Sample Employment Reference Letter

[jes_ON]

Hello,

After searching on several sources i am totally confused now, i would really appreciate if i will get some help me on my query.

I am working as a self employed from past 2 yrs, i am working with more than 10+ clients at the same time. So if every client will write 54 hours/week, will that be a right thing because i work 9 hours/day, 6 days/week and daily i work for maximum all the clients on their current job openings.

Kindly guide me do i have to ask my clients to write hours/week as well on the reference letter?
If yes, how many hours each client will write, as mentioned earlier i am working for all of them at the same time.

Lastly i need to know if it is mandatory for a self employed person to mention hours/week on reference letter or only duration is enough ?

This topic concerns me mainly due to the lack of clarity.
I would really appreciate any reliable help on this.

See the section on "Proof of work experience" -

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/permanent-residence/express-entry/applications-received-on-after-january-1-2016-completeness-check.htm

"if the applicant is self-employed, articles of incorporation or other evidence of business ownership, evidence of self-employment income and documentation from third-party individuals indicating the service provided along with payment details (self-declared main duties or affidavits are not acceptable proof of self-employed work experience)."

You cannot ask your clients to attest to something that they don't know anything about (# of hours you work per week).

You posted this question in the CEC class, so I have to ask - your "self-employment" is foreign work experience, right? If you've already worked 2 years self-employed, are you sure you will still meet the "1 year of Canadian experience within the past 3 years" requirement to be eligible under CEC?

 

[new_trisha]

See the section on "Proof of work experience" -

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/permanent-residence/express-entry/applications-received-on-after-january-1-2016-completeness-check.htm

"if the applicant is self-employed, articles of incorporation or other evidence of business ownership, evidence of self-employment income and documentation from third-party individuals indicating the service provided along with payment details (self-declared main duties or affidavits are not acceptable proof of self-employed work experience)."

You cannot ask your clients to attest to something that they don't know anything about (# of hours you work per week).

You posted this question in the CEC class, so I have to ask - your "self-employment" is foreign work experience, right? If you've already worked 2 years self-employed, are you sure you will still meet the "1 year of Canadian experience within the past 3 years" requirement to be eligible under CEC?

Hi,

Thank you for replying !

I wanted to post this query under 'Skilled Worker / Professional Immigration' , by mistake it was posted here in CEC section.

I would like to mention one more thing, my clients are asking me what stuff apart from; duration(month/s,year/s), roles and responsibilities, amount of business done is required from their end on the reference letter. They can mention the duration like "Since May'2017 to January'2019" but what about working hours ?

They don't know for how many hours i have worked for for them in one particular duration.
For example-
May be in a day i have worked 4 hours for one client and 5 hours for 3 different clients.
May be in a week i have worked 20 hours for one client and 20 hours for other and rest 14 hours for third client.
May be in a month i have worked for 15 different clients and covered all their recruitment requirements.

Please help ! I am clue less.

Thank you!

 

[Pkpk]

Is stamp from your employer necessary for a reference letter?

 

[new_trisha]

Is stamp from your employer necessary for a reference letter?

Yes

 

[Pkpk]

My problem is that I have sakary slips which are over 2 years old. The stamp in them has light. Though it is visible, but it is light. Sane is the pribkem with reference letter. Can an expert help me??

 

[jes_ON]

Is stamp from your employer necessary for a reference letter?

What? NO. No stamp is required. If it were required, it would say so in the instructions. There's nothing wrong with it, if it is the norm for your country, but IRCC is not expecting it.

 

[Pkpk]

What? NO. No stamp is required. If it were required, it would say so in the instructions. There's nothing wrong with it, if it is the norm for your country, but IRCC is not expecting it.

Thanks for your reply. I am a dentist in India working at a pvt. Clinic. They dont have proper salary slips but cash vouchers mentioning date, employee name and a stamp from the dentist which is very light.

 

[yajamshi]

I received reference letters from two of my employers with all required details but not the benefits (annual salary is included though). Would that cause any problem?

 

[jes_ON]

I received reference letters from two of my employers with all required details but not the benefits (annual salary is included though). Would that cause any problem?

Not usually, but ... it depends : )

 

[manideeplanka]

I received reference letters from two of my employers with all required details but not the benefits (annual salary is included though). Would that cause any problem?

Do you mind providing a template please? I need to prepare that letter too.

 

[namprat]

Hi Everyone, I need some guidance on employment reference part of the application. I am posting here on behalf of my friend. He will be showing experience from 3 employers with titles (sales executive, sales supervisor, sales officer), but most of the job duties that he performed matches with wholesale trade manager NOC code -0621. Will there be an impact on his application, if none of his experience has "manager" in title. Do cic solely checks for job duties and responsible, or they look for title as well? Any suggestions would be big help.

 

[samuelbjy1]

What of me working with frsc

 

[sanket203]

Hi , I am trying to SINP for which CIPS certificate is needed. For CIPS it is mentioned to provide 2 reference of employer showing 24 months . I worked for a company for 3.9 years and In February I joined a new company where my experience is now 8 months. Will these two references be valid with previous employer mentioning period from 2015 to 2019 and current employer mentioning experience till date.

 

[SS_AMK]

Hello Everyone,

I will be applying for CEC next week but I am a bit confused about the employment reference letter. My employment experience is under NOC 2281. Please check the sample reference letter below and let me know if anything is missed there. I would really appreciate your help. Thanks in advance.


July 14, 2010


TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

I am writing this reference at the request of ABC who is applying for Permanent Resident status of Canada.

In his position as Network Specialist, ABC is employed in our organization XYZ since December 2007. As a full-time employee, he is mainly responsible for implementation, migration, testing, troubleshooting of ISP customer networks. His duties include working with different networking protocols, providing network security, network quality of services, installing networking hardware and software, monitoring and analyzing network traffic, and solving advanced networking issues. He also provides network related support to the ISP clients. As Network Specialist, he is working 40 hours per week and currently earning $XX,000 per year. Besides salary, he is also receiving other benefits such as 2 weeks of paid vacation per year, extended health plan, dental plan etc.

I'm happy to provide further information if required.


Sincerely,


KKK
President

I also need to provide reference letter. I already submitted my work experience certificate. Can I follow this format? Is this useful and appropriate?

 

[AK0910]

Hi,
Kindly check whether the below supporting documents are enough to justify my work experience:
ABC Company 2nd Feb 2009 to 26th Feb 2010.
NoteI have the offer letter, reference letter, payslips but since it was on contractual basis and I was being paid via cash only and the income was not taxable, I don’t have any other document)

DEF Company 01st March 2010 to 28th Feb 2015.
NoteI have the offer letter, reference letter, payslips and work visa stamped on my passport since it was in another country, I have the copy of resident permit of that country mentioning the employer name, I don’t have any other document)

GHI Company 05th March 2015 to 14th April 2015.
NoteI have the offer letter, reference letter, payment certificate but since it was on contractual basis and I was paid via cash only due to not having a bank account and the income was not taxable I don’t have any other document)

XYZ Company 17th April to Present.
NoteI have the offer letter, reference letter, payslips and work visa stamped on my passport since it a different company a part from (GHI Company) in another country, I have the resident permit of my currently residing country mentioning my employer name, I don’t have any other document)