Employer References - Kindly Help
Apr 10th 2003, 2:36 pm
#16
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Thanks lana
Dear Lana,
Thanks very much for your valuable and timely response.Have you done Statuary declaration?
Thanks very much for your valuable and timely response.Have you done Statuary declaration?
Apr 10th 2003, 3:01 pm
#17
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Re: Employer References - Kindly Help
On 10 Apr 2003 05:36:31 -0700, Lostknight wrote:
> Everything sounds easy, but who has succeeded in taking such a full
> reference without being suspicious about his intention for immigration
> or going to another company?
I completely agree with you. It is a very delicate matter.
> The question is how to persuade your boss for example to write that
> reference. I mean if he asks you what is it for, what would you answer
> him? This is the hardest point, methinks.
This week I got the letter from my current employer, which is the last
step I was waiting for before applying. I wrote the letter myself, but
it was printed on an official company paper and signed by the
Operations Manager. My approach was simply to lie. I told them I
needed the letter for a grant application of a research project I am
involved with in my home country. They know about my participation
with this research group, from years ago, so I guess I was lucky
enough to have an excuse. Of course, they know nothing about my real
intentions of applying for the PR in Australia.
So I guess I mean that each one of us has to use a little imagination
in order not to get any body suspicious in the company we currently
work for.
> Everything sounds easy, but who has succeeded in taking such a full
> reference without being suspicious about his intention for immigration
> or going to another company?
I completely agree with you. It is a very delicate matter.
> The question is how to persuade your boss for example to write that
> reference. I mean if he asks you what is it for, what would you answer
> him? This is the hardest point, methinks.
This week I got the letter from my current employer, which is the last
step I was waiting for before applying. I wrote the letter myself, but
it was printed on an official company paper and signed by the
Operations Manager. My approach was simply to lie. I told them I
needed the letter for a grant application of a research project I am
involved with in my home country. They know about my participation
with this research group, from years ago, so I guess I was lucky
enough to have an excuse. Of course, they know nothing about my real
intentions of applying for the PR in Australia.
So I guess I mean that each one of us has to use a little imagination
in order not to get any body suspicious in the company we currently
work for.
Apr 10th 2003, 3:05 pm
#18
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Re: Employer References - Kindly Help
On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 14:25:27 +0000, Lana wrote:
> Be specific! Instead of "full-time" say "40h a week" or whatever...
I hope that is not really necessary. I don't expect the DIMIA officers
to be geniuses, but if they don't even assume that full-time means
from 35 hours/week on, then they might not understand that $ assumes
USD because the company is located in the USA, or that they the dates
in the letter are not wrong because they use the MM/DD/YY format
instead of DD/MM/YY, etc. It would never end...
> Be specific! Instead of "full-time" say "40h a week" or whatever...
I hope that is not really necessary. I don't expect the DIMIA officers
to be geniuses, but if they don't even assume that full-time means
from 35 hours/week on, then they might not understand that $ assumes
USD because the company is located in the USA, or that they the dates
in the letter are not wrong because they use the MM/DD/YY format
instead of DD/MM/YY, etc. It would never end...
Apr 10th 2003, 7:00 pm
#19
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Location: Brazil
Posts: 251
We didn't have to do a statutory declaration, Hanu.
