nigel and marie

can anybody advice us on our situation we have applied for 175 visa but we are having problems with a work reference. from one of my employers i worked for this employer for 4years. i have asked the company if they would kindly do a letter stating my employment dates and duties. they have refused we are now in limbo we have rang the tax office asking them if they would send us proof of income that i worked there the only thing other then the tax proof is people that still work at this company please can any one advice please

shafanm

you could submit a statutory declaration, explaining the scenario. Also get much recommendations as possible from your colleagues, salary slips, letter of appointment, any other correspondence you received from the company.

all the best

Mukesam

Why the hell an employer can refuse such a thing. Its your right and they must provide you an exp letter stating your duties and dates. Its not only illegal but immoral and unethical as well. So sad for you.

nigel and marie

thanks but we don't have any pay slips or a letter of appointment. i do have a training certificate with the companys name on it i don't know what else we could provide.

shafanm

that advice would'nt help to convince the CO.

shafanm

It is not a rare incident where employers refuse reference letter, and DIAC is well aware of this, and if you have honestly worked at this place then all you have to do the get a SD done, mention all the work you have done in detail, and do mention that you are forwarding a SD because your employer refuse to give a reference letter,
better consult an agent if your are not familiar with SD.

take care

Mukesam

That was a comment, not an advise. I could not stop expressing my self. This was such a ridiculous and shameful act on behalf of an employer.

Jen1977ni

You can get duplicate payslips, I've had to in the past....

Janna and Nick

Would your line manager be prepared to sign a reference letter if you type it out yourself? We did that for my OH. Put it on their letter head and got his manager to just sign on the dotted line to say he agreed with the reference. Is there someone still at the company who you are on good terms with?

Otherwise a statutory declaration explaining the situation. It may also help to keep pressing them for a reference but keep all letters and emails and a log of the activity so you can show DIAC that you have tried but failed.

Jen1977ni

Sorry for jumping onto this thread with a question of my own, but I've been in my current teaching post for the past 5 years, next year being my 6th, the school I was @ previously, I was at for 3 years. Will DIAC require a reference from them also? Kind of ironic that I'm only thinking of this now as the academic year ends tomorrow here in Northern Ireland, OOPSIES.... Be curious to know if I do need this reference and I'll get working on gaining it ASAP....

Gtrotter

Doubt it did you claims points based on the previous experience? I could only give detailed references with my current employer. My previous employer was a professional firm whom has policy of only giving standard start/end date references (risk averse bean counters ). This was acceptable by my CO as I did not need the points from the previous employer anyway.

Janna and Nick

If you make up your work experience required by DIAC with your current employer as you do Jen then I would say no you don't need a reference from your other employers. You will probably need to submit payslips and tax return's (P60's) etc for your other employers to prove that you did work in your field for the length of time you say you did on your application and that should be sufficient.

Jen1977ni

9 years of payslips!?!??! lol I know I'm a hoarder, but I'm not that bad lol I have P60's going back a good few years, so as long as I've p60's covering the duration of my teaching career I hope that'd be fine. Also I've worked for DENI (Dept of Ed NI) for the whole of those 9 years and they provided me with a letter which I uploaded @ the time of submission of visa app, outlining that I'd been teaching for the past 9 years. Fingers crossed that'll suffice...

shafanm

Take it easy mate, their world has good as well as bad, ugly, and selfish SOB's.
but If you have the will there is a way to come out of it.

cheers.

Gems

Jen,
I would get references from all your previous teaching jobs. As you may need them to get the right pay scale here.
Hubby was told (in WA) without them he would start at the bottom of the payscale
Not good if you have been teaching many years, was a right pain to get references from 12years ago.

Gems