Letters of Experience (urgent)

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ArchanaVS

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I'm sorry to ask this question on this forum, but you lucky CP guys are probably past the I-140 stage, and I am hoping that someone here will provide some input (especially folks from Nebraska Service Center). Please bear with me...

I urgently need some input on the following. PLEASE spare a few minutes of your time and answer them, since this is very important.

1. How important are the letters establishing past experience?

2. Do these letters have to match exactly the requirements in the Labor Cert, or is it enough if they are generic? ie will a letter with title, start and end date be enough? Or does it have to specify exactly what areas I worked in?

3. One of my past companies no longer exists (failed dotcom). The only way for me to show experience in this position is through a letter from a co-worker or supervisor. They could either give me a letter on a plain sheet, and notarize it, or they can give it to me on an old letterhead. Which one is better?

The old letterhead may establish that this person once worked there, but the address or phone number on the letterhead may not be valid.

How often does INS call these people to verify the experience? I am worried that if they call, the co-worker (not very close to me) may not take the trouble of validating all the letters she gave in the letter. She may just say 'yeah I worked with her' and may not remember all the details in the letter (which my attorney drafted and she just signed).

Any feedback will be very much appreciated.

Archana
 
Originally posted by ArchanaVS
I'm sorry to ask this question on this forum, but you lucky CP guys are probably past the I-140 stage, and I am hoping that someone here will provide some input (especially folks from Nebraska Service Center). Please bear with me...

I urgently need some input on the following. PLEASE spare a few minutes of your time and answer them, since this is very important.

1. How important are the letters establishing past experience?

2. Do these letters have to match exactly the requirements in the Labor Cert, or is it enough if they are generic? ie will a letter with title, start and end date be enough? Or does it have to specify exactly what areas I worked in?

3. One of my past companies no longer exists (failed dotcom). The only way for me to show experience in this position is through a letter from a co-worker or supervisor. They could either give me a letter on a plain sheet, and notarize it, or they can give it to me on an old letterhead. Which one is better?

The old letterhead may establish that this person once worked there, but the address or phone number on the letterhead may not be valid.

How often does INS call these people to verify the experience? I am worried that if they call, the co-worker (not very close to me) may not take the trouble of validating all the letters she gave in the letter. She may just say 'yeah I worked with her' and may not remember all the details in the letter (which my attorney drafted and she just signed).

Any feedback will be very much appreciated.

Archana
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The experiance letter can't be generic. It must show the skills that you learned/used in your past jobs. I don't know about the closed company. May be you can just specify that the company no longer exist? I am not sure...

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here the format I used for exp letters

(Sample Letter Confirming Prior Experience)
(Must be Typed on Company Letterhead)



(Current Date)

Re: your name


Dear Sir/Madam:

We write to confirm that your name was employed in this company located at the above address from the period of _____ to ______. His/her job title was _____ and his/her responsibilities included _____________

Please advise me if you require additional information.

Sincerely yours,

(signature and title)

Most of the job title and responsibilties must(???) be same as you filled in for I-140. You may just filll the blanks in above format and send it to your previous employers and this is the suggested format and it shd be ok
 
Thanks for replying

Thanks to all for the responses. The part about being specific about the experience has been answered.

My other question was, is it okay to get a letter on the old letterhead, even though the address and phone number on that one are no longer valid? Of course, the person giving the letter will give his number, and say "please contact me at xxx-xxxx if you would like further information".

But do we need to somehow inform INS that the company is now no longer active or anything like that?

Does INS call all old employers as a matter of routine to verify experience? In any case, if it came to that, I have my old W-2 and payslips and numerous other documentation to prove that I worked there. But I am worried that it may lead to delays in processing.

Thanks again,

Archana
 
I dont think, past experiences are checked by embassy.

In my interview, they did not checked my any past experience letters. Some of them were not having skill set. Just designation.
Past experience letters are not in list of documents mentioned in Packet 4.
 
Hello,

I had a question about the experience letter format. Does the issue date of letter should be your exit date from the company or the current date and is it adviseable to submit the letters during LC stage or I-140 stage.

Thanks,
 
Experience letters.,

I am not sure, whether you need to submit the experience letters at the time of LC. However the attorney, may build the LC file, based on the experience letters.

For this reason, having the experience letters in the required format at the time of filing the LC is good. It is good to have matching wording in the LC and the letters.

Coming to the I-140 stage, I know that you need to send the letters at the time of filing. Here their role is more important. They are the basis for the INS to determine that the candidate does have the necessary qualifications contained in the LC. For this reason it is good to have the following details in the letters.

Title of the position, Start date , end date, tasks handled and responsibilities in detail..

The following are the different ways of getting the experience letters, in the order of most preferred to the least.

1. From the company, where you worked, with the letter dated
just about the time you left, by a responsible officer, on the
company's letter head.

2. From your supervisor, at a later date, if he or she is working for
that company on the company's letter head.

3. If the supervisor is no longer working for that company, he or
she can give the letter on the letter head of the company they
are currently with. In the letter they should say that you were
reporting to him/ her at such and such company.

4. From a co worker on their current letter head.

Raju
 
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