Help To Remove Your Criminal Record

Many countries allow for internal rehabilitation of prospective immigrants who have criminal records. If you want to remove criminal record indications for the purpose of being able to become an eligible immigrant we at Niselow Attorneys can assist. It is possible to remove criminal record indications of such matter if the offence is five or more years old and if it counts as a relatively minor offence.

Many upstanding citizens, including the likes of business professionals, have a relatively minor offence on their record. Such an offence however, can hinder career prospects and people can now get help to legally remove criminal record offences of a trivial nature to ensure that they can go on with their lives. Some people have done rather impulsive things in their youth and are now ten or more years older and still regret such everyday because of the criminal record against their names.

We are here to help clear your name if:

• you were convicted more than ten years ago;
• the offence is five or more years in the past and of a relatively minor nature;
• the crime was politically motivated;
• you were given the option of paying a fine and were advised that by paying the fine that there would not be a criminal record against your name; and/or
• you need a clear police clearance certificate for career promotion or immigration purposes.

In the past you would have gone through a process which had the potential of taking up to three years. According to Section 271 of the Criminal Procedure Act, minor convictions can now fall away if applied for if the period that has lapsed since the original conviction is more than ten years. A person can obtain an expungement if the person qualifies for such under the law. Offences that are not violent and fall within the minor offence category such as petty theft, some political crimes, and fraud can qualify. Contact us at Niselow Attorneys to help you remove criminal record indications of the above nature to ensure that you can once again have a clean record.