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Company name change

appar

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Nov 24, 2017
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Hello,

I work for a company in the US and received my ITA on 6th December. When I joined this company it had a different name. During my time here, a majority stake has been taken over by a Chinese company. Now the company operates under its Chinese name. But our payroll is still handled by the American holding company and its name appears on the payslips and W2. I have links to news reports about the merger/takeover and also have an affidavit filed in the state of Delaware about this change. Will accompanying the news reports and affidavit be enough to convince IRCC that my employer and work ex is genuine?
 

canada_dreamer

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Apr 10, 2017
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I had the same problem. I wrote a detailed LOE with copies of press releases about the name change and web links to those press releases as well. I also requested my HR to mention the name change in the employment reference letter. "X has been employed at 'NEW COMPANY', formerly known as 'OLD COMPANY'......" and urls to both new and old company websites. I had no issue getting my ppr.
 

appar

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Nov 24, 2017
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Quebec
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FSW
Thanks. My experience letter includes both names as CompanyA/CompanyB. Its a bit weird situation for me since my offer letter has the old name and the name changed by the time I joined. The old company is a well renowned American company and the new one also has offices in Canada.