Discrepancies in Employment Reference Letter

[nomzie]

Hi All,

On one of my employment reference letters, the personnel manager has not mentioned his name and e-mail address. He has mentioned his designation along with phone number, address and website address. As a convention, government officers in my country do not write their names and email addresses on official letters. In addition, my salary is not mentioned as a number. The letter states that "I have been paid at BS-17 along with all the associated benefits" (BS-17 or 'Basic Pay Scale 17' is a pay scale used in my country for paying government officers). Else than that, the letter is on a official letterhead, specifies my hours of work, job description, positions held etc.

I was wondering if I can get away with this or do I need to contact my previous employer again to include email address, name and exact salary?

Thanks in advance.

 

[mukulabd]

Hi All,

On one of my employment reference letters, the personnel manager has not mentioned his name and e-mail address. He has mentioned his designation along with phone number, address and website address. As a convention, government officers in my country do not write their names and email addresses on official letters. In addition, my salary is not mentioned as a number. The letter states that "I have been paid at BS-17 along with all the associated benefits" (BS-17 or 'Basic Pay Scale 17' is a pay scale used in my country for paying government officers). Else than that, the letter is on a official letterhead, specifies my hours of work, job description, positions held etc.

I was wondering if I can get away with this or do I need to contact my previous employer again to include email address, name and exact salary?

Thanks in advance.

It is better to have the letter close to the format those immigration people want but if you cannot do it, then you can provide supporting documents like pay stubs, bank statements, etc to fill up what is missing in the letter.

 

[nomzie]

Unfortunately, I do not have the bank statements from that period, and I closed the account four years ago. Is it ok to add a letter of explanation detailing what the pay scale means and why the name of signing officer is not mentioned?

 

[mukulabd]

Unfortunately, I do not have the bank statements from that period, and I closed the account four years ago. Is it ok to add a letter of explanation detailing what the pay scale means and why the name of signing officer is not mentioned?

Like I said first try to seek the ref letter in required format. Letter of explanation should be your last option if nothing else works.

 

[nomzie]

Thank you..

 

[Cecapplicant17]

Hi All,

On one of my employment reference letters, the personnel manager has not mentioned his name and e-mail address. He has mentioned his designation along with phone number, address and website address. As a convention, government officers in my country do not write their names and email addresses on official letters. In addition, my salary is not mentioned as a number. The letter states that "I have been paid at BS-17 along with all the associated benefits" (BS-17 or 'Basic Pay Scale 17' is a pay scale used in my country for paying government officers). Else than that, the letter is on a official letterhead, specifies my hours of work, job description, positions held etc.

I was wondering if I can get away with this or do I need to contact my previous employer again to include email address, name and exact salary?

Thanks in advance.

Hi, how did you resolve this issue? Did the letter of explanation work?