Skip to main content

Update: University Teacher Gets 90 Day Reprieve

Here's the update to an earlier posting about a Canadian teacher in Indiana who when renewing his permit as a temporary worker was found to have an age-old conviction from 1964. A Canadian, Stephen R. Gill, was teaching English at Indiana University South Bend.

Gill learned late last week that U.S. Customs & Border Protection gave him a 90-day extension on a humanitarian parole. That extension expires April 1.

“I’m happy about it,” Gill said Tuesday from his South Bend home.

Late last year, Gill had been ordered to leave the country and return to Canada by Monday.

You can read the complete article here: "South Bend man gets reprieve on deportation to Canada".

The article incorrectly states that Gill has applied for the I-192. The I-192 is only the application form (Application for Advance Permission to Enter as a Non-Immigrant) which you submit in order to be considered for an I-194 waiver. I'll be surprised if U.S. Customs & Border Protection extends this past the 90 days and I'll fall off my chair if he has any sort of a response to his I-192 application before then.

(Thanks very much to the individual who alerted me to the article by commenting)
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Do you have an I-194 waiver?

Thanks to those who participated in my recent poll "Do you have an I-194 waiver?". It turns out that of those who participated over half have applied or intend to for the I-194 waiver (Advance Permission to Enter as a Non-Immigrant). It is also interesting to note that the amount that have 1 year or 5 year waivers are very close (3 to 4). I had read somewhere that the waivers were granted as 1 year or 5 based on the degree or seriousness of the past offenses. If this is true, then wouldn't a person expect that if he/she were granted a 5 year waiver, he/she should always expect the 5 year waiver? I'd be happy to hear your comments and personal experiences on this. Update: See  I-192 Waiver Application Process
167 comments
Read more

I-194 waiver renewal - another 5 years!

Great news! Today in the mailbox, just 3 months and 2 weeks after submitting my I-192 application with a Saturday interview at the Ottawa pre-clearance facility, I received my renewal (my second 5 year I-194 waiver) . This second 5 year waiver once again allows me to travel to the US for business and pleasure (B1/B2) for a maximum period of stay as determined by the admitting officer (the CBP officer on entry) . Have waiver, will travel! See updated information about renewals:   I-194 waiver renewal recap
75 comments
Read more

I-192 waiver application cost going up?

As mentioned by a contributor on the I-194 waiver forum , a recent article on CBC ( Have you ever smoked weed? ) has made claim that the cost of an I-192 waiver application is increasing from $585 to a whopping $930 US ($1,200 CDN) later this year. There seems to be some truth as found on a US Federal Register under a section labelled "TABLE 9—PROPOSED FEES BY IMMIGRATION BENEFIT" (see here: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-05-04/pdf/2016-10297.pdf ) If these changes move ahead Canadian's who have been previously denied entry to the US will see a 59% increase on their US waivers. There is some potential good news in that all waivers after the fee increase may be issued for a set 5 year (instead of the current 1, 3, 5 year) with limited exceptions for sexual assault convictions but that has yet to be confirmed. Waiver renewal application processing seemed to have gotten quicker over the summer with some applicants commenting on 3 month returns. So perhaps we can f...
10 comments
Read more