Portfolio99 don’t bother. It seems like they sent auto responses to everyone
Even though they say you can ask about your case after 150 days
Yet they don’t give any info or update
They are not trustworthy people
They don’t even respond to us
We are not important in their eyes
Even though many of us have no criminal records or have had issues 20-30-40 years ago
They are sinless LOL

Hello, I submitted my application 13 months ago. Is there a way to get an update? I have emailed ARO several times since January and always receive the same response: "Your application is under process."

Status History (4)
3/12/2024, 03:32 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
3/8/2024, 01:40 PM EST : Status changed to Paid
3/8/2024, 01:38 PM EST : Status changed to Signed
3/8/2024, 01:09 PM EST : Application Created

@J Rogers I'm may 5th. At this point I'd just take a refund

3 year waiver.

Now we are into October for some. This is a 1 year waiver application re-applied and got a 3 year waiver.

Illegally crossed the border in 2011. Was detained for 1 month. (Arizona)

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4/3/2025, 02:00 PM EDT : Status changed to Completed
10/6/2024, 12:14 AM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
10/1/2024, 09:47 AM EDT : Status changed to Paid
10/1/2024, 09:41 AM EDT : Status changed to Signed

5 year waiver - re-application.

September again. Consistent with easy 5 year renewals.

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4/2/2025, 07:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
9/26/2024, 09:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
9/25/2024, 04:43 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
9/25/2024, 04:

@keyplanner

I have no idea why they would charge $500, and no application cost exactly $500.

No receipt? What are you going to do? Pay $500 every time you cross?

Just for information

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.