It’s that time of year again. The phones will start ringing as soon as the holidays have passed and a lot of those calls will be from people who were stopped, detained and/or turned away at the border. I will hear the same story over and over and it will center on the same theme. [...]
National Pardon Blog
American Pardons, Border Crossing, US entry waiver, US Waiver
Travel to the United States with a criminal record
Canadian Pardons, Criminal Records, National Pardon Centre, pardon, US entry waiver, US Waiver
Do I Need A Pardon To Get A Passport?
The Canadian Passport Office evaluates eligibility for a passport on a case by case basis. At present a criminal record is not sufficient cause to refuse an applicant from receiving a passport. Rumours have circulated for years that this will be changed. However, to date we at National Pardon Centre have never experienced anyone being [...]
Border Crossing, US entry waiver, US Waiver
Canadians With Mental Illnesses Denied U.S. Entry
One of the more shocking things I have experience working at the National Pardon Centre is the stories of people with illnesses being denied entry to the United States even though they are crossing the border to seek medical treatment. It is hard to imagine a more callous and inhuman application of border protection rules [...]
pardon, US entry waiver, US Waiver
NPC Pardon and Waiver Technology: We are not on Twitter
It has been a long time since we won our information technology award from CIPA. Since then we haven’t stopped working hard to be the best pardon and waiver service in Canada. But since that award was granted the National Pardon Centre has certainly not been stagnant, especially not in the area of technological innovation. [...]
American Pardons, Border Crossing, US entry waiver, US Waiver
United States Border Guys
Every single day I come to work I can be guaranteed to hear a horror story from someone who experienced unpleasant behaviour from a United States Border Guard. This is not to suggest that they are all bad because considering the number of people crossing the border and the number of border guards there to [...]
Border Crossing, Canadian Pardons, US entry waiver, US Waiver
Holiday Time at the Border
January is always a busy time of year for us here at the National Pardon Centre. There are many reasons for this but one of the main reasons is that people tend to travel over the holidays. And whenever people are travelling (to American at least) the the ones with the criminal records are going to [...]
Canadian Pardons, criminal record, US entry waiver, US Waiver
Back to Work, Back to School and Back to the Business of Pardons
January is always a busy time at the National Pardon Centre. It some cases it is because people decide that removing a criminal record is their new years resolution but in a lot of cases it is because people have tried to travel over the holidays and found themselves stuck at the US border. Nobody wants [...]
Criminal Records, Pardon and Waiver service, US Waiver
Honesty and the US Border Don’t Mix
It never ceases to amaze me how Canadians crossing the border continue believing that honesty is the best policy when questioned by border guards about drugs or a criminal past. Particularly in the former case honesty is the kiss of death. I can guarantee you that if you have ever had anything…whatsoever…at all, at all, at [...]
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Michael Ashby: HI Michelle, You need a passport to cross the bo...
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Michelle: A friends daughter wanted to travel with me to ano...
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Jim: That's good news Michael thanks but I would gladl...
