Canada and Victim Surcharge Fee

unsigned document: The 28-year-old, who came to Canada from St, according to Toronto Star. Vincent at the age of 17 and worked as an undocumented carpenter until his arrest, had no idea about the fee until he applied last year for a pardon. In what appears to be a court clerical glitch, Bailey, who was convicted in 2009 of assault during a break-up with a girlfriend, was never asked to sign an acknowledgement that he had to pay a $50 victim surcharge fee. He’d waited a required five years to apply, and in all likelihood he would have qualified. Bailey learned of the unsigned document and outstanding fee through Pardons Canada, the company he hired to clear his record, and discovered the countdown on his five-year wait for a pardon had never started. A pardon would have weighed in his favour in an ongoing immigration sponsorship application. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.