pardons.org We have received many emails and calls regarding a recent article about a man who was denied entry to the US for a pot charge over 24 years ago. The Americans will deny entry to anyone who has a criminal record, especially drug related, no matter how small and how old the charge is.…
pardons.org We receive many calls and emails from people applying for NEXUS who have an old criminal charge and are concerned it will get in the way of the application. Even if you have been fingerprinted by the police and the charges were later withdrawn, dismissed, stayed, peace bond, absolute or conditional discharge, the criminal…
pardons.org We seem to be receiving more calls and emails from people who are being denied entry to the US because of an old criminal charge. Many of these people have crossed the US border in the past and not been denied (the Americans do random criminal checks), but it seems their systems are getting…
pardons.org If you have been denied entry to the US due to having a past criminal record, you will need a US Entry Waiver (I-192, I-194) and you will NOT be able to obtain a NEXUS pass. If you have been granted a pardon/record suspension and have never been stopped by the Americans in the…
pardons.org People are shocked when they are refused entry to the US for a criminal record that happened decades ago. Often, the person has traveled in the past without an issue. It just takes one customs officer to do a criminal check and then you are denied entry to the US. The situation can be…
pardons.org 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 know,…
pardons.org There was a recent article reported on the CBC about a man who won an all expenses paid trip to the Superbowl He was shocked to be denied entry to the US because of a pot possession conviction from 1981. Even a small criminal charge dating back decades will get in the way of…
pardons.org We receive hundreds of email and phone calls each week from Canadians who have been denied entry to the US because of a criminal record. In many cases, the people have been traveling to the US many times but a random criminal check at the US border by one customs agent turns their travel…
pardons.org Currently the Americans are doing random criminal checks with Canadians crossing the US Border but soon criminal checks may be done for every Canadian crossing the US Border. If you have a criminal record and are stopped by the Americans at the US Border you will be denied entry to the US and you…
pardons.org You may have traveled to the US many times in your life without incident at the US Border, but if you have any past criminal activity (including a conditional or absolute discharge, withdrawn, stayed or dismissed criminal charge) you may be surprised one day by a US Customs Agent who decides to do a…
pardons.org If you have a single criminal charge you can be turned away at the US Border, even if the charge has been withdrawn, dismissed, stayed, conditional or absolute discharged. Each day we receive many phone calls from Canadians who are in shock that they have been turned away at the US Border because of…
pardons.org 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 its…
pardons.org Each day we get a number of calls or emails from people who are shocked to find out that the Americans know about their criminal charges even though in most cases, the charges were either withdrawn, dismissed, stayed, absolute or conditionally discharged. A criminal check done by NEXUS will indeed turn up any criminal…
pardons.org 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 to…
pardons.org Each day we recieve many calls from Canadians who have been refused entry to the US for old criminal charges. Sometimes even the smallest charge (theft under) can be used as a reason to turn the person away at the US Border. Even if you have been fingerprinted for a criminal charge but the…
