Employment Records

[AmericanMovingToCanada]

Document: Employment Records

You must provide proof of work experience for your current job and for each past position you listed. Proof must include a reference letter from your employer and pay stubs, if you have them. The reference letter must:
be an official document printed on company letterhead
include your name, the company’s contact information (address, telephone number and e-mail address), the signature of your immediate
show all positions held while employed at the company
include these details: job title, duties/responsibilities, job status (if current job), the dates you worked for the company, the number of work hours per week and your annual salary plus benefits.
You must scan all documents for this period of employment and save them as one file. (You must create a separate file for each period of employment.)

I have reference letters from each position that includes hours worked, salary, benefits etc. - do I still need to submit pay stubs as well? It says "if you have them" but I don't know if they tend to request them anyway. Generally, I don't save those. And I won't have enough time before my application is due to try and get copies of all of them!

Thanks!

 

[Asivad Anac]

Not required and not asked for by CIC or provinces at any point in time if reference letters clearly indicate that it was paid work experience.

 

[Encore]

Not required and not asked for by CIC or provinces at any point in time if reference letters clearly indicate that it was paid work experience.

Is that to say a reference letter is sufficient? Even for jobs done in Canada?

 

[Asivad Anac]

Is that to say a reference letter is sufficient? Even for jobs done in Canada?

Yes. Provided the reference letter has all details required by CIC.

 

[AmericanMovingToCanada]

Not required and not asked for by CIC or provinces at any point in time if reference letters clearly indicate that it was paid work experience.

Excellent! Thank you!

 

[jes_ON]

I have reference letters from each position that includes hours worked, salary, benefits etc. - do I still need to submit pay stubs as well? It says "if you have them" but I don't know if they tend to request them anyway. Generally, I don't save those. And I won't have enough time before my application is due to try and get copies of all of them!

First - do your reference letters state job duties and responsibilities? If not, they will not be of any use.

Second, you want to make the VO's job as easy as possible. The "pay stubs" are an example of proof of income - for work in the USA, you probably do have copies of your 1099s (a "cumulative" pay stub) which is even better than reams of old paystubs. For Canada, it's the T4. CIC cannot "require" you to submit tax documents, but again... my advice would be to make it as easy as possible for the VO...

 

[AmericanMovingToCanada]

First - do your reference letters state job duties and responsibilities? If not, they will not be of any use.

Second, you want to make the VO's job as easy as possible. The "pay stubs" are an example of proof of income - for work in the USA, you probably do have copies of your 1099s (a "cumulative" pay stub) which is even better than reams of old paystubs. For Canada, it's the T4. CIC cannot "require" you to submit tax documents, but again... my advice would be to make it as easy as possible for the VO...

They do state job duties and responsibilities, yeah.

 

[AmericanMovingToCanada]

If one of my letters doesn't state the physical address, but states the company's P.O. box where they receive mail is that fine? That's the address that's in their letterhead. Or would I have to go back to them and have them edit it to put in the physical address as well?

 

[Asivad Anac]

If one of my letters doesn't state the physical address, but states the company's P.O. box where they receive mail is that fine? That's the address that's in their letterhead. Or would I have to go back to them and have them edit it to put in the physical address as well?

Not a problem assuming that organization has some online presence where the officer can find their physical address and other details, if required.

 

[AmericanMovingToCanada]

Not a problem assuming that organization has some online presence where the officer can find their physical address and other details, if required.

Great! Thanks!