Work experience letter - no salary mentioned for tax evasion

[armenaz777]

I legitimately have worked in this company that was registered offshore for about 1 year. I receive my salary in cash for 9 months and only in the last 3 months, when they registered another local company, I received part of my salary (around 30% of it) in bank transfer and the rest in cash. This was all done because they did not want to pay taxes.

I have a letter of work experience from them that indicates that I've worked there but they refuse to mention salary in the letter. I also don't have any other way to show that I really worked there because I received my salary in cash. Of course, no income tax was paid from this salary in cash.

What should I do about this work experience? How to mention it in my profile? How can I prove that I actually worked in this company aside from the letter. Also will it be a problem for me personally and my immigration profile that income tax was not paid from this salary?

 

[armenaz777]

Anyone?

 

[lkva]

You are in a difficult situation and (to be on the safe side) you should seek legal advice, if you want to claim points for this employment.
I want to stress, that I've never been in your situation, I don't know your full story, and I'm definitely not judging you, so please don't take the below points the wrong way.
a) based on your post, you have trouble proving the 'legitimate' full time employment in the first place;
b) getting paid in cash is one thing, but knowingly and intentionally not paying taxes (both you and your employer) on your income is quite another;
c) even if your employer doesn't want to disclose your salary on the employment letter, you should be able to support your claims of full time employment and your salary by submitting your paystubs for the period of employment in question - provided that you indeed have paystubs at all;
d) PR applicants are required to submit a Notice of Assessment from CRA (i.e. your tax returns) to prove that their taxes are up to date, and during the application review process the visa officers might question why you didn't pay (enough) taxes after having claimed full time employment (unless your yearly income was genuinely below the taxable salary band, of course).

It is not unheard of that employers don't want to disclose salary details (which can be a standard company policy or data protection regulation in certain countries etc.), but in those cases applicants are able to provide offer letters, promotion letters, paystubs, annual tax returns to support their application. Unfortunately, from the little information you've shared, your problem is not as simple as this, so I think you should contact a legal professional to figure out your next steps.

 

[danac2018]

Hello,

Can anyone help me?

If my organization provide me with the proper reference letter but not in English, will it suffice if I just translate it through verified translation company and further on provide both documents, the original and translated version, to CIC?

This is very urgent matter for me! Please help!

 

[lkva]

Hello,

Can anyone help me?

If my organization provide me with the proper reference letter but not in English, will it suffice if I just translate it through verified translation company and further on provide both documents, the original and translated version, to CIC?

This is very urgent matter for me! Please help!

Yes, you should be fine if you follow the guidelines on the CIC website.

 

[armenaz777]

You are in a difficult situation and (to be on the safe side) you should seek legal advice, if you want to claim points for this employment.
I want to stress, that I've never been in your situation, I don't know your full story, and I'm definitely not judging you, so please don't take the below points the wrong way.
a) based on your post, you have trouble proving the 'legitimate' full time employment in the first place;
b) getting paid in cash is one thing, but knowingly and intentionally not paying taxes (both you and your employer) on your income is quite another;
c) even if your employer doesn't want to disclose your salary on the employment letter, you should be able to support your claims of full time employment and your salary by submitting your paystubs for the period of employment in question - provided that you indeed have paystubs at all;
d) PR applicants are required to submit a Notice of Assessment from CRA (i.e. your tax returns) to prove that their taxes are up to date, and during the application review process the visa officers might question why you didn't pay (enough) taxes after having claimed full time employment (unless your yearly income was genuinely below the taxable salary band, of course).

It is not unheard of that employers don't want to disclose salary details (which can be a standard company policy or data protection regulation in certain countries etc.), but in those cases applicants are able to provide offer letters, promotion letters, paystubs, annual tax returns to support their application. Unfortunately, from the little information you've shared, your problem is not as simple as this, so I think you should contact a legal professional to figure out your next steps.

Thanks for your help, appreciate it. I honestly don't care about the experience, because even it is deducted, I still have enough years in my NOC. The thing is that I don't want to misrepresent any information, meaning that I have worked in that period of time in this company. I cannot say I was "unemployed" because I wasn't. How can I manage this? Maybe leave it in personal history but remove it from the work experience?

 

[danac2018]

Yes, you should be fine if you follow the guidelines on the CIC website.

Thank you!

 

[Wandering Mind]

Thanks for your help, appreciate it. I honestly don't care about the experience, because even it is deducted, I still have enough years in my NOC. The thing is that I don't want to misrepresent any information, meaning that I have worked in that period of time in this company. I cannot say I was "unemployed" because I wasn't. How can I manage this? Maybe leave it in personal history but remove it from the work experience?

If you're not claiming points for this job, I'd suggest that it's best to move it from your Work History to your Personal History.

Good luck.

 

[armenaz777]

If you're not claiming points for this job, I'd suggest that it's best to move it from your Work History to your Personal History.

Good luck.

It's post ITA, will it matter?

 

[DelPiero07]

It's post ITA, will it matter?

No, as long as there's no effect on your eligibility (if FSW applicant).

 

[Wandering Mind]

It's post ITA, will it matter?

You can make minor changes post ITA as long as they don't impact your points or eligibility. If you like you can write an LOE for your own peace of mind but it's not necessarily.

Good luck.