The Justice Department has launched an application for eligible individuals to receive certificate of proof that they were pardoned under President Biden’s Oct. 6, 2022, proclamation announcing full, unconditional, and categorical pardons for prior federal and D.C. offenses of simple possession of marijuana. The link to the online application is below. The web form allows eligible persons to submit documentation to the Office of the Pardon Attorney and receive a certificate indicating the person was pardoned on Oct. 6, 2022, for simple possession of marijuana.

Consistent with the proclamation, to be eligible for a certificate, an applicant must have been charged or convicted of simple possession of marijuana in either a federal court or D.C. Superior Court, and the applicant must have been lawfully within the United States at the time of the offense. Similarly, an individual must have been a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident on Oct. 6, 2022. Those who were convicted of state marijuana offenses do not qualify for the pardon.

Link to the application: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-application…