I'm working on getting employment records from three workplaces (all universities, since I'm a lecturer). I've told my department chairs I'll be drafting the letters myself, to make sure all the necessary information is included. But this would mean all three letters would end up looking exactly the same in format and phrasing (unless I put in random changes specifically to avoid this). Could this be a problem? Would it make an official suspicious, or is it standard procedure to do things this way?
Is it a problem if all your employment letters are in the same format/phrasing?
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It's not necessarily suspicious. Your department chairs are putting their names and signatures on them to validate them.
However, if I were you, I would draft the basic structure of the letter, and then ask the chairs to read them and add a few lines to make the letters their own. Nothing wrong with providing an initial draft, but you don't want them to sound confused about the letter if they get a call from IRCC later.
If IRCC asks "Did you write this letter", and they say "No, trecht wrote the whole thing and I just signed it..", that might raise suspicions.
Also this kinda depends on what Universities you're talking about. If you worked at Oxford, Harvard, and the Sorbonne, I doubt anyone is going to be calling your chairs.
However, if I were you, I would draft the basic structure of the letter, and then ask the chairs to read them and add a few lines to make the letters their own. Nothing wrong with providing an initial draft, but you don't want them to sound confused about the letter if they get a call from IRCC later.
If IRCC asks "Did you write this letter", and they say "No, trecht wrote the whole thing and I just signed it..", that might raise suspicions.
Also this kinda depends on what Universities you're talking about. If you worked at Oxford, Harvard, and the Sorbonne, I doubt anyone is going to be calling your chairs.