US Waiver for Canadians

The government is preparing to introduce legislation that will extend preclearance locations to land border crossings. Already in place at eight airports, air preclearance is currently being introduced at Quebec City (YQB) and downtown Toronto (YTZ). The new rules will also govern the rights and responsibilities for US customs agents working on Canadian soil. Continue reading:  Liberals set to introduce bill on the Canada-U.S. border

Note: this is an update on the process of determining and obtaining an I-194 waiver of inadmissibility. How can a Canadian citizen apply for a waiver to enter the United States if they have been or are likely to be denied admission either because of their criminal history or because they overstayed a previous visit? There are many reasons a person may be ineligible to enter the U.S. The legal descriptions are lengthy and complex, so to help you understand them, I am providing a general description of the most common ones. This list should not be taken as a complete list of reasons to be excluded from entry. In general, you might be denied entry if you have a communicable disease, if you have a criminal record for crimes of moral turpitude (age 18 or older) , 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, been invol...

We travelled down this past Saturday with Sunwing. Interestingly, there was no pre-clearance (does Sunwing not use the US pre-clearance facilities?) and when we arrived in Orlando we went through US customs. The line up was miserably long and the CBP officer seemed like he'd never dealt with an I-194 before. Although he didn't send our family through to secondary, he kept shuttling back and forth to ask questions of his superiors. After some electronic finger printing, a mug shot and 1 hour and 30 or so minutes, we were finally waved through.

Updated list of all Pre-clearance locations including address and phone numbers: http://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/preclearance/preclear-locations   (updated again) Ensure to call ahead for processing hours.

Here's an updated list of preclearance locations across Canada. Calgary Preclearance Calgary International Airport P.O. Box 155 2000 Airport Road, Northeast Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 6W5 Port Director Phone: (403) 221-1634 Edmonton Preclearance Edmonton International Airport 2345, 1000 Airport Rd Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T9E0V3 Port Director Phone: (780) 890-4515 Halifax Preclearance Halifax Robert L. Stanfield International Airport Level 2 1 Bell Boulevard Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada B2T 1K2 Port Director Phone: (902) 873-7780 Montreal Preclearance Montreal Trudeau International Airport 975 Romeo Vachon Boulevard, North Room TT 2.400 Dorval, Quebec, Canada H4Y 1H1 Port Director Phone: (514) 636-3875 Ottawa Preclearance Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier International Airport 1000 Airport Road, Private Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1V 9B4 Port Director Phone: (613) 523-8120 Toronto Preclearance Lester B. Pearson International Airport P.O. Box 11...