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Cannabis Pardons, Visa Waivers and Cross Border Travel - Download Our eBook

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Cannabis Pardons, Visa Waivers and Cross Border Travel - Download Our eBook

Do You Have A Marijuana Conviction? Cross Border Travel:
What Individuals and Employers Need to Know About Cannabis Pardons & Visa Waivers

Hello and thank you for downloading our eBook!

Canada legalized cannabis in October 2018. Individuals who travel between Canada and the United States continue to have concerns about how legalized recreational cannabis in Canada and some U.S. states impact crossing the Canada-U.S. border for vacations, personal reasons or on business.

Cannabis Pardons and Visa Waivers

There have been many stories in the media about Canadians who legally used or purchased marijuana in Canada have been denied entry to the United States. U.S. and Canadian companies with cross-border employees who travel between the United States and Canada or who have locations in both countries need to be aware of the new laws, and how they could potentially impact both Canadian employees who travel to the U.S. on business or vacation, and U.S. employees who travel to Canada for work or holidays.

DOWNLOAD OUR FREE EBOOKDO YOU HAVE A MARIJUANA CONVICTION? CROSS BORDER TRAVEL: WHAT INDIVIDUALS AND EMPLOYERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CANNABIS PARDONS & VISA WAIVERS

Do You Have A Marijuana Conviction? Cross Border Travel: What Individuals and Employers Need to Know About Cannabis Pardons & Visa Waivers Free eBook


United States federal laws on cannabis have not changed. Canada’s Cannabis Pardon Bill C-93 does not erase information about Canadians' criminal history that was already electronically shared with the U.S. border patrol database. Canadians with criminal records for cannabis possession still face problems at the border and are still subject to being denied entry or a permanent ban on entering the U.S. even if they have a pardon.

Our eBook is intended to provide information about marijuana records for individuals and employers who want to enter Canada or the United States listed below:

  • What a Cannabis Pardon Does - and Does Not Do
  • Marijuana Medical Use
  • CBD Oil and Cannabis Derivatives
  • What is A Visa Waiver: Do You Need One?

Please feel free to contact me to discuss your immigration questions and plans. We are here to help individuals and businesses make Crossing Borders Seamlessly™ a reality.

Sincerely,

Evelyn L. Ackah

Founder and Managing Lawyer, Ackah Business Immigration Law
www.ackahlaw.com
info@ackahlaw.com
Toll-Free: 1 (800) 932‑1190

Evelyn L. Ackah, BA, LL.B.

Founder/Managing Lawyer

Ms. Ackah is passionate about immigration law because it focuses on people and relationships, which are at the core of her personal values. Starting her legal career as a corporate/commercial ...

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It is one thing to earn a living; it is another thing to make a difference in the world.

This is our formal thank you note to Evelyn Ackah and the Ackah Law Team for all the effort they put into helping us navigate and finally resolve the hurdle that was Canadian Immigration back in the spring of 2012.

A friend referred us to Evelyn; he assured us that Evelyn would take good care of us. Our friend was confident we were in good hands and said Evelyn would do her very best to help us and she did! At the time we did not know that his referral would go far beyond finding us help. Slowly we realized that it would become our own personal story of how we received grace and were reminded of the power in paying it forward

We wrote a detailed page of our dilemma, explaining how we came to be in the position we were in (overwhelmed with the hurdle that was Canadian Immigration and the uncertainty that we faced as a young family in Calgary). Evelyn agreed to take on our file with her team. They found the time to personally call us and listened intently and understood the details of what we were dealing with. They gave us their time, an honest opinion and provided clear direction which proved to be invaluable advice. Months went by but in time, we received word from Ackah Law that the Immigration office had finally reviewed our file and a decision had been made allowing our family to finally put the immigration matter to rest. We were finally able to focus again to live our lives without fear or pending doom.

Looking back now, even the sun appeared to shine a little brighter that day. At first we didn’t know whether to bake them a cake, drive out to meet their team, find their offices and personally thank them with a mighty hug or simply cry out to the heavens in thankful relief. Instead we emailed them to express our heartfelt thank-you and we hoped that they would know deep in their hearts just how grateful we were for all of their help.

Even though we relied on emails and phone conversations to communicate with them that year, we will always remember their constant professionalism, their kindness and understanding at a time that brought us so much pain not to mention fear. As if all their hard work wasn’t enough, Evelyn then then casually mentions that all their work was done pro-bono! We were thoroughly humbled!

To this day we are still eager to share how wonderful they all are as human beings but even more than that, we continue to pay it forward in honour of them, their service to us and their continued dedication in helping others.

Eternally thankful

– The Brummunds

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