US Waiver for Canadians

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has expanded on its explanations of the grounds of inadmissibility for which one might require a Form I-192 waiver. Form I-192, Application for Advance Permission to Enter as a Non-Immigrant and Inadmissible Canadian Information In general, you might be denied entry: If you have a communicable disease, If you have a criminal record for crimes of moral turpitude, For possession of or trafficking in a controlled substance, If you have any involvement with terrorism or terrorist organizations (no waivers can be approved for this category) , If you have trafficked in persons, If you have been involved in money laundering, If you might become a public charge because of limited financial resources, If you have been previously removed (deported) or have overstayed a previous period of admission to the United States A comprehensive list of the legal descriptions can be found here: Legal Descriptions (opens a PDF document)

Here are a few Immigration Law blogs that I currently follow. Border Immigration Lawyer Blog -Sarah E. Murphy, Esq. Often posts about the waiver of inadmissibility process and her clients' experiences. How do I get a Pardon? -Jared Church (expresspardons.com) Although primarily focused as a pardon service, the blog does cover issues around US travel. Matthew Kolken on Deportation And Removal -Matthew Kolken, Esq. US Immigration advocate, covers a wide ranges of immigration related issues. The Immigration News Blog -Matthew Kolken, Esq. Another immigration blog by Matthew Kolken. Pardons Blog -Pardons Canada (pardons.org) Blog focuses on the pardon service but does cover issues around US travel. Immigration Blog For US & Canada -Bomza Law Group, Toronto Immigration Law Firm Not much about waivers of inadmissibility but US immigration in general from a Toronto Immigration Law Firm. Pardon Services Canada blog -same (pardonservicescanada.com) Another pardon service blog, co...

I've crossed into the US on numerous occasions after receiving my I-194 waiver and have always found the U.S. Customs officials to be professional, balanced and fair in their questioning and/or decisions. For example: when traveling with my wife and young children, we have surprisingly never been sent to secondary screening. Instead, the officers that we have dealt with have always processed my waiver on the spot -alleviating the extra time and possible humiliation to my family of waiting in secondary. If you've had similar experiences (or even if you haven't) , this book is for you: ' In Safe Hands ,' is a collection of short anecdotal stories from the life and times of a now retired U.S. Customs officer (Michael Cunningham). I picked this book up recently when I was on a business trip state-side. Last week when I was traveling to the US I brought it along and was reading it while waiting in secondary. I'm pretty certain at least one officer noticed and found ...

After much hesitation, consideration and a little bit of research I have decided to apply for a pardon. What's a pardon? A pardon allows people who were convicted of a criminal offence, but have completed their sentence and demonstrated they are law-abiding citizens, to have their criminal record kept separate and apart from other criminal records. Pardons are issued by the federal government of Canada. This means that any search of the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) will not show that you had a criminal record, or that you were issued a pardon. CPIC is the information system which the US CBP (Customs and Boarder Protection) share and use to check if a Canadian individual entering the US has a criminal record. If you've never been stopped while crossing into the US and the CBP has never searched CPIC, then potentially you can apply for a pardon and have you record removed from this database. In my situation, having a pardon does not help for US travel as I am...