us entry waiver

US ENTRY WAIVER APPLICATION PART 1.

Note that this is the older 2014 waiver application. It is not the new one used in 2018.


Scenario 1.

It is Jan 25, 2015, and you live in Abbotsford, B.C. You just can't wait to accompany your new boyfriend to Vegas for your birthday. Both of you are now in line at the Pacific Highway border.  You got lucky and bagged a 26-year-old guy who owns 3 small engineering firms and a yacht.  Quite a lucky feat since you are a high school drop out. Although, the breast implants and platinum blonde hair dye did help.

He tells you that you don't ever have to work or pay for anything.  The two of you pull up to the booth(at Sumas-one of the worse borders) and give the C.B.P officer your passports.  He scans them but suddenly frowns after scanning yours. He sends both of you inside to secondary.  Your boyfriend doesn't understand why they are doing this.  Suddenly, you are getting a sinking feeling in your stomach. The officer is calling both of you to the counter: 


C.B.P:  Ms. Jones, what is your date of birth?

FEMALE:  Oh...um...its May 14, 1983...

C.B.P:  Can you please repeat your date of birth?

FEMALE:  Oh... well...It is in my passport.

C.B.P:  Ok...So what is your date of birth then....btw... before you answer... I want to let you know it is a federal offence to lie to a US immigration officer!

NOW YOUR BOYFRIEND IS STARING AT YOU.

FEMALE:  Ummm..forget it....Its ok....We can just go back to Canada.

C.B.P: Why do you want to go back? We both know what I am looking at on my screen.

At that point, C.B.P takes the boyfriend into another room to talk: 


C.B.P: We may arrest and charge you with alien smuggling!  We may also seize your car!  You are bringing someone across our international border that is inadmissible, has fake I.D. and criminal history! You knew about her past! Just be honest and admit that you were smuggling her! If not, I'm going to put you in jail!

BF: Sir I swear that I didn't know any of this stuff.  She never ever told me this.....

C.B.P: How long have you known her?

BF:..Ummm about 2 years sir...We actually live together.

C.B.P:  So you mean to tell me...That you have been living with her for 2 years and you never knew how old she was? Or that she had fake I.D. You expect me to believe that you actually thought she was 30 years old? She doesn't even look anywhere under 38! Remember...Do you know where you are? Wait...I will tell you! This is a United States federal inspection station, and we have lots of space at the immigration federal detention centre in Tacoma!

BF:  Yes sir...That what she told me....She just said that she had a hard life and did too much sun tanning.  Although most of her friends are in their forties though...

C.B.P:  Did you know that she was actually born in 1973? Did you know that she has website ads for prostitution in Portland and Vegas? Did you know that in 1995, she told us that she did more than 9000 sex acts for money? Did you know she was arrested for prostitution in Las Vegas in 1994? Did you know that she has 3 cell phones in her purse and one of them has a Las Vegas number? Did you know that in Vancouver, she has a pimp named Tyrone? Are you her pimp as well? Or do you work with Tyrone? She told us that you were her Langley pimp!

BF:  No sir...I never knew those things....sorry sir...I'm just 26. She is lying to you. I am not and never have been her pimp or anyone. I am an Engineer. A black guy named Tyrone does call her sometimes...but she says that he is just a friend...Although she does hang out with him sometimes...She told me that her and his friends just go out to pubs in Vancouver.

C.B.P: Have you ever met Tyrone?

BF:  No sir. She said that he was just an old guy who buys drinks for everyone at the bar..She said that I would be bored with him if I met him. I personally don't drink that much...Maybe 1 or 2 beers a week.

C.B.P: Well...Did you know that he is a convicted pimp, and actually 37 years old? Did you know that he is a member of the gang called the Black Guerrilla Family? Did you know that he is from Las Vegas? Did you know that they have a 21-year-old U.S. Citizen son together in Vegas, and who is listed as a member of the Black Gangsta Disciples? What do you think her son would do to you if he saw you with his mother in Vegas instead of Tyrone?

BF: Ohhh... well I don't know sir.  

US ENTRY WAIVER APPLICATION PART 2.

You shake your head in utter disbelief. Meanwhile, she is denied entry and told that she needs a us entry waiver. As you drive back to Langley, you demand answers.  She just keeps telling you that she loves you, never told them that you were her pimp and doesn't want you to leave her.  You then ask her why does she have 3 cell phones, fake i.d. and hang out with a pimp.  She tells you that those items belong to her girlfriend and that she was just holding them for her. Also, that passport Canada made a mistake on her birthday...Although that doesn't explain why her driver licence has a totally different birthday too. 

Ironically, she looks at her Samsung phone address book, and dials a number to a specialized company that processes us border crossing cases.  She is talking to the owner and strangely, seems to know him.  You overhear her asking the company if C.B.P would check records in Miami and Los Angeles. The company explains C.B.Ps limitations and she seems somewhat relieved. She hangs up and asks you to help her pay the company fees for her waiver case. She wants to attend the birthday party of her 21-year-old son in Las Vegas! 

Unfortunately, his birthday is in April. She says that if you don't help her, she will have to move out and try to get a job.  However, due to the new B.C. family law, she said that she wants half of your money. Now you have more problems than helping her apply for a us entry waiver.

 Scenario 2.

APPROVED US ENTRY WAIVER PART 1.

 You only have a conviction for Possession of a Narcotic. In 1993, the police found a roach and zig zag papers in your pocket. Your brother is an ex-driveby shooter and loaded with cash.  At the border, the C.B.P officer yells at you and accuses you of being an addict.  He gives you a long speech about the dangers of drug use. He threatens to put you in jail if you don't admit to smoking marijuana. You feel harassed. He tries to get you to admit for a few hours but you wisely decline and refuse to address it.  He then tells you to get a us-entry-waiver. 

Ironically, he tells your brother that he is allowed to enter the USA. He also tells you that you should be more like him and that C.B.P doesn't want any more criminals in America since they already have enough. He also tells your brother to take you back to Surrey. Strangely, he treats him with more respect than you. On the drive back:

YOU: Why the fuck is it that you don't need a us entry waiver? You used to shoot up your competitors' houses and beat up Vancouver cops! WTF!

BRO: Oh... two years ago, a company told me that they could get me out of needing a waiver.  I followed their instructions, and the pigs wrote back and gave me a September Letter. HA HA

SEPTEMBER LETTER PART 1.

SEPTEMBER LETTER PART 2.

YOU: Now how could the U.S. fucking government say that you of all people don't need a us entry waiver?

BRO: All I know is that the company showed me in the law about why I don't need one. They showed the U.S. Gov't the same thing on paper.  The American gov't agreed and sent me this letter.  

YOU: So how is it that an ex-driveby shooter can get out of a us entry waiver for life? And I only got caught with a fuckin joint and I need a us entry waiver? Don't you have like 20 offences or something?

BRO: No...I think I got maybe 35 or so...Maybe 40..I dunno..I lost track..Plus, I sent Jas and Tyrone...They both got the same letters.

YOU: So you mean to tell me that a driveby shooter, a drug bill collector and a pimp can enter without needing us entry waivers!! But I need one because of a fuckin joint!

BRO:  Yup....that is because we were all innocent. HA HA HA.

YOU:  Well, why the hell didn't you tell me what they did for you?

BRO: Oh...You never asked. Anyway, after I take you home, I'm going back to take both the girls out in Seattle tonite...I will tell Chrissy that she will see you in about a year.  HA HA HA

YOU: Hey you bum!  You better not try to get my girl drunk and have fun with her.  You have your own girl!

BRO: HA HA Well you know...2 are better than one HA HA HA. Now you are gonna miss all of the Seahawk games.  HA HA HA.

He drops you off and speeds back to the border.   Later on Monday, he is all smiles.  You ask how was his weekend and he just says that it was cool.  That same day you just noticed that Chrissy unfriended you on Facebook. She also changed her relationship status to single.  She also won't take your calls or answer your text messages.  Yup, your brother just stole another one of your girlfriends...again.

APPROVED US ENTRY WAIVER PART 2

These are true scenarios. If you need a us entry waiver, you should understand that waivers can take anywhere from 3-9 months (or more) for D.H.S. to process them. There is absolutely no way to pay extra money to get the U.S. Government to process your case faster.  This is a scam that is used by competitors. You need to plan your travel time accordingly. 

If you want to travel in the summer, November is the time to start preparing your us entry waiver application. D.H.S. is notorious for processing these us entry waiver cases slowly, and are in no hurry. They will do all the required security checks and even more. It will not speed up your case by consistently emailing them to request status updates. It may actually slow it down. 

People need to understand that it takes time to even prepare a us entry waiver case. Just waiting for the RCMP results to come back from Ottawa could be as much as 2-3 months. After submitting your application, D.H.S. could write back to you and ask for more evidence. They usually give you 87 days to respond. Add this time on top of what it will take the adjudicating officer to work your case!

So just remember that you should start at least November if you want to travel by the summer. Today is 20 Jan 2014, and we have clients now who want to go to California in July. Some have not even done their digital fingerprints yet! It always astounds me when we get the panicked calls from people who say that they need to travel but have not received their waivers yet. They likely would not be eligible for port parole, so they essentially miss out on their desired travel date.

So what is the general message here? First, it is important to note that not all offences will require us entry waivers. In some cases, we may be able to get you a letter from C.B.P stating that you do not need one. Plan ahead and allow at least 10 months or more if you have a specific travel date in mind. If not, you will be at the mercy of the adjudicating officer in regards as to when your case will finally be processed and approved! Also, watch out for whom you associate yourself with. You will be deemed by C.B.P to be guilty by association. The C.B.P mentality is "Guilty until proven innocent." 

REMEMBER... WHATEVER YOU ADMIT TO CAN ESSENTIALLY BE USED AGAINST YOU IN PROCEEDINGS. IT ESSENTIALLY STATES THIS FACT IN #18 ON THE US ENTRY WAIVER APPLICATION. CONTACT THE EXPERTS SO WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVE YOUR USA BORDER CROSSING ISSUE.

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