hi mate, whether u believe it or not, my friend got his packet back, anywayz its weird as we have seen that someone got his packet back due to ielts result got outdated ( apllicant sent docs on 9th may, reached on 12th may, & ielts valid upto 22 may)...but he got rejected!!
and yes its mentioned on their website that ielts must be valid at the time of receiving....
nobody is misguiding here
we all r sharing our own experience....and no body is forcing U to do watever is said on this forum.....
now back on ur Question, wat i learnt from my lawyer, if at the time of interview they ask for Experience certificate then there are two options
1). get two certificates (send one with application and keep the other)
2). get a fresh one later ( it is accepted)
no hard feelings, but again i wrote wat i experienced...
tck