@Alyssa the price hike was on April 01 2024
Everyone rushed to pay and file in March
And they went to border sometime in April
I assume once April is over then things should pick up

Is May 15th when the price went up? Hopefully after that we’ll see better movement

@May 31st The applications they are going through now are the problem. They are all the clients who beat the deadline, so there are a LOT of applications. Once they get past May 15th application I anticipate them speeding up a lot. An educated guess.

@J Rogers Appreciate all the updates you give
It’s been very encouraging the last 10 months while waiting my 31st May 2024 sent to ARO waiver.
Just a question. Do you still have a lot of May 31st and prior applications
Seems like this is where most of the clog is at at the moment where the prices was hiked

5 year waiver - first waiver

2008-impaired
2009-counterfeit

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3/6/2025, 02:00 PM EST : Status changed to Completed
4/18/2024, 06:30 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
3/29/2024, 09:35 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
3/29/2024, 09:33 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
3/29/2024, 09:36 AM EDT : Application Created

FINALLY -

5 year approval, overstay 1993 - 1998

3/7/2025, 10:30 AM EST : Status changed to Completed
4/19/2024, 12:01 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
4/2/2024, 04:23 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
4/2/2024, 04:12 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
4/2/2024, 02:32 PM EDT : Application Created

@J Rogers thank you for the context. A denial and two 1-year waivers would normally worry me but the details you provided with it makes a Ton of sense

Waiver denied

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1 year waiver

3/4/2025, 07:00 AM EST : Status changed to Completed
4/17/2024, 09:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
3/31/2024, 12:14 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
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3/30/2024, 11:24 AM EDT : Application Created

1 year waiver

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3/29/2024, 12:21 PM EDT : Application Created

The denial was importing drugs to Bermuda in 2017.

"You applied in February 2024, and instant application just 6 years and 4 months later....insufficient time has elapsed." It was marijuana.

The other applicants have multiple convictions, one has a 2018. The other has a manslaughter conviction from 2012 and another conviction for dangerous operation of a motor vehicle in 2015, so I was VERY pleased that he got a waiver at all.

5 year waiver

Just got off the phone with a different client, checked file, told him it was too early.
Then we get this waiver in from SEPTEMBER. Re-application. Completely at odds with all the April waivers being granted now.

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8/8/2024, 04:43 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
7/30/2024, 04:19 PM EDT : Application Created

@Help11027 Well, its not unusual for them to try to check out as many people as necessary. She should get a waiver or a September letter soon.

@J Rogers
Waiting on an answer from a waiver submitted April 18 for my mom. No criminal history, etc but an overstay 1993-1998. Father needed a waiver and when mom went with him for fingerprints, BPO said it would be good for her to obtain one too. Have you seen this before?

@j roger thank you for your input. I knew Trump’s administration would affect waiver processing. Let’s hope it won’t get delayed too much at least.

@Appliedjuly30 I am more amazed that he has 3 1 year waivers and never got anything longer. Biden btw was FAR more "generous" with Waivers, as was Obama than Trump. Its not even close. Even now, we are getting 1 year waivers turned into 2 year waivers, instead of 5 year waivers. Under Biden I bet I had less than 5 2 year waivers in 4 years and RARELY ever 2 consecutive 1 year waivers.

Now? Way less "generous" and I bet September Letters stop completely too.

Not to get political, but Donald Trump is not only inept, but he is OBVIOUSLY (watch the shouting match today with the PM of Ukraine) a Russian sympathiser/plant/spy working for Putin. Its SO obvious. What a joke.

Waiver wise, I go by the results. Democrats for whatever reason seem to give longer waivers. I am not sure why. That being said, Trump ONLY appoints idiots, so of course that might be a factor. I have never seen anything like this. Thank god in Canada the lowest we go is Doug Ford.

@J Rogers looks like it was three 1-year waivers. And his 4th one was the 5-year. Not to get too political but the three consecutive 1-years were under Biden/harris and his 5-year came under Trump. So for those fear mongering (a lot of you) there’s that at least.

Denial. Serious conviction with an 8 year sentence. Homeland Security stated 3.5 years after the sentence was an "instant" application.
I had explained I thought this was at best "50/50" and the ceiling was maybe a 1 year waiver, but he wanted to try anyways.

My instructions are to wait until a full 5 years have passed AFTER the sentence before trying again. Again, with longer sentences, the wait time has to reflect a certain amount of time after the sentence. This is obviously not an exact science.

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@GB wow! 4 waivers, all for 1 year? I have never seen that before.

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5 year, this is my 4th waiver. All previous ones were 1 years

2 year waiver

She had a 1 year waiver and overstayed from 2014-2016. So this is better, but I am seeing way more 2 year waivers than usual.

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3/28/2024, 10:44 AM EDT : Status changed to Signed
3/26/2024, 01:58 PM EDT : Application Created
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1 year waiver - Significant because it was a mid 90's sexual assault.

They asked for transcripts and we proved they were not available.

1 year waiver
2/26/2025, 10:30 AM EST : Status changed to Completed
2/4/2025, 04:34 PM EST : Status changed to Request for More Information Response
1/24/2025, 08:00 AM EST : Status changed to Request for More Information
3/21/2024, 05:02 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
3/14/2024, 03:56 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
3/14/2024, 03:48 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
3/12/2024, 03:26 PM EDT : Application Created

@GB a 5 year or 1 or 2 year?