@J Rogers John Rogers saying Canada is tougher on crime than USA should tell you everything you need to know about him and really should disqualify him from ever being listened to again.

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/b-c-child-pornography-sentencing-relatively-modest

https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/judge-accuses-montreal-prosecutors-of-suggesting-lower-sentences-to-prevent-deportations/

https://www.reddit.com/r/canada/comments/1simbn3/new_brunswick_judge_reduces_mans_sentence_so_he/

https://thecjn.ca/news/man-who-threatened-to-plant-a-bomb-in-every-synagogue-in-toronto-sentenced-to-house-arrest/

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ayanle-hassan-ali-not-criminally-responsible

@willbill

Great question!

If you have a pardon, standard requests might be
-Privacy Act fingerprints
-Court documents
-Court Transcripts
-Additional explanations in writing

No Pardon
-court docs
-transcripts
-They may ask you to visit a panel doctor
-Privacy Act fingerprints.

If you do not have a criminal record
-Proof you left the US
-Proof of residence in some other country
-Police Certificates from other places you might have lived

Other things they might ask for are
-Request to file an additional I-212
-any other documents they might need to finish your application

The problem with getting this request is the timeline. You only get 87 days IN EVERY CASE

Part of the problem is identifying WHY they are asking. For example.

When you are denied entry (90% of people start a waiver because of this) Your record might be "different" then when you apply. I'll explain.

When people get certain convictions, like Possession of Narcotics, or a Conditional Discharge or even Youth Convictions, OR even certain convictions like "indecent act". unless there is ACTION by the person, the record might STILL be visible on CPIC.

For example, lets say "Steve" has the following record. (all are over 5 years old)
-Youth - Theft Under
-Adult - Indecent Act (he was caught at a bathhouse with Barry)
-Adult Assault (conditional Discharge)

He lives his life, never gets fingerprinted. He tried to go to a Buffalo Bills game, Homeland Security sees the record, they deny him entry.

Steve is distraught, but hears about this "Waiver guy" his friend brags "is the best!" LOL Steve is skeptical, because his friend is a bit of a dumbass, but he comes to see me.

Based on our conversation, (the client is vague) I tell Steve he seems to have a great chance at a waiver. We fingerprint him and start the process.

When is prints come back....no record!

-Narcotics, gone because of sequestration
-assault, gone because 3 years have passed
-Indecent Act, removed because we stopped criminalizing the LBGTQ community.
-When the 3 other ADULT records were removed, the Youth Record then was ALSO removed, because it was only there because of the adult record.

When the prints come back, Steve thinks he is "home free". No. We now STILL need to do the waiver, explain why the record in blank, and do Privacy Act AND obtain court documents as well.

I usually give the client the option of SUBMITTING the application without all the court docs, and then when Homeland Security ASKS for them, I would have received them from the courts. (they can be very slow) Or we can wait and submit everything together. This is a way of using all the time it takes for them to SEE the file, and if it works, the client would have "gotten in line" right away.

For this client, we would still do a drug test/Dr's letter and the personal letter would be detailed. If he had a gun prohibition (even if its expired) explain WHY it was put in place. The US considers this a "serious" penalty, because they don't understand that in CIVILISED countries, we worship healthcare, not guns.

The is probably why Pedophiles in Canada go to jail, and in the United States, they become Republicans, and if they are corrupt enough, PRESIDENT!

Anyways, let me stop pointing out the TRUTH, and talk about waivers. I mean, WE are all Canadians here, so we understand the difference.

Please feel free to comment, or ask more questions.

@J Rogers what kind information they usually ask for first time waiver application when they request for more info?

@J Rogers what I say u little bitch?

1 YEAR WAIVER

FIRST WAIVER

340 days from "Submitted" to "request for more information". So 340-345 days seems to be a common time period for first time waivers. Re-apps are still 86-97 days.

Status History (7)

04/22/2026, 12:40 PM : Status changed to Completed
04/15/2026, 01:17 PM : Status changed to Request for More Information Response
04/13/2026, 09:41 AM : Status changed to Request for More Information
05/08/2025, 05:30 PM : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
05/06/2025, 08:42 PM : Status changed to Paid
05/06/2025, 08:40 PM : Status changed to Signed
04/29/2025, 07:36 PM : Application Created

Born in Somalia. Misrepresentation (I mention the place of Birth because I had mentioned I was wondering if they were being tougher on certain people born in certain countries)

Was Landed in Canada in 1999, tried to then get Asylum in the US, pretending he was not already landed in Canada.

@J Rogers DO NOT ASK THIS GUY FOR LEGAL ADVICE SEARCH HIM UP HE RUNS A FINGERPRINT OFFICE AND HIS WIFE IS THE ONE WHO RUNS IT AT THAT ANY INFO HE GIVES IS. A PLAIN GUESS HE KNOWS NOTHING CHAT GPT GIVE YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OH YEA AND DONT EVER IN YOUR LIFE GO TO THIS LOSER NAMED KEN SCOTT THESE MORONS ARE DUNBASS’s together

@J Rogers DO NOT ASK THIS GUY FOR ADVICE HES NOT A LAWYER SEARCH IT UP GUYS A MORON KEN SCOTT HIS BUDDY IS ALSO A BIGGER MORON DONT GO TO NONE OF THESE FAGGOTS

Interesting case.

Status History (7)
04/20/2026, 09:58 AM : Status changed to Completed
02/25/2026, 04:21 PM : Status changed to Request for More Information Response
12/03/2025, 09:03 AM : Status changed to Request for More Information
01/28/2025, 07:30 PM : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
01/21/2025, 08:52 PM : Status changed to Paid
01/10/2025, 03:55 PM : Status changed to Signed
01/02/2025, 04:09 PM : Application Created

Client told me he has a simple "Aggravated assault" but in fact, the transcripts showed a much more serious "assault". He had a 6.5 year sentence.

So what is weird, is they also asked him for a I-212. But because he was not in Canada at the time, we had no way to file it and also, because his waiver had been filed so long ago, he needed new fingerprints. So we decided to give them what they wanted (we need it for future waiver anyways) and just not file the I-212. Why? Once I read the transcripts, I realized this assault was VERY serious and the personal letter I submitted was not an accurate representation of what happened.

So we submitted everything well before the deadline, but no I-212.

On March 17 2026 they wrote a letter (form letter) that says "we asked you for xyz, you did not respond, we are closing your file". We expected that.

But they didn't email him or PUT the letter in his profile until April 20 2026 --33 days later. So even if he WANTED to "re-open" the file, he would have been too late, because the letter is dated 33 days before they sent it to him, and it only allows you to "re-open" the file 30 days after.

Anyways, I have never seen this before.

@J Rogers Thank you so much for sharing these!

@ J Rogers shut up bitch u and Ken Scott are both dumb faggots all lawyers laugh you morons

@Juniour Diaz

Fred Cronin is a fake poster. We are ignoring him. If you really have a question about it, call me at my office.

@Fred Cronin how to find out if this is a right area or not ? I’m curious as wel

@Fred Cronin calm down bud people here just to get waiver info anyways I would like to touch on what this person asked about Capital Heights MD for RFE response while sending to Sterling I have seen many like this but I’m not sure I too have the same question @jrogers

@J Rogers you little mark bitch faggof

@zkb

I don't have a ton of Chinese born, just a few, so I am not sure of any patterns with Homeland Security involving China. I don't remember any delays that I thought were specifically because of that, but I may not have a large enough sample size either.

@J Rogers Thank you for the details and your time! I am Chinese-born Canadian so just wonder if you have clients like me and experience lengthy delays?

@J Rogers I asked you something

1 YEAR WAIVER

First waiver

Has a pardon, so they wanted privacy act and court, and every page of the pardon document.

1996- Possession of Property Obtained by Crime
2008-Assault CBH

Status History (7)

04/20/2026, 10:07 AM : Status changed to Completed
03/25/2026, 10:54 AM : Status changed to Request for More Information Response
12/30/2025, 09:38 AM : Status changed to Request for More Information
02/14/2025, 05:30 PM : Status changed to Submitted to ARO
02/04/2025, 09:16 PM : Status changed to Paid
02/04/2025, 09:14 PM : Status changed to Signed
01/22/2025, 04:51 PM : Application Created

@J Rogers question I sent a RFE response paper filed… they say mail to the address stated on the RFE letter which I did I used UPS but once I sent to address is Virginia for the ARO it went to Capital Heights MD I’m told this is a screening center for the mail so it did reach the right place I’m told but it has to go thru there before it reaches its final stop. I’m worried it didn’t reach the right place but everywhere I’m seeing is that all Mail tends to go there first as mail can’t directly go to there office without stopping in CAPITAL HEIGHTS MD does anyone know about this I used UPS! Do I need to send it again..

[ Fred Cronin appended this reply on April 20, 2026 @ 11:19 am ]

Have you seen the RFE responses mail to them go to capital heights MD first ?

[ Fred Cronin appended this reply on April 20, 2026 @ 11:21 am ]

And the address on the shipping label was identical to the letter I received from the ARO sterling Virginia

In my experience, not all Somali cases go this route. I also have a client from Pakistan. The office in Brampton so very multi-cultural clientele now, unlike 15 years ago. I have had most problems with Somalia, Pakistan, and obviously Iran born clients, especially when they are a misrepresentation. Remember as well, these are a small percentage of my overall clients, so the vast majority are on the regular 2 timelines, 345 days and 90 days.