Comments on: Apply To Erase Convictions For Under 7 Grams

By: Duane P. Santucci

Duane P. Santucci — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 20:41:26 +0000

This is a good a thing but the only draw back is, That anyone who presently has a conviction, it will not remove you from the “Stop List” as it is called by Bermudians, due to the law in the United States that doesn’t recognize Expunged Convictions or Spent Convictions. If you have been convicted and have been placed on “The Stop List” this will not remove you from that list, you will still be ineligible to travel to the U.S. unless you have applied and been approved of a U.S. Waiver.

However It will be wise for Bermudians to keep a close eye on The U.S. Immigration Reform Bill’s that The Biden Administration is pushing to roll out, Because it has proposed to relax many of it’s Immigration policies, even to those who have past criminal conviction’s. This is great news for Bermudians and long overdue, if the Bill Passes.

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 18:02:07 +0000

“One of the pressing questions that continues to arise is whether expungement of a prior cannabis conviction record will remove a person from the US Immigration’s ‘stop list’. This question cannot be answered definitively, as US immigration policy is entirely of its own making and operates independent of other countries’ laws. Canadians, for example, are faced with a similar challenge to Bermuda. The Government of Canada has similar issues, in that the United States continues to refuse to accept some Canadians for entry into the US, even after they have received pardons for prior convictions.”

Wow, I have not seen that much truth from our Attorney-General before, except that we have been told clearly by the U.S. Government that nothing done in Bermuda will affect their stop list.

By: sage

sage — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 17:46:45 +0000

So if you got caught with 8 grams, too bad. Silly half measure.

By: No Nonsense Sherriff

No Nonsense Sherriff — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 17:25:59 +0000

“In particular, one of the pressing questions that continues to arise is whether expungement of a prior cannabis conviction record will remove a person from the US Immigration’s ‘stop list’. This question cannot be answered definitively,”

The Attorney General is ( not surprisingly ) flat out wrong when making that statement.

The real truth is, once you are on the US Stop list, you never come off, period.
if you are on that list, the only way around is, you have to apply for a Visa Waiver, and you may or may not be granted one, and even if you are lucky enough to get one, they have to reapplied for in the early stages for only one year at a time, gradually over time they maybe extended to two years and then three ect…

Those are the real facts!