Pardon in Canada
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What is forgiveness?
A pardon is a suspension of a criminal record that allows a person’s criminal record to be set aside from the Canadian Police Information Centre database.
Once a pardon has been granted, any search conducted will not reveal that the person has a record.
A pardon does not destroy a criminal record.
The Parole Board of Canada reserves the right to revoke a pardon in the event of a conviction.
The process with pardon Canada
The pardon process is a three-stage administrative process.
– The first step is to retrieve your criminal record.
– The second step is to gather information from police stations in cities where you have lived for the past 5 years, and from all courthouses and municipal courts where you have been convicted of a criminal offence.
The final step is to assemble the file that will be sent to the Parole Board of Canada.
The Parole Board of Canada decides whether a pardon will be issued.
Parole board fees (CLCC): $50.
Times will vary according to the processing speed of the authorities concerned and the cooperation of the parties involved.
Please note that criminal records and documents provided by local police stations are valid for one year.
Once the application has been sent to the Parole Board of Canada, processing times vary from 6 months to 2 years.
To be eligible for a pardon, all sentences must be completed and the waiting period prescribed by law must have elapsed.
This waiting period can be 3, 5 or 10 years, depending on the date of your first offence and the type of offence.
If your first offence was committed on or before June 28, 2010, the waiting period is three years if you were convicted by summary conviction and five years if you were convicted by indictment.
If your first offence was committed between June 29, 2010 and March 12, 2012, the time limit is 3 years if you were convicted by summary conviction and 5 years if you were convicted by indictment.
However, if you have been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment or more, or if you have been convicted of an indictable offence listed in Schedule 1 of the Criminal Records Act, the waiting period is 10 years.
If your first offence was committed after March 13, 2012, the waiting period is 5 years if you were convicted by summary conviction and 10 years if it was by indictment.
The time limit begins to run from the end of the sentence, i.e. when all fines and surcharges have been paid, all probation periods have been completed and all prison sentences have been served.
Note that special rules apply to offences such as simple possession of cannabis and sexual offences against children.
If you have any questions about your eligibility, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Associated costs
These fees vary depending on many factors.
Please contact us for clarification.
800$
+ taxes /file
- Parole board fees (CLCC): $50
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Other fees may apply.
If you have any questions about the costs
of a criminal record suspension request, please do not hesitate to contact us.
- These fees may vary. Please contact us to clarify our prices.
The advantages of locker suspension
It is useful to obtain a suspension of your criminal record for, in particular, :
Jobs
Housing
Application for citizenship
Insurance company
You deserve the best defense when it comes to
criminal offenses.
American Waiver - U.S. entry ban lifted
Anyone convicted of a criminal offence in Canada may be refused entry to the United States.
It is not true that a criminal record suspension automatically grants the holder access to the United States.
To guarantee your safe passage through U.S. customs, you need to obtain a Waiver of Prohibition of Entry into the United States (also known as an “American Waiver”).
The American Waiver is a document that allows you to travel to the U.S. with complete peace of mind, despite the presence of one or more criminal records.
It is approved or denied by the Admissibility Review Office of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Processing time for an American Waiver
Processing times for lifting a ban on entry to the United States are not guaranteed.
However, you should expect an average of 8 to 18 months.
The duration of validity
of an American Waiver
The Waiver is valid for between 1 and 5 years.
It is not possible to predict in advance how long a Waiver will be valid.
However, by hiring a lawyer to prepare your application, you ensure that you present the best possible claim.
Please note that obtaining a Waiver does not prevent a U.S. border agent from denying you entry to U.S. soil for any reason other than your criminal record.
However, a Waiver will ensure that your criminal record is not a barrier to entry.
