Pardons Canada – Update on NEXUS
Pardons Canada If you have been charged with a criminal offence, even if the charge was later withdrawn, dismissed, stayed, diversion, absolute or conditional discharge, you should apply for a file Destruction to remove your prints, photos, court and police records BEFORE applying for NEXUS. Here is a recent update from the folks at NEXUS: […]
Pardons Canada – Removing a Criminal Record for Volunteer and Coaching Purposes
Pardons Canada There are many reasons people want to remove an old criminal record. The most popular reasons to remove a criminal record are for employment and travel, however criminal checks are now being done for all volunteer and coaching opportunities as well. If you have been charged with a criminal offence and the charge […]
Pardons Canada – Don’t Apply for NEXUS Until You Get a Pardon/Record Suspension
Pardons Canada If you are thinking of applying for NEXUS and have ever been charged by the police, make sure you get a file destruction, pardon or record suspension before making the application. We have received many distressed calls from people who did not think their old charge would show up, and next thing they […]
Pardons Canada – Dismissed or Withdrawn Criminal Charges Still Getting in the Way
Pardons Canada When you get charged with a criminal offence, whether it is theft, assault, dui, fraud or any other criminal offence, you are fingerprinted by the police. Once you are fingerprinted by the police, you are in the police and possibly, RCMP database. If the criminal charges are later dismissed, withdrawn, peace bond, stayed, […]
Getting Bonded with a Criminal Record
Understanding if you are bondable and the challenges and pathways to becoming bondable with a criminal record is crucial for personal and professional development. Learn how to improve your chances of getting bonded with a criminal record, the importance of being bondable, and how Canadians can navigate these challenges to secure employment and achieve their […]
Pardons Canada – Withdrawn, Dismissed Criminal Charges Stick Around
Pardons Canada Many people who are charged with a criminal record and the charges are later withdrawn, dismissed, stayed, peace bond, conditional and absolute discharge, believe that their criminal charges just disappear. Unfortunately this is not true. If you’ve been fingerprinted by the police and charged with a criminal offence, then the charges can be […]
Pardons Canada – Assault and Anger Management for Pardons in Canada
Pardons Canada Perhaps one of the most common criminal charges in Canada is assault. Domestic assault is most common but other assault charges include assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, uttering death threats. Oftentimes, people are charged with assault and the charges are later withdrawn, dismissed, stayed in court or absolute or conditional […]
Pardons Canada – Being Fingerprinted for a Criminal Charge Can Affect Travel to the US
Pardons Canada Many people believe that if they have been charged for a criminal offence but not convicted, in other words if the charges were withdrawn, stayed, dismissed, absolute or conditional discharged, then they are still safe to travel. This is simply NOT true. If you have been fingerprinted for a criminal offence, even if […]
Pardons Canada – Having a Conditional Discharge Can Impede Getting Employment
Pardons Canada We have many people call us who have a conditional or absolute discharge, stayed, withdrawn or dismissed criminal charges. Often, they believe that because of the nature of the punishment that they do not have a criminal record. This is not entirely true. If you have been given a conditional or absolute discharge […]
Pardons Canada – Delayed RCMP Criminal Checks Causing Delays with Pardon Applications
Pardons Canada Most employers in Canada are now doing criminal checks on new employees as well as existing employees in some situations. As a result there has been a huge increase in demand for criminal checks with the RCMP. If you have a criminal charge that was stayed, dismissed, withdrawn, absolute or conditional discharge, then […]
Pardons Canada – No Matter How Old the Criminal Charge You Can Still Get Refused Entry at US Border
Pardons Canada We receive hundreds of calls each week from Canadians who are shocked that they have been refused entry to the US because of a criminal conviction that is decades old. Even if they have gone back and forth to the US hundreds of times in the past, it just takes one customs office […]
Pardons Canada – Criminal Background Checks with RCMP Files Still Delayed
Pardons Canada These days it seems every employer in the country is conducting criminal checks. If you have been fingerprinted for a criminal charge, even if the charge was absolute or conditional discharge, withdrawn, stayed or dismissed, then there will be a red flag. Once a red flag is there, the employer usually requires an […]
Pardons Canada – Getting a Diversion for a criminal charge can still haunt you
Pardons Canada In certain cases, a first time offence will result in a Diversion conviction. Many people believe that by getting a diversion, there will be no implications down the road. The issue is that if the person was fingerprinted and photographed and this information may remain in the system and get in the way […]
