How To Address A Recommendation Letter

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How To Address A Recommendation Letter, to help you along your way.welcome to the canadian immigration answers podcast. my name is mark holthe, i’m animmigration lawyer practicing in the beautiful province of alberta canada. today’s questioncomes from yuvraj and he asks the following, “hi, my employment letter states my hierarchicaldesignation as general manager, but does not

detail my duties or role. i do not wish toinform my employer about my intention to integrate, and asking any such letter now may createdifficulty for me. how do i meet cics requirement of proof of my duties as per my stated occupation?your assistance is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.”well, yuvraj, i have to admit that over the last little while, immigration has becomeextremely difficult to deal with. they have shown very little mercy to anyone who doesnot submit a complete application. because of that the answer that i have to give youis probably not one that you would like to receive. if you are submitting an expressentry application, or any permanent residence application today, you pretty much need tosubmit exactly what the government is asking

for. if you choose to not do so, you run asignificant risk in getting your application returned. they seem to now be following aone touch only policy where if there are any missing documents, rather than the good olddays when they would provide you with a letter stating the deficiencies, and then give youan opportunity to upload the missing information, they now simply refuse it.so because of that i have to tell you that you really have to probably disclose to youremployer and get their cooperation in submitting your application. without that letter thereis really very little that you can do to prove to citizenship and immigration canada thatyou actually have the experience, and are working in the role of general manager asstated in your application. so i wish that

i could tell you that you could submit someform of alternative to that letter or provide the existing letter with an explanation. howeverthe days are gone when cic will accept those kinds of things, especially if you are currentlyencumbered within that position. so i hope that answers your question, and good luckworking that out with your employer. thank you for listening to the canadian immigrationpodcast, your trusted source for information on canadian law, policy, and practice. ifyou would like to contribute a question for future podcasts, or wish to set up a legalconsultation with mark, please visit www.ht-llp.com.