in Background Checks, Criminal Records, Fingerprints

Fingerprinting for Citizenship and Immigration Canada

If you’re applying for permanent residency or Canadian citizenship there is a good chance that Citizenship and Immigration Canada has requested that you have a set of fingerprints taken. If they haven’t already, they will. Certified Canadian Criminal Records Check There are 2 reasons you may require fingerprints for a CIC application. The first isRead More

in Criminal Records, Pardon

Charged With Assault?

We frequently see assault charges on our clients’ criminal records. This is not surprising because assault is by far the most common violent crime in Canada. Part of the reason assault is so common is because it’s an extremely broad term and can refer to so many different things. As far as the criminal code is concernedRead More

in Criminal Records, Pardon, Record Suspension, US Waiver Information

Calgary Man Can’t Cross the Border

Don’t do this if you want to travel to the United States. A Calgary man who had been living in New York with his wife and child fleed back to Canada after doing what seems to be a series of remarkably stupid things. Here’s how it went. Tang decides to try and break the recordRead More

in Criminal Records

Chris Brown denied entry into Canada

As everyone who cares knows by now Chris Brown was denied entry into Canada due to multiple arrests in the United States. He should have applied for a Temporary Resident Permit in advance, since I doubt he is eligible to be deemed rehabilitated. That he did not is astonishing considering the amount of money andRead More

in Pardon, Record Suspension

Outstanding Fines & Surcharges

By now most people know that you have to pay your fine before you will be able to apply for your pardon. It’s common sense but sometimes people don’t understand that a fine is a part of your sentence. Since it is you have to pay it before the courts will consider your sentence completed.Read More

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This is Reefer Madness

Today a news story broke about a 15 year old girl in Quebec City being strip searched by the principal because she was suspected of selling marijuana to a friend. Is this what reefer madness has come to? Apparently the law allows grown men – in positions of authority no less – to force aRead More

in Background Checks, Fingerprints

Canadian Fingerprinting From Abroad

Many Canadians live abroad. And often those very same Canadians need an RCMP certified criminal record background check. There are many reasons you might require this from job applications to immigration procedures but whatever the reason getting your fingerprints taken in another country can be a difficult process. It doesn’t help matters that the fingerprintsRead More

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Non-Conviction Records Explained

People who were arrested and were proven innocent, or had charges against them dropped, should not think that the worst is over. Thousands of Canadians are discovering that non-conviction records of even trivial contact with police can follow them for years and prevent them from obtaining visas or travelling freely to the US. Unfortunately aRead More

in Criminal Records, Pardon, US Waiver Information

Possession of a Controlled Substance

One of the more common charges we see here at the National Pardon Centre falls under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Most commonly we deal with marijuana convictions but we also see cocaine, hallucinogens and the rest of it. Interestingly enough it’s actually quite rare to see a possession charge all on its own, butRead More

in Criminal Records, Pardon, Record Suspension

When do Criminal Records Expire?

When do Criminal Records Expire? When do criminal records expire? Unfortunately the answer is never, or at least not until you are old enough that you probably don’t care anyway. If you really just want to wait until it goes away you will be waiting a long time. The RCMP will maintain your criminal recordRead More