polay_ph said:
hi all,
i would deeply appreciate if i can get an answer to my query. I am about to submit my application to Manitoba through my uncle who's our sponsor as well. He asked me to mail him all the documents and he shall drop them off to the office in Manitoba himself. I guess I can wait a little longer as opposed to applying online. My concern at this point is my employment certificates from previous employers. I have secured one from my current work and another from the one before but I can no longer reach my other previous employer, hence, there is no certificate available from them. Would this be an issue when i submit my application? I've been working in my current company for almost 4yrs now, while i"ve been with the previous 1 for nearly a year. Will this be sufficient? or I would still need to find a way to get through with my former employers? (which is near to impossible?) Thanks
My advice is not to leave out those previous employers in your application, which you would have to declare if you are applying by mail (Schedule A Background/Declaration form). Find a way to get a proof in forms of company id, payslip, etc if COE is impossible to acquire.
In our case, we simply forwarded my husband's photocopy of company id and payslip in lieu of COE for his latest employer because he had just moved to that company when we were about to mail the application, (which means he couldn't get the COE too early in his employment). When we received our file number, we weren't asked to provide COE anymore as additional and/or missing document. You may want to try this. Pray though that the reviewing officer would consider those docs.
If you're in doubt, it's your decision not to declare those employers but be sure to come up with a good answer when they ask what you were doing in those "periods" you were not employed.
Just my two cents.