Pardons Canada – A Theft Under Conviction From 1977 Can Show Up at the US Border
Pardons Canada 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incident at the US Border, but if you have any past criminal activity (including a conditional or absolute discharge, withdrawn, stayed or dismissed criminal charge) you may be surprised one day by a US Customs Agent who decides to do […]
Pardons Canada – RCMP Delays for Pardons Not Getting Better
Pardons Canada One of the steps in applying for a Pardon is to obtain an RCMP file which highlights your convictions. This process is necessary for completing the pardon application. If you have been charged but not convicted ie conditional or absolute discharge, stayed, peace bond, withdrawn, dismissed, then your information will still show up […]
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believe that if they have been charged for a criminal offence but not convicted, in other words if the charges were withdrawn, stayed, dismissed, absolute or conditional discharged, then they are still safe to travel.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Pardons Canada We have many people call us who have a conditional or absolute discharge, stayed, withdrawn or dismissed criminal charges.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 – New Employees and Volunteers Facing Delays with RCMP Criminal Background Checks
Pardons Canada Most employers in the country are requiring that you pass a criminal check before being hired. The same holds true for volunteers applying for a volunteer position. Because of a new law implemented July 2010, there has been significant delays in processing the RCMP files for criminal backgrounds. These delays are a result […]
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 If you have a criminal charge that was stayed, dismissed, withdrawn, absolute or conditional discharge, then […]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 – Crossing the US Border with a Conditional or Absolute Discharge
Pardons Canada Many people believe that if they have received a conditional or absolute discharge for a criminal offence, then the charges will eventually “disappear” and they will never have to worry about it again in the future. This is WRONG, and we hear about it every day how criminal background checks for employment and […]
Pardons Canada – Criminal Charges that are Withdrawn, Dismissed, Stayed, Conditional or Absolute Discharge Will Still Show Up on a Criminal Check
Pardons Canada We recieve hundreds of calls each day from people who have been rejected from a job because they have an old criminal charge. Many believe that if the criminal charge has been dismissed, withdrawn, stayed, absolute or conditional discharged, then the charges will go away and no one will see anything. This assumption […]
Pardons Canada – Delays in RCMP Reports Highlight Absolute, Conditional Discharge, Stayed, Withdrawn and Dismissed Criminal Charges
Pardons Canada We help hundreds of Canadians each week to remove old criminal records by way of a pardon. Part of the process in obtaining the Pardon is to obtain an RCMP file which highlights all the criminal convictions and charges for the applicant. An RCMP file, which is the file used by employers to […]
Pardons Canada – NEXUS Applications Denied If You Have Been Criminally Charged
Pardons Canada We receive a lot of calls from people who have been denied a NEXUS card because they have been fingerprinted in the past for a criminal charge. If your charge was dismissed, withdrawn, stayed, conditional or absolute discharged, the Americans WILL still see that you have been fingerprinted and in most cases will […]
Pardons Canada – Peace Bond for Assault Charges Will Show Up on Criminal Checks
Pardons Canada We have recieved numerous calls from people who were in shock that a Peace Bond was showing up in a criminal check conducted by an employer or US Customs officer. If you have been fingerprinted for an assault or uttering threats charge, and the charges were later stayed, dismissed, withdrawn, peace bond, absolute […]
Pardons Canada – Get a Pardon NOW or face the consequences later
Pardons Canada We receive many calls and emails each day from people who have an old criminal record that has unexpectedly come back to haunt them. Usually its an employer running a criminal background check, or its the American customs officer doing a routine criminal check. The consequences for having a criminal record can mean […]
Pardons Canada – US Border Questions About Having A Criminal Record
Pardons Canada We are getting more calls and emails from people who are being questioned at the US Border whether they have ever been arrested by the police. You must be very careful in answering these questions as you risk being turned away at the US border. Once you have been denied entry to the […]
Pardons Canada – Conditional Discharge and Absolute Discharge for Domestic Assault
Pardons Canada Assault is among the most common criminal charge in Canada. Often times it occurs when a fight has gotten out of hand and the police are called to the scene. In many cases, the person who called the police did so in the heat of the moment and did not wish to lay […]
