Express Entry - How to know if your reference letter works! 

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My second job has the following responsibilities- Modify existing programs in accordance with the current industry best practices. Implement and suggest fixes to any technical issues or defects raised by the testing teams. Assist with the preparation of design specification documentation. Analyze, construct, test and configure process definitions. Use flowcharts to translate business logic to technical configuration. Perform unit testing and document the test cases for new programs. Assist in the deployment of in-house processes and programs. Provide application support for data migrations and business testing. Collaborate with other teams and support their ad-hoc requests. Participate in regular code maintenance activities. Attend project status calls and communicate the discussion to concerned team members. Researching,designing,implementingandmanagingsoftwareprograms Writing and implementing efficient codes by evaluating new programs. Identifying areas for modification in existing programs and subsequently developing the modifications. Maintaining and upgrading existing systems by deploying software tools, processes and metrics. Working closely with other developers,UXdesigners,businessandsystemsanalysts. And the first job had the following - 1. Assist and work closely with other software programmers and developers in modeling, modifying, integrating and testing codes as per the business requirement. 2. Assist other co-workers in the development and documentation of logical and physical programming specifications. 3. Assist in identifying and communicating technical problems, processing and finding a solution by modifying existing programs, reprogramming and debugging of programming codes as per user's requirement. 4. Assist in researching and assessing of different software items by collecting and preparing reports and documentations according to client and business prerequisites. 5. Direct, assign, co-ordinate teams of programmers and assist them in reviewing of projects and programs. Can you please check whether the roles and responsibilities of both the companies I worked in come under the NOC 20174?

Hi mark, thank you for this. I hope this still holds up to this date as I am going to apply for a TFW work permit

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Hi everyone, does this letter needs to be singed hand writing or a digital signature is enough? Thank you

Does paid internships are considered as work experience for expres entry.?

Please advice what to do in case if the employer has wind up/shut down the company and it's not possible to obtain the reference letter.

Hi. Who is a reference letter for, A)For an employer to see or B)For an IRCC? Will my reference letter be checked by IRCC?

WHAT SHOULD WE ENTER IN STREET NUMBER IF WE DONT HAVE ONE ESPECIALLY ADDRESSES OUTSIDE CANADA?

One more question the number of work hours in case of self employed skilled worker, Should it be 30 hours per week for every client or this time can be divided among different number of clients?

Superb video. Can I get reference letter now itself for applying PR in 2023? Or I should get reference letters only after initiating PR process. ?

Hi. Can you tell me the IRCC address as my employer wants to directly address them in the letter. Thanks!

Instead of salary if the company mentions the salary based on hourly basis, is it still valid ?

Hi Mark, Thanks for your wonderful work. I have one question regarding experience letter. Will IRCC accepts digital/pdf version of my experience and reference letter? My company no longer issues any physical copies of experience letters...They only issue letters in pdf format through email. However, these letters contain official company letter head & logo, Name & signature of the manager and official email id and phone numbers in it. Please kindly let me know if this is accepted by ircc. Otherwise, Should I take print out's of my pdf letters and again scan them and upload them to make them look like physical copies? Thank you.

I have claimed for 3+ years work experience in which i worked as trainee engineer for 8 months, assistant electrical engineer for 18 months and electrical engineer for 14 months ...i have 2 options. Option 1 - get letter from office saying i worked for 3 years as electrical engineer and attach last 6 months pay slips( and not attach offer letter saying trainee engineer or promotion letters ). Option 2 - get experience letter mentioning all 3 positions and attach offer letters and promotion letters . Which option is better ?

Hi Mark, first of all thank you so much, all your vedios are so simple to understand and are highly informative. I am from bangalore, India. After graduation I have a job experience of 3 years which matches a noc code (skill A) exactly, then i did MBA for 2 years and then again I worked for 2 more years in a MNC but not able to find a matching noc. The closest is skill level C. I will get reference letters for both jobs. Am I eligible to apply in express entry. Kindly reply.

Hi ! I have worked for 6 companies during 11 years of work. I have worked in company twice after after some time. Should my experience letter from this employer with whom I worked for 3 positions-Trainee,Engineer,Sr. Engineer) (two stints) be printed on single LOR or 3 different letters,here it is to mention that duties were the same. Moreover, all the LORs from 6 employers should have different set of duties? My Noc throughout remained same-7245 but my designation kept on elevating. Will change in designationt pose any problem for me? Thanx in advance

Hello sir, you are doing a great work keep it up, I have a question please reply. I have a 10 years of work experience of Manager at Honda Bike Dealership and I was hired by the owner of the dealership in my city. Will it be considered as my work experience for the Express Entry as the Dealership is only like a shop or local store rather than a Company?

Hello, not sure if you respond to comments but just thought I will post it, Can I submit the documents, that I submitted for PNP, to ircc? I had submitted all the documents to OINP, and the documents were dated 4 months ago, is that still valid or should I get the documents again? I had enough challenges to get these documents the first time, so, just wanted to make sure that I have enough time to bother them again.

i have a question please, are 35mm x 45mm the size of the real photo i should to scan, or the size i sould put on the digital version, thank you for help.

Mark i got letter with all the details that you have mentioned in the video but signature is missing from my supervisor. The document has companies letter head with all info but missing signature. Please advise .

If someone salary is less and doesn't apply tax. What to do in that case.

Do email address is mandatory on the letter head format of the company.I got an experience certificate from my company which lacks email id of the company but has phone numbers.Could i submit to IRCC.

I have a few questions related to the work permit visa application outside Canada. Please suggest something for these questions: 1. Employment reference letters: One of my employers is not giving me the employment reference letter on the format described by the IRCC. I have an experience letter on the company letterhead from this employer on which the designation, the period of my employment is mentioned along with the signature from the HR department, email, contact, and address is also mentioned. The things which are not mentioned are the number of working hours, annual salary, type of employment (permanent full-time, etc), and the list of responsibilities/job duties. Please suggest if my existing verifiable experience letter is sufficient for the work permit visa application or should I add the job offer letter, employment contract, and last month payslip along with the experience letter from my past employer in one PDF. Is this work? Please suggest if there is an easy way to give proof of my work experience for the work permit visa application. Apart from this, If I am able to take the reference letter from my former manager on email thread(without official letterhead) then this will work? And what else I need to attach with it? Please suggest. 2. Employment records: For the employment records, it is mentioned that the employee needs to submit the employment paystubs for all of the employers. How many payslips are needed to be attached? Can I attach the last six months payslips only Or if all the paystubs need to be attached? If the employee only has the last six months' paystubs along with the official bank statement which highlights the salary deposited every month can I attach the bank statement with the paystubs of the last six months? Please suggest.

Hi I reached out to my company I left in 2014 . They provided me a jd which is not that workable I think . So I spoke to my x colleague unfortunately who left the company . Even though he agreed to provide me a reference letter . Pls suggest me how does that work ? Does he send me an email stating and I print that out and notarize or in a plain paper and get it notarized ?

Hi Mark, I had obtained reference letter from current organisation in Nov for PNP and after 3 months received ITA, can I use the same reference letter for the submission for Express Entry. Looking for your response.

I have worked in three different titles with promotions and the roles and responsibilities were same, one letter with all the necessary information is okay?

Hello. If my employer does not mention my salary on the employee reference letter due the confidentiality requirements , whereas all other information is there , does that work ? Can I furnish my highlighted bank statements , income tax return as additional documents ? Would that suffice as far as IRCC requirements are concerned.

In essential workers stream (non-health care), I need to include essential duties in addition to the lead statement and main duties. What are they?

if we held multiple positions in same company, do we need different reference letters for each position or just one reference letter for both positions and mentioned tenure for each position and list all duties?

my company is not ready to mention my salary details in the reference letter, rest all the details are mentioned. What should i do ? prepare an affidavit or write it in LOE ?

Hello mark, I am working in Merchant navy (seafarer) NOC 2273 as the nature of my job is contractual( 6 months on board and 6 months leave) based how shall I prove my work experience as continuous??? As company is not willing to provide a continuous work experience is it ok to obtain a personal reference letter from any senior or a colleague. On the behalf of all the seafarers who are struggling and confused what to be done in case of their work experience as its contractual based. Please help

can anybody please provide the link to the article on cic website which states work experience for self employed people.

Hi I have total 3years of experience one is for 2year 10 months And one is for 6 months will this will count as 3 years in express entry both the experience are in same job and same employer

Hello, What if company does not provide work experience letter on letterhead? Will it get rejected?

If I have 10 years work experience in a company, out of which 8 years were in NOC C and 2 years for NOC A, because I got promoted Can I claim the entire 10 years as skill worker experience under FSW 67 pts calculation?

Hi. I'am a professional painter with Master's degree. My main income for years is working with galleries, selling paintings, exhibition, auctions. So I don't work at gallery (full or half time) but at my studio. So can't show that I've worked 40 h in gallery lets say. Is document from gallery showing that from this date to this date or still, I've worked with gallery, description that I was working as an artist with this gallery, sales of my works with titles and dates, sign of gallery owner will be enough? Or what should I show > What kind of document?

Hi Mark. Just wanted your advice on selecting my NOC for my designation. I am a proposal/bid manager. I have over 5 years’ experience in the field of marketing and business development, working in roles such as business development coordinator, communications consultant, business development manager and then into this role after being a bid coordinator. I was wondering if this comes under one NOC and if so which one? Or would they be different NOCs? Can we put multiple NOCs and will all this cumulative experience be okay to mention as total experience which is related to my degree in Marketing? Many thanks

Hi Mark, thank you for the very informative video. I was looking through the letters of employment I have, only to realize that the one from my part-time work didn't have my employer's position stated in the letter (but everything else were there). Would this be a big enough issue for IRCC to warrant requesting my previous employer for a new one, or is this permissible?

Sir, Is there any validity or expiry date for reference letters. Actually, right now I'm working at a company in India, I will be resigning in a month as I'm going to do masters in Canada. Therefore I'm planning to take reference letter now itslef( as it is much easier to take it now)....that said, Can I use the same letter when I apply my PR after two years, I mean after completing my masters.

Hello Sir, I am from India I am eligible for Canada Express entry program my age is 38 Yrs n I don't have birth certificate n I checked online it says no record found.now what do I do? N also do I have to have reference letter from my old employers like 15- 20 yr old employers as I think it's going to be little difficult reaching them now.plz help me.

what would be the validity of the reference letter from the employer for SINP.

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Hello mark, do both the pages be printed on the company letterhead? Please reply!

Hello sir I would like to ask whether salary slips are acceptable as a proof of job salary??

Does the size and status of the company matter? Because I have only work for Small business and he only paid in cash. I have no way to prove the salary in my account. Kindly help

I am an advocate with 4 years experience in law practice if i get a job offer letter of cook assitant from canada that is not relevant to my previous experience as advocate,would that job offer letter add points to Express entry profile

Hi Mark, I have one query. I used to work with 2 different companies as a sales manager, however both fall under different NOC. So what can be done in this scenario? Kindly guide. Thank you!!

Hello.. I am a self employed dental surgeon.. I received ita yesterday and I’m struggling to provide documents that would legitimately prove of my work.. can you please help me out?

Hi Mark happy Canada day & God bless.

I have a LMIA approved job offer for Noc 0016. But my experience is not matching....what should i do to justify my experience for above noc

Hi there. I am in the process to ask for reference letters and creat EE profile, and I have a question about work experience. If a specific job was only for 6 months, should I still include it on my profile or is it ok to skip it? I am asking that because due to the short period I have stayed there, I am not sure I I would receive a reference letter. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanking you in advance!

Please, could anyone tell me if I can use electronic reference letter or it has to be a paper version?

If I have worked for 5 months in one of the job then can I mention the salary monthly?

Hey Mark, just a quick question: Burger King in NZ doesn't provide job duties on reference letter but it is all available on the contract which I will provide to IRCC. So, could you advise whether it will work or not? Thanks in advance 😊

could you please help me out. in my referral letter i haven't mention my full surname instead of that only initial

Hi Everyone, Hope someone can help me with advice with my case, - I have been working with a company (A) for 7 years, - but in order for the company to not engage with me, I had to sign during this period with different "Contractors" ( A total of Four sometimes for the same position) - These Contractors are mostly HR's, basically they just get payed to pay me and don't know anything about my job, position or duties. The Question Is : Should I ask the Reference Letter from my managers on Company (A) That knows what I did, or from My employers that are only there to do contracts and pay me. Thanks for your Help.

Sir Can one fetch work experience points from paid internship or apprenticeship?

Hi Mark. My company gives work experience in its letter head but with only the latest designation in it. I have been in 3 designations including the trainee before reaching the current designation. All are in the same noc. Do i still need to mention about all the designations in a LOE or i am i good to go? In the reference letter shown in the video it has only latest designation and you were satisfied with it. Requesting your inputs

Hi..if my supervisor is not able to provide this on a company letter head can we put in an notarized affidavit?

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Thank you Mark for detailed information. Do we need to provide reference letters from all past employers? For example, I have worked for many employers under different NOC codes: First Job - NOC Code 2281 - 2 year 8 months Second Job - NOC Code 2281 - 6 months Third Job - NOC Code 2281 - 1 year 10 months Fourth Job/Current Job - NOC Code 2171 - 2 years and counting I am applying under NOC code 2281. Do I need to provide reference letter for my current job as well, which falls under NOC code 2171?

Dear Mark, can you advise me whether my job experience requires to be relevant to my study? I have 3 years degree of Computer Science in Canada but I have 7 years work experience in technology sales in my home country. Please let me know.

Hey Mark ! Your videos are awesome! Was curious what if your employer mentions all the other important things on your reference letter but mentions "full time" instead of "working hours"? Would this be acceptable ? Anything I can do about this like an affidavit

Hi guys, I have a question if anyone can help. I have work experience from a country where I have no permission to work does it make any problem ? Thanks

Hey Mark! Hope ur in gd health. I fall into the self employed visa category. Can u plz help me with the details of the reference letter I need to provide from my clients?

what if the company doesnt exist anymore?

Hello sir, can I get a reference letter before I get an ITA

What if working hours is not mentioned, instead full time employee is mentioned.

Hi Mark.... Currently I am working with the company but salary mode is by cash so I do not have bank statements to show then what can I do in this case

I’m a physician 7 year experience I’m in express entry pool. Could u please tell which Provence is better you physically

i received my ITA 1 month in advance b4 completing the 1 year Canadian experience. i noticed that my points increased suddenly and after digging i understood they gave me the points . so i accepted the ITA , do you think its an issue. i have 90 days and i have not submitted my e-APR yet. i was thinking i will submit in aug 1st week cos by july 31st i will complete 1 year. please advice

What are the proof of work experience, do we need to submit salary bank statement

Do they consider work experience gained when one was illegal in a certain country

8 bands in ilets ,Mcom in finance 29 yrs of age,unmarried,working as clerical in public sector bank from last 4 years .M i eligible for express entry ?

Hi sir , I am also from India , my work experience is as follows , after my 12 th I.e secondary high school diploma , I worked for a full time for 1 year I.e 45 hours a week as an junior accountant in a public accounting firm, after one year i joined university and continued to work for same firm for 5 hours a day I.e 30 hours a week , so totally I have 1 year full time after my 12 to and 3 years of part time work during my undergraduate experience as an accountant... can my experience count for PR ? Please help sir ...

Thank you Sir.!

Hi, I am not sure if you see all the new comments here. Will a successful youtube channel, and/or podcast, monetized and providing income qualify as self employed? Thank you so much.

Who do I address this LOR to - what address of IRCC / CIC ?

can i write my NOC in my job reference letter ,

Are the reference letters required to be on official company letterheads, even if I am self employed ? I got my clients to agree to sign an experience letter, but they are not the ones writing the letter. I am sending a letter to them , for reviewing and signing and then sending it back. Does this count as 'documentation from third party individuals' ? Along with these experience letters I have invoices and payslips. Is this enough , if I am a freelance web designer ? I don't think its possible for me to get an 'official letterhead' since I only did freelancing work for my clients.

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Hello sir...I am frm India..age 29..education..Masters...full time exp...9+years.. status.. married..ielts score..7.5,6.5,6.5,6.5...in L,R,W,S respectively...is there any Chances of succeeding in immigrating to canada?

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Why all these people to Canada?

You missed most important part. Everyone knows about letter head and all that. what you provided is misc information that everyone already know. Not Helpful Big no to you and your channel.

i have a question please, are 35mm x 45mm the size of the real photo i should to scan, or the size i sould put on the digital version, thank you for help.