Experience Letter Problem

[gailmargolis]

Ok so I claimed > 3 years of experience based on 4 years (as graduate students working 20 hours/week [not full-time) + 2.5 years postgraduate work experience (full time work). Anyway, it's turning out that I won't be able to get an experience letter from my current employer (with whom I've worked for 1.5 years). I've thought about it every way possible and there's simply nobody I trust enough at work to ask for an experience letter for Canadian immigration. My question is, to what degree would it harm my application if I did not provide an experience letter for my current position? Even without it, I'd still be able to prove I have the 3-year minimum work experience, using experience letters from jobs prior to my current one.

I was also wondering whether there are combinations of alternative documentation that, collectively, might be deemed equivalent to an experience letter, e.g.: paystubs + research publications with name & job affiliation + offer letter of employment (signed by department chair and dean of faculty) + .... ?

Thanks folks.

 

[arrayofhope]

Ok so I claimed > 3 years of experience based on 4 years (as graduate students working 20 hours/week [not full-time) + 2.5 years postgraduate work experience (full time work). Anyway, it's turning out that I won't be able to get an experience letter from my current employer (with whom I've worked for 1.5 years). I've thought about it every way possible and there's simply nobody I trust enough at work to ask for an experience letter for Canadian immigration. My question is, to what degree would it harm my application if I did not provide an experience letter for my current position? Even without it, I'd still be able to prove I have the 3-year minimum work experience, using experience letters from jobs prior to my current one.

I was also wondering whether there are combinations of alternative documentation that, collectively, might be deemed equivalent to an experience letter, e.g.: paystubs + research publications with name & job affiliation + offer letter of employment (signed by department chair and dean of faculty) + .... ?

Thanks folks.

I'm not very clear about your situation.

So you have 4 years of part time student work + 2.5 years of Full time work!! Is your current employer part of the 1.5 years of full time work??

 

[DEEPCUR]

You need to check if you get FSW 67 points without that experience. If so, you can omit that experience and just go with the ones for which you have proper reference letter. For CRS, 3 years of experience gives maximum points, but for FSW eligibility, it is 6 years.