Pardons Canada – Delayed RCMP Criminal Checks Causing Delays with Pardon Applications

pardons.org 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 If you have a criminal charge that was stayed, dismissed, withdrawn, absolute or conditional discharge, then a…

Pardons Canada – No Matter How Old the Criminal Charge You Can Still Get Refused Entry at US Border

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 Canada – Crossing the US Border with a Conditional or Absolute Discharge

pardons.org 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 travel…

Pardons Canada – Criminal Background Checks with RCMP Files Still Delayed

pardons.org 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  If you have been fingerprinted for a criminal charge, even if the charge was absolute or conditional discharge, withdrawn, stayed or dismissed, then there will be a red flag.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 RCMP…

Pardons Canada – Criminal Charges that are Withdrawn, Dismissed, Stayed, Conditional or Absolute Discharge Will Still Show Up on a Criminal Check

pardons.org 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 Many believe that if the criminal charge has been dismissed, withdrawn, stayed, absolute or conditional discharged, then the charges will go away and no one will see anything.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 is…

Pardons Canada – US Entry Visa Waiver (I-192, I-194) Required Even For a Temporary Stopover in the US

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…