CLEAR YOUR CRIMINAL RECORD & RESTORE YOUR GOOD NAME
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What does it mean to have your criminal record expunged? Expungement is the process by which a criminal record is cleared and removed from your personal record to give you the opportunity to start with a new beginning and clean record in life! Do you have a criminal record?
• Travel visas rejected?
• Unable
to obtain a job locally or internationally?
• Unable to obtain credit?
• Unable to obtain a passport?
• Unable to immigrate due to papers being rejected?
• Unable to obtain a firearm license? A criminal record is often a stumbling block when applying for a job, getting credit, getting a visa, the emigration process and obtaining a firearm license. If you qualify for expungement, we can assist you in removing your criminal record. This means that your record will be expunged from the criminal record centre and resulting in a clear name when criminal record searches are done. Do You Qualify For Expungement of Your Criminal Record?
• Your conviction must be older than 10 years.
• Your sentence must have had the option of a fine.
• The conviction must not have resulted in mandatory jail time (this doesn’t include time spent following initial arrest and time spent awaiting trial).
• You must not have been imprisoned and convicted, without the option of a fine, of any other offence during the 10 years following your conviction. Typical Offences Which DO Qualify For Expungement
Typical offences which will qualify include non violent crimes such as petty theft, shoplifting, fraud, certain politically motivated crimes and crimes in respect of which the punishment is now unconstitutional such as corporal punishment. Each case will however have to be assessed on an individual basis and the determining factor in each instance will be the nature of the sentence imposed. Typical Offences Which DO NOT Qualify For Expungement
As a general rule, offences which have as their core element, violence, s*x or a combination of the two will not qualify. In most of these cases the sentence will be one of imprisonment without the option of a fine, examples would include:
• Murder
• R**e
• Sexual offences
• Armed robbery
• Assault with the intention to do grievous bodily harm (Assault GBH)
How We Will Assist You If You do Qualify. We handle the entire process from beginning to end:
• Completion of application on your behalf.
• Determining whether any supporting documentation is needed, and assisting with the compilation thereof.
• Lodging of the application.
• Monitoring the progress of the application.
• Assisting clients with further legal action (if applicable) if the application has not been granted due maladministration and other legal possibilities. You would probably be surprised to learn that there are many upstanding and highly regarded South Africans who find themselves in a similar predicament to you. These include businessmen and women, professionals and politicians, most of whom lead exemplary lives but who live with the stigma of a conviction for some or other petty offence committed during their early adult years and in a moment of temporary madness. If you believe that you do qualify for expungement of your criminal record, contact us for a free consultation.
