{"id":544,"date":"2019-07-15T06:28:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T10:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mc2avocats.com\/?p=544"},"modified":"2019-07-15T07:19:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T11:19:37","slug":"application-for-record-suspension-pardon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/application-for-record-suspension-pardon\/","title":{"rendered":"Application for Record Suspension (Pardon)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>ARTICLE 3 TO 4.4 OF THE CRIMINAL RECORD ACT<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The impact of a Criminal Record :<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have been convicted of a criminal offense, you now have a&nbsp;criminal record. This can have a big impact on your professional life or your private life.&nbsp;Pardon, also called&nbsp;record suspension&nbsp;is a procedure used to clear the criminal record and to act as if you had never committed the offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Delay for a Record Suspension :<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Depending on the procedure used to prosecute you and the offense that has been committed, a record suspension may be made in&nbsp;3, 5 or 10 years. If you have faced&nbsp;an absolute discharge, the request may be made after a period of 3 years. If your discharge was&nbsp;conditional&nbsp;, the time of the application will be 5 years . If proceedings against you were summarily , the application may be made \u200b\u200bwithin 5 years and the period shall be 10 years in the case of a prosecution by indictment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Requesting a Record Suspension for Travel :<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>However, if your main goal is to travel, asking for Pardon is not the right procedure. <a href=\"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/waiver-to-go-to-usa\/?lang=en\">Refer to our section on the waiver. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How do I apply for a pardon ?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Please note that all requests for a criminal record suspension, as well as&nbsp;US Waiver applications&nbsp;are completed by lawyers specialized in the field.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To obtain a Pardon, please contact us at&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"tel:514-990-3430\">514 990-3430<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;and one of our attorneys will handle your case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARTICLE 3 TO 4.4 OF THE CRIMINAL RECORD ACT The impact of a Criminal Record : If you have been convicted of a criminal offense, you now have a&nbsp;criminal record. This can have a big impact on your professional life&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-chronicles","category-pardon-waiver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":583,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions\/583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}