Dear agmaa,
I have a similar situation for my first employer where I worked for about 2 years. That company has been shut down couple of years back, therefore I wasn't able to get reference letter on company letter head.
Under such situation, I followed the instructions given as a NOTE on first page of Document Checklist which says:
Note: If you are unable to provide any of the requested documentation, include with your application, a written explanation with full details as to why that documentation is unavailable and any documentation that would support your claim. If you application lacks any of the documents without a reasonable justification, it will be returned to you or in certain circumstances could result in the refusal of your application.
I wrote an explanation letter stating why reference letter is unavailable and how to verify that the company has been shut down already couple of years back.
I believe that with such explanation letter along with experience letter, employment offer, salaried account bank statement etc., your application must be considered complete and now it is on the discretion of the VO whether to consider this explanation letter justified & acceptable and give you points for your work experience.
I didn't use any consultant and also didn't get advice from any third party. This is only my understanding and you may need to check it with an experienced consultant.
agmaa said:
Hi, I used to work in a company for more than 8 years, this company phased out four years ago.
If the embassy would do work experience verification (check), I'm afraid that it might find it difficult contacting them as they are no longer there.
Anyone had similar situation?
Please advise.