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Because MANY people log on here to see timelines, not discussions, lets keep THIS thread ONLY for timelines. Then people don;t have to sift through to find out how long they are taking. I was trying to amend the old one but it got deleted, so I saved the last page, and added a bit to it. My apologies if you were looking for old info. The page was getting spammed all the time and had a lot of comments on it.
[ J Rogers appended this reply on September 18, 2025 @ 4:02 pm ]
As for the timeline......when the fees went up the backlog slowed these applications down. That backlog is GONE. They could get every application they have done by Thanksgiving if they want. They do NOT want then done quickly. If this seems like "why would they do that?" then you aren't paying attention. Notice Canada has tariffs for made up reasons, and we have been threatened by Annexation. Notice Russia has not a SINGLE TARIFF. Notice Trump met with Putin in Alaska and got embarrassed. And STILL his "friends" have tariffs and the Russians.....nothing.
5 year waiver
1st application
4 convictions 1998-2001
8/17/2025, 11:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
9/11/2024, 01:47 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
9/4/2024, 10:45 AM EDT : Status changed to Paid
9/4/2024, 10:44 AM EDT : Status changed to Signed
8/21/2024, 11:40 AM EDT : Application Created
5 year waiver
Re-application
She was in the "faster line"
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8/13/2025, 10:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
1/16/2025, 12:30 PM EST : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
1/6/2025, 10:37 AM EST : Status changed to Paid
1/3/2025, 02:56 PM EST : Status changed to Signed
10/31/2024, 02:21 PM EDT : Application Created
5 year waiver
Re-application- had a 1 year waiver to start.
8/11/2025, 08:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
1/10/2025, 11:30 AM EST : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
12/13/2024, 03:37 PM EST : Status changed to Paid
12/13/2024, 03:35 PM EST : Status changed to Signed
12/13/2024, 02:10 PM EST : Application Created
3rd 5 year waiver I think
8/8/2025, 11:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
1/10/2025, 11:00 AM EST : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
1/6/2025, 02:47 PM EST : Status changed to Paid
1/6/2025, 02:24 PM EST : Status changed to Signed
11/21/2024, 02:07 PM EST : Application Created
This is a great example of what the US has become.
This client got a September Letter in 2024. The first time he tried to use it, the Homeland Security guy at Thousand Islands basically said "I don't think they should have given you this" and revoked it.
He called me and I told him to go to Buffalo and ask if he needed to re-apply. The Rainbow Bridge guys told him that they guy at Thousand Islands fully revoked it.
He was a misrepresentation in 2001 because he used fake ID while a visitor in the US to try and get a Social Security number. But he was caught before it happened.
I was very happy for him when he got the September Letter, and obviously he thought the Thousand Island guy was being racist when he refused to let him enter (client was born in Pakistan) He said the officer asked him insulting questions and actually accused him of creating the September Letter himself.
Lets assume the officer was "correct" and he should not have gotten the September Letter. They give him a waiver for 6 months only?
6 month waiver.
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8/8/2025, 11:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
8/27/2024, 02:30 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
8/19/2024, 04:41 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
8/19/2024, 04:39 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
8/15/2024, 02:31 PM EDT : Application Created
The client with the I-212 here is the timeline for that as well.
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8/4/2025, 07:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
6/18/2025, 01:30 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
6/4/2025, 04:07 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
6/4/2025, 04:04 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
6/3/2025, 11:10 AM EDT : Application Created
The whole process was here
1 year waiver
1st waiver, also asked to do I-212
8/4/2025, 07:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
7/31/2025, 03:31 PM EDT : Status changed to Request for More Information Response
5/30/2025, 12:30 PM EDT : Status changed to Request for More Information
4/28/2025, 04:01 PM EDT : Status changed to Request for More Information Response
3/19/2025, 10:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Request for More Information
4/26/2024, 03:30 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
3/30/2024, 12:28 AM EDT : Status changed to Paid
3/30/2024, 12:25 AM EDT : Status changed to Signed
3/29/2024, 01:48 PM EDT : Application Created
1 year waiver
1st waiver, also asked to do I-212
8/4/2025, 07:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
7/31/2025, 03:31 PM EDT : Status changed to Request for More Information Response
5/30/2025, 12:30 PM EDT : Status changed to Request for More Information
4/28/2025, 04:01 PM EDT : Status changed to Request for More Information Response
3/19/2025, 10:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Request for More Information
4/26/2024, 03:30 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
3/30/2024, 12:28 AM EDT : Status changed to Paid
3/30/2024, 12:25 AM EDT : Status changed to Signed
3/29/2024, 01:48 PM EDT : Application Created
5 year waiver.
3rd application, 1 year, 2 year, now 5 year.
1997 Misrepresentaiton
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8/6/2025, 09:00 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
11/26/2024, 05:30 PM EST : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
11/20/2024, 03:28 PM EST : Status changed to Paid
11/20/2024, 03:24 PM EST : Status changed to Signed
11/18/2024, 04:14 PM EST : Application Created
5 year waiver
Re-application from a 5 year
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8/4/2025, 03:00 PM EDT : Status changed to Completed
1/8/2025, 10:00 PM EST : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
12/17/2024, 03:25 PM EST : Status changed to Paid
12/17/2024, 03:14 PM EST : Status changed to Signed
11/20/2024, 10:46 AM EST : Application Created
MASSIVE SURPRISE
September Letter.
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7/31/2025, 08:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
7/31/2024, 08:46 AM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
7/26/2024, 10:59 AM EDT : Status changed to Paid
7/26/2024, 10:57 AM EDT : Status changed to Signed
7/26/2024, 10:39 AM EDT : Application Created
12 months to the day, almost to the HOUR.
He crossed the border from Mexico into the US for asylum (Sri Lanken) stayed for 18 days, and then came to Canada.
This would have been a CLEAR September Letter before Trump. My first one since Trump.
A September Letter is a letter saying "we have decided you do not need a waiver". Its the best possible outcome.
Got a second 1 year today. Hoped for 5 year so I wouldn't have to do this process again but all good.
7/30/2025, 11:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
1/7/2025, 01:30 PM EST : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
12/2/2024, 03:56 PM EST : Status changed to Paid
12/2/2024, 03:54 PM EST : Status changed to Signed
6 month waiver.
Yes just SIX MONTHS. Overstay.
Overstayed at different times the United States from 2008-2017. I came back to Canada in between.
7/29/2025, 12:30 PM EDT : Status changed to Completed
8/13/2024, 03:00 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
8/9/2024, 03:35 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
8/9/2024, 03:26 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
7/30/2024, 03:36 PM EDT : Application Created<END>
5 year waiver
1st time application. Caught with a "joint" in 1993.
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7/18/2025, 12:30 PM EDT : Status changed to Completed
7/16/2025, 11:21 AM EDT : Status changed to Request for More Information Response
6/25/2025, 01:00 PM EDT : Status changed to Request for More Information
7/3/2024, 03:01 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
6/27/2024, 11:43 AM EDT : Status changed to Paid
6/27/2024, 11:42 AM EDT : Status changed to Signed
6/24/2024, 10:22 AM EDT : Application Created
1 year waiver.
Read below for circumstances. This is telling.
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7/17/2025, 12:30 PM EDT : Status changed to Completed
7/2/2024, 04:30 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
6/27/2024, 12:47 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
6/27/2024, 11:12 AM EDT : Status changed to Signed
6/12/2024, 09:50 AM EDT : Application Created
2001 Conditional Discharge. Obstruction.
This lady was homeless and living in her car with 2 kids waiting for a shelter bed. A police officer questioned her and she gave a fake name. She was afraid that the CAS might take her kids.
Now, she not only works with a "Charitable organization" as a family counsellor, so helping those that were LIKE her not struggle, but she brought in a STACK of letters from organizations she works foes volunteer work for.
Think about this. She has the "crime" of not wanting to lose her kids. Great job by the cop by the way, We certainly pay cops so much so they can HARRASS single moms in cars, we wouldn't want to distract them from giving out jaywalking tickets.
And the Homeland Security officer that decided this woman could only have 1 year? Maybe they were directed to do this, but this makes me VERY angry.
-minor offence, GREAT explanation, mitigating circumstances
-rehabilitation that is unparalleled.
-She literally HELPS people avoid what happened to HER as a JOB and her volunteer work is ALSO to help people AVOID being homeless with kids.
On top of this, the US is DEPORTING the interpreters and people that HELPED them during the war....back to the waiting arms of the Taliban, who THEY HELPED THE US FIGHT.
I like Americans, but Republicans are absolutely the WORST human beings on the Planet.
1 year waiver
First application---lucky it almost got missed.
6/27/2025, 11:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
6/28/2024, 03:00 PM EDT : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
5/22/2024, 05:07 PM EDT : Status changed to Paid
5/9/2024, 06:01 PM EDT : Status changed to Signed
4/23/2024, 09:59 AM EDT : Application Created
@J Rogers can you explain the, "Note he was in the "other lineup" that only SOME re-applications are in. Not the "Main line" which is still stuck in July.?"
My girlfriend needs her waiver to say F1 in addition to B1/B2 or she has to get a new waiver for only the F1 designation, Right now that looks like it could take a year. :(
5 year waiver
He had a previous 5 year waiver, so as we can see the "2nd line" of applications for reapplications is MID December. 7 months.
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7/14/2025, 10:30 AM EDT : Status changed to Completed
12/16/2024, 01:00 PM EST : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
12/13/2024, 11:27 AM EST : Status changed to Paid
12/13/2024, 11:14 AM EST : Status changed to Signed
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