Good that your reference letter worked. I found the details of the case, including original copy of rejection letter. This is what the letter said:
"For your experience as Sale/Business Development Executive 0124 for IMS Learning resources, you submitted one letter of employment dated 2009. Letter of reference from employers should be recent. Since you declared currently living in the same area as this employer, an updated letter should have been easily obtainable or you should have provided an explanation as to why this was not possible. You also failed to submit additional documents in support of this experience. The onus is on the applicant to provide sufficient proof of work experience.
Sub-section 75(3) of the IRPR states that if a foreign national fails to meet these requirements, the application shall be refused and no further assessment is required. I am not satisfied that you meet these requirements."
I am happy for those who have received PPRs with old reference letters but thr are cases when Visa officer has rejected the application. Although letter dated 2009 is pretty old compared to one year old letter, I still feel that the applicant should send additional documents with letter of explanation.
;D
