Salary Paid in Cash - Job Reference Letter

[musa.badar92]

Hi everyone,

I am applying for Canadian Immigration via express entry route. In 2015, for my first job, I worked for 02 years and 10 months in a private procurement firm as a project manager. This was a startup at the time and I one of the first staff hired there. It remained a small company however in terms of number of employees. My question is:

A. My salary was paid to me in cash always. And since i was below the tax slab, i did not file any tax return as the law allows me not to. I was too naive at that time to recognize this will create problems for me later. Now all i have as a proof for that job is a reference letter and an offer letter (kind of like an agreement). And ofcourse the company's registration certificate. Is this sufficient proof of my employment? Should i be attaching any other document?

 

[dr.josemrod]

Hi everyone,

I am applying for Canadian Immigration via express entry route. In 2015, for my first job, I worked for 02 years and 10 months in a private procurement firm as a project manager. This was a startup at the time and I one of the first staff hired there. It remained a small company however in terms of number of employees. My question is:

A. My salary was paid to me in cash always. And since i was below the tax slab, i did not file any tax return as the law allows me not to. I was too naive at that time to recognize this will create problems for me later. Now all i have as a proof for that job is a reference letter and an offer letter (kind of like an agreement). And ofcourse the company's registration certificate. Is this sufficient proof of my employment? Should i be attaching any other document?

You don't need to attach pay slips. Remember that the reference letter (if a complete one) is all you need for work experience:

• Brief desciption of position
• List of duties (which should be in line with NOC duties)
  
• Time of employment
• Place of employment
• If you were a full time or part time employee (number of hours per day or week)
• Salary and benefits
• Contact of person providing the letter.

 

[Tresh]

Hi everyone,

I am applying for Canadian Immigration via express entry route. In 2015, for my first job, I worked for 02 years and 10 months in a private procurement firm as a project manager. This was a startup at the time and I one of the first staff hired there. It remained a small company however in terms of number of employees. My question is:

A. My salary was paid to me in cash always. And since i was below the tax slab, i did not file any tax return as the law allows me not to. I was too naive at that time to recognize this will create problems for me later. Now all i have as a proof for that job is a reference letter and an offer letter (kind of like an agreement). And ofcourse the company's registration certificate. Is this sufficient proof of my employment? Should i be attaching any other document?

Hello,

I happen to be in the same shoe with you. working for a wholesale distribution company. All I did was to ask the manager that let my salary be paid into my account from the company account to indicate actually that I receive monthly salary from the company when proof of fund will be required. Still hope that is the right thing to do to show proof of employment.

 

[musa.badar92]

You don't need to attach pay slips. Remember that the reference letter (if a complete one) is all you need for work experience:

• Brief desciption of position
• List of duties (which should be in line with NOC duties)
  
• Time of employment
• Place of employment
• If you were a full time or part time employee (number of hours per day or week)
• Salary and benefits
• Contact of person providing the letter.

Thanks dr.josemrod, I have one more question. If i worked 48hours/week in one job for a year and 40hours/week for a second job (hypothetically), IRCC will consider both experiences the same (i.e. one year)
or in other words, if i worked for 11 months for 48 hours/week, is it equivalent to one year experience in normal terms?

 

[am571]

Did anyone here get PR who got their salary in cash?
Please share your experience.

 

[k patel]

Did anyone here get PR who got their salary in cash?
Please share your experience.

Did you get your PR? I have same question. As I used to get salary in cash and don’t have any tax documents .