Editorial policy
Our guides describe law, fees, and government process, so accuracy is not optional. This is how we produce and maintain them.
Who writes and reviews our content
Our content is written and reviewed against primary government sources by our founding team, which includes legally trained staff. We publish under the byline “Pardoned Editorial” rather than individual names — our authority comes from our sourcing and our registered business identity, not from personal credentials.
Sourcing standards
We cite primary sources only: the statutes, regulations, and official government guidance that actually govern each topic — for example laws-lois.justice.gc.ca, canada.ca, the Parole Board of Canada, IRCC, CBP, USCIS, and the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations. Every factual claim about law, fees, or process carries an inline link to its official source, and every page shows the date its facts were last verified.
Quarterly fact-checking
Fees, statutes, and government service standards change. We re-verify every fact on this site against its official source on a quarterly cadence and update the last-verified date when we do. If a government fee can't be confirmed as current, we show it as temporarily unavailable rather than display a stale number.
AI-assistance disclosure
We use AI tools to help draft and structure content. Nothing is published on the strength of an AI tool alone: every guide is reviewed by a person against the primary sources it cites before it goes live. AI never decides what the law says here — the cited source does.
Corrections policy
If you spot something wrong or out of date, tell us at info@pardoned.ai and we'll check it against the source and correct it. Material corrections are reflected in the page's last-verified date.
Read more about how we operate on our trust page.
pardoned.ai is not affiliated with the Government of Canada or the Parole Board of Canada. pardoned.ai is not affiliated with any U.S. government agency, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection.