Experience letter or Employment verification letter?

[kalebhushan]

Hi All,

I will be applying to enter into Express entry pool soon. I understand we need to provide documents confirming the employment history. Does IRCC require experience letter or a simple employment verification letter?

Thanks,
Bhushan

 

[northern sunshine]

IRCC is very specific about the requirements for the letter (https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/permanent-residence/express-entry/applications-received-on-after-january-1-2016-completeness-check.html#s03)

Proof of work experience
Purpose
To prove each work experience claim and to validate that the applicant meets program requirements

Document requirements

• The personalized document checklist in applicants’ online account prompts the applicant with an upload field for each work experience declared.
• At the completeness check, the processing office determines only whether the required documents are included. The validity or fraudulence of the information is assessed only if and when the application is placed into processing.

The following documents are mandatory for each work experience declared:

• a reference or experience letter from the employer, which
  • should be an official document printed on company letterhead (must include the applicant’s name, the company’s contact information [address, telephone number and email address], and the name, title and signature of the immediate supervisor or personnel officer at the company),
  • should indicate all positions held while employed at the company and must include the following details: job title, duties and responsibilities, job status (if current job), dates worked for the company, number of work hours per week and annual salary plus benefits; and
• if the applicant is self-employed, articles of incorporation or other evidence of business ownership, evidence of self-employment income and documentation from third-party individuals indicating the service provided along with payment details (self-declared main duties or affidavits are not acceptable proof of self-employed work experience).

If the work experience is in Canada, proof may include copies of T4 tax information slips and notices of assessment issued by the Canada Revenue Agency (the time period for these documents should reflect the work experience timeframe [e.g., work experience from 2006 to 2008 requires only documents from those calendar years]).

Individuals who must submit this documentation

• The principal applicant
• Their spouse or common-law partner (if work experience in Canada is claimed)

 

[kalebhushan]

Awesome thanks northern sunshine

 

[bnextgen]

Hello, I have a similar situation right now but my employer is creating issues providing me a verification letter with the exact info IRCC wants .

However, I have a employment verification letter from last year which attests to the fact that I have just over 1 year of experience from the date I joined the company to the date the letter is dated. This letter has been issued for a different purpose and addressed to somebody else, but has all the info IRCC wants in an ideal employment verification letter on an official letterhead.

Can I submit this letter (though over 6 months old but does prove my eligibility for the over 1 year continuous skilled work experience under my primary NOC)

Does it really matter to IRCC whom and for what purpose the letter is addressed for as long it contains all the info namely: ON an OFFICIAL letterhead, Has my dates of employment, job title, job duties, contact name and info