Josh, providing my cell number and offering free advice does not make me desperate. You sound so.....fake.

Ken, if the person was NOT inadmissible because their charges were withdrawn or they were a juvenile, what exactly are they paying $6500 for you to do?

Simply provide documentation that they were a juvenile or the charges are withdrawn? Again, its not complicated.

Your threads on here and the Facebook group are deceptive. Feel free to charge whatever you want, but pretending you are doing something more productive or effective because you have special knowledge is not true.

I attend the Airport in Toronto every Saturday (when its open. as i mentioned before it is closed until October 7) so I get to see what other organizations prepare waiver wise. I also see what Lawyers send. Its instructive, because as you have mentioned, some Pardon Companies do very shoddy cookie cutter work. You seem to think I do the same, without EVER seeing my work.

I also see what Lawyers, especially the expensive ones do. Again this is because form 4 am until 8 am, there is nothing else to do, but talk and people tend to ask me to look at their packages. I guarantee you have no comparable experience because I assume you do not attend an airport of get to see the competitions packages.

I do a high volume of waivers, and I ONLY do waivers, every day. My partner does the pardons. I give my opinion here, but I never assume I can do anything a person who is motivated and willing to do some research can do for themselves.

The truth is that most of the people here will continue to do their own waivers. But, some of them will have friends who needs waivers and do NOT wish to do it themselves. I think reading both of our comments here will give them a good indication of who they trust to do exactly what they say, with a minimum of wasted time, and get exactly the result promised.

Most importantly in this era of internet and email, I am happy to give my cell phone here, and if anyone calls my office outside of business hours or on the weekend, I forward all calls to my cellphone so i am very accessible. I have nothing to hide, and transparency and service at a reasonable fee is what I am selling. I have had quite few people call me for free advice already, and am more than happy to continue that.

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I don't know about you guys but I like getting free information that will help me save money. I hate lawyers so if this Ken guy is serious about giving out the information at no charge then I will not turn it down. Waivers cost way too much money anyway and I will never use another waiver company in Ontario again. On another note my waiver is taking 8 months now and still no word...fcuk

Ken what do you think is the problem? Will you look into it or take my case for free. lol I aint callin that John Rogers guy. Seem like he desperate for clients I guess.

Well John Rogers you are not correct again. There is something called the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act(Look it up and educate yourself). Under the act, a crime that was committed by a person under a certain age and other criteria does not make a person inadmissible to the USA. It only applies to a Felony crime involving violence that the juvenile may have committed. Being a juvenile in the car in this case and being the non owner does not make the person inadmissible to the USA based on the details. ALso, if a person was charged with an offence but it was dismissed, then that person does not need a waiver unless they have admitted to committing the elements of an offence that is a non-conviction and in a sworn statement to a CBP officer or the U.S. Consulate. It has nothing to do with miracles but just how the law is written, applied and interpreted. Iceman is not his real name and he qualified under the FJDA and other factors...not to give out his info here.

Also, you are mistaken about people having to state that they paid restitution in the waiver applications. Plus Iceman never said that he was convicted. He only said that he was in the car. There is a big difference. Plus, he never said he got a September Letter. We got him cleared locally at the border by the presentation that we prepared in this case. Point is you should stop trying to water down our stuff because your knowledge level is less than ours.

I have made no money from the forum nor am I looking for clients from here. Again, I do this so people won't get jammed up and ripped off by waiver companies. Now that you said this though, I am even more committed to providing people free information so that can do their own waiver cases themselves and won't have to hire waiver companies or lawyers.

People can join this face book group "Complaints Against Federal Pardons Canada" It is a group that people put up that have been ripped off by waiver companies. It is also not my group.

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Your application was received and is being processed. Due to the individual circumstances of each waiver application, there is not a set timeframe to give as to when an application decision will be completed.

I applied on at Blaine, WA on Feb 1 st 2017.

It took 7 months, still I am getting the same reply from ARO.

I am from India, now Canada citizen.

I deported from Peace Bridge in 2009 for 5 years , after that I got 6.C. (I) ban for attending H1B visa stamp in Toronto.

I applied waiver from Ottawa embassy in 2015, It was refused.

I went to Blaine Border on 2016, CBP asked me to apply for waiver.

Waiver applied and 210 days passed. No response from ARO.

Just a heads up to people applying for a waiver. I have found recently that more and more clients are being asked if they have paid their Restitution. This hasn't been common in the past, but seems to be more and more prevalent, especially for first time applicants.

Although when you apply for the waiver, you can in many cases apply without the court documents if you are in a hurry (many offences are minor and you don't need them) while you are waiting for the reply, get the court documents anyways.

Homeland Security only gives you 87 days to reply if they ask for court documents, and they close your file if you do not reply in that time period.

So go ahead and hand in the waiver, but get the court documents just in case. If you don't "need" them, you can still hand in the next waiver with them enclosed.

Iceman, if you were truly convicted of trafficking and possession of illegal weapons, you would not get a September letter. But lets say this was actually true. Lets say Ken works miracles and got you something that a person with a Theft Under cannot even get. Most of my "dangerous element" clients would not take the time to "defend me" on a message board, and would certainly not sound like they were pretending to be a gansta. I call B.S.

Any questions, you can text of call me at 416-843-1371

John

Ok Ken dont answer this sucka let me address it. First of all 6living you dont even know what you talking about. I was in a car that got caught with 10 bricks in the trunk and a Tec 9 under the passesnger seat. in Surrey. I got pages of charges on my rcmp . Ken helped me out and i dont need a waiver now. I aint gonna go into detail how here on this forum. long story short brtha ken dont even help these dumb asses out anymore. They dont even know whats up anyway. Yeah i spent $6500 on Ken and i now dont need a waiver. Anyway ken i wouldnt even deal with these morons anymore if they dont want free help DONT GIVE IT TO THEM. You know you dont need them anyway. I kept my word to you. dont even trip 6 living ken dont need you anyway and i doubt you called. aint no way i gonna wait 3-9 months and keep paying 585 for a waiver. thanks bro now i can just keep CHILLIN NOW

K SCOTT... Can you please get a life?

Nobody here cares for your advice, you come here and spam the forums with your nonsense, and when I tried called you, it went to voice mail each time and I tried on 5 different occasions. You have time to come spam these forums, but you can't answer or return calls to potential clients? Please, stop.

Just got back from submitting my 2nd waiver application at Edmonton. They almost didn't accept it, as I didn't have a letter from my employer. I did have my company career profile, which they begrudgingly accepted in place of the letter. So here is an updated list of what they require.

I-192 and G-325A, RCMP C-216 form,
2 letters of reference from reputable members of the community you live in.
Letter from employer indicating your current occupation and length of employment. If your duties require you to enter the USA, it must be stated so on the letter including how frequently will need to enter.
Court records ( I never have included as I just have a couple of misdemeanor charges from 30 years ago).
Letter stating the circumstances of each arrest, conviction, and fine imposed as well as any evidence of reformation of character.....employment , family, education, etc.etc.
Bring your passport for ID.
$585 US. They take credit cards. I'm lucky I had two as my Tangerine Mastercard was declined (flagged as suspicious activity).

I also put in a letter stating my intended activity in the USA, as there wasn't much room of the application form.(This was not on the list).
I also included my previous waiver(This was not on the list).
Hours of operation: Mon, Wed, Saturday 10:30 am to 12:30. They have a printed list of all the items you need on the wall beside the door for those that want more details than I've provided here. I wasn't very busy, but I got there early (10 am) and was the 2nd person in line.

This is my 2nd application, they said if all goes well I should receive it in 4-6 months.

Hope this helps!

Thank you very much Scott for the reply.

I got my waiver in about 5 months. I used Ken and he told me it would take 3 to 9 months. So I was happy that it took 5. I was a little worried since the Gang squad in Surrey know my name. Ken told me that it woudnt hurt me and I could get cleared quicker because of this and other stuff. So yeah you will get cleared soon. I say to just hang in their bro and just wait. Not trying to put my full name in here for obvious reasons..lol

Jag you can hold off and wait a bit longer. The mail from USA to Canada can sometimes be slow. If you were in B.C. we would send you to one of the borders that we deal with. They could ensure that the data is correct in the system. They could technically order a new copy for you if they felt like it. Your other option is to take a completed I-824 to your local border and order a replacement copy. Only bad thing is that the application fee for this is $455us and they will send you a replacement copy. I suggest that you wait a bit longer. Else email them again and give them your current address while asking for a replacement again. If both of these things fail, then you will have to use the I-824. Note that the I-824 is to get a replacement copy of an approved decision. So let us hope that you have been approved.

Also who ever received their waivers, could you please tell me the received date and typed date on letter to find how much mail time it takes to reach the applicants?

Hello everyone, I need some help if you can answer my question please. I had not received my first decision letter sent by ARO on June 19, 2017 for first waiver and it lost in the way. I was asking them to resend me the decision letter. On Aug 30, 2017 ARO told me that they resent my decision letter 2+ weeks ago but still I have not received it. I do not know what is going on and what should I do. I live in Saskatoon Saskatchewan and Letter will be coming from Virginia Usa. My brother lives with me in the same house address and he had received his five year waiver on June 19, 2017 and it was typed on June 12, 2017. But I have not received my resent decision letter as well and it has been 3+ weeks already. Any suggestions? Please help

Hey guys. I've been reading these posts for a bit now waiting for my waiver that I was praying I would receive before the end of October. I just received it today!! It's my second waiver, first one was for one year and today I got one for 5 years!! I handed in my application to the edmonton international airport on may 01 2017. Waiver received September 9th 2017 dated September 5th. So second waiver and almost 3 months to the day for 5 years. Good luck everyone

Also, in all fairness to waiver applicants...I reviewed the blog that Lashes mentioned and it is 100% correct. The ARO has indeed changed their processing times. I am in no way sending business away to anyone else but people that know me know that we are always willing to give free info in order to make sure that you are not jammed up by CBP. You guys already pay enough high fees for these cases and it doesn't make sense to throw money away by making mistakes with these packets. Honestly some of these cases you can do yourself for simple offences...However, complex cases should be handled by a good and knowledgeable professional.

I gave a free lecture at about this very topic of waivers and border crossing issues in 2015 at Ashton College in Vancouver, B.C. and hosted an internet talk radio show on these topics. I want to post the link to view it but I don't want anyone to feel that we are trying to spam or fish for clients. I will only post it here if people say that they want to see it.

Watch out for your cases and be very careful how you prepare them or what you put into these packets. People don't understand how the USA immigration code is written and that what you admit to in writing or orally to CBP can be used against you. An example is that we have a client in Ontario that was told by CBP that he needed a waiver. His offences were only a Failure to remain at the scene of accident, D.U.I, Mischief and 2 others. I told him that he did not need a waiver and explained how I would save him thousands of dollars in future waiver fees. There is a special way to make a presentation(that we prepared) at the border in regards to determining inadmissibility. I don't want to go into too much detail since competitors are always trying to learn our techniques. Long story short is that the Buffalo border agreed that he did not need a waiver and cleared him in the system. It is worth it since he saved his future by not needing a waiver. I now have another friend for life..lol

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ummm John Rogers is not correct. Today was just told by a client that he got a 5 year waiver. This was his first one and he applied May 2017. They are still giving out 5 year waivers for first timers...at least for us so I don't know if that is a good or bad thing. Good thing for the client indeed but perhaps quasi bad for us..lol

However to possibly five him some credit...They do seem to be taking longer on sexual assault cases...so the jury is still out on that one issue.

BTW Lashes you are correct about what you said about the 5 year waiver period. We have been in this business since 1998 and our guys formerly worked for the system...so it is a bit different for us. However, we will still give out free info if you like.

Rember though that they technically can take as long as they see fit but they do seem to try and render a decision within the 4-5 month time frame...but again no guarantee.

I am also noting that this administration seems to not be as hard on people with Fraud offences...as opposed to when Obama was in office.

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applied late May 2017 first waiver, received approval today Sep.6, 5 years this is awesome, thank you ARO US CBP.

Its not letting me post a new thread. Can someone post a thread titled "Pearson Airport" and cut and past this?

Just a heads up, you do not need to get to the Airport and ridiculous times any more. I arrive at 5am to put my clients name on the list and they are rarely lower than 10 on the list. If you are planning on going and want your name on the list let me know, I am happy to do it. You can then show up at 8am. No charge. I am there anyways. 416-843-1371 you can text me your name.

For those of you who went in the past and saw long lineups, that was true prior to April 2017 but June and July were slow.

One thing is that you should NOT arrive AFTER 8 am, because they actually take the list down.

Next best port is Niagara Falls. I actually suggest all my clients go there anyways.

Monday-Thursday, 2-9 PM. But here is a tip, go after 4 pm. They have their shift change and are nicer.

October to May you can go to Niagara Falls on SUNDAY night, 5-9. It is absolutely the BEST place and time to hand in your waiver.

I do a large volume of waivers, partially because i have been doing waivers since 1996, and partially because I get a large amount of referrals. IN my company, I strictly do waivers, and leave the Pardons to my associates. This allows me to track the waivers very closely. When clients come to my office, I hide the names but am happy to show my spreadsheet.

The reason I mention this is because my information isn't anecdotal. I track it very carefully. Since May/June I have seem almost every first time applicant get a 1 year waiver. Every "re-applicant" is indeed getting 5 year waivers. But before May/June first time "non risky" applicants were getting 5 year waivers every time.

Now, my information is always about 4 months old, because a client getting their waiver TODAY handed it in 4.5 months ago on average.

So the announcement above makes no sense, mainly because it was JUST AFTER Donald Trump won the election, and the information that May/June Waivers for first time applicants are 1 year waivers would COINCIDE with waivers handed in AFTER Trump was elected.

So its clear to me from what I see and what i have been told by Homeland Security officers I know personally that After John Kelly took over Homeland Security that the elimination of 5 year waivers for 1st time applicants coincided with his appointment. See below:

" On December 7, 2016, then President-elect Donald Trump nominated Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a cabinet-level position.[22] People familiar with the transition said that Trump's team was drawn to Kelly because of his southwest border expertise.[23] On January 20, 2017, Kelly was confirmed as Secretary of Homeland Security by the United States Senate with a vote of 88–11.[24] On that evening, he was sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence.[25]"

This quote from April 2016 was about something in practice already. We were getting 5 year waivers for firs time applicants by that time.

@BC seems it was smooth proces for you. Not for some of as on this forum struggle with the proces, will you share nature how many how much time passed since your convictions. Thanks