[Myrkk]

We're just submitting our EOI and having big problems 'cause a few of the companies my hubby has worked for in the past no longer exist. i.e. no current address etc. Some of these companies he worked for 20years ago..:uhoh

Has anyone else ever had this problem and if so how did you go about the situation.

[gil]

OH managed to get a letter confirming his work for a company about 20 years ago from someone he worked for there and had kept in touch with in a Christmas card kind of way. The guy explained in his letter that the company no onger existed and that seemed to be acceptable. So that might apply for colleagues, bosses, customers, suppliers etc?

Good luck,

Gil

[nippa&pippa]

My OH had same problems, few companies closed down. You should to get a form from NZIS to declare these companies is not exist any more. I try find the examples for you if you wish.

[nippa&pippa]

My OH had same problems, few companies closed down. You should to get a form from NZIS to declare these companies is not exist any more. I try find the examples for you if you wish.

It is letter that you copy from NZIS, sorry. Here what is copy from...

You need your currently address on right top side of paper.

Then put 'STATUTORY DECLARATION'

then write as (this what my OH filled in ()):

'I worked for (Eurodollar car rental) from (1st March 1997) to (31st March 1997) as a (body repair and maintenance controller.)
The business has closed down and (give reasons why closed/what happened to land etc...ie the land sold for housing) so I have been unable to obtain any kind of reference for this term of employment.

I declare the above to be true'

then sign your name and print your name under your signature! :clap

hth!:nice1

[holland]

We had this problem and did stat dec also, we got it certified with all of our other evidence with the solicitor.

[scoobydoo]

We had a similar problem. One company didn't exist and the other had merged with a big corporation and all employee records had been lost.

We phoned the National Insurance (NI) office and got the contributions record going back as long as was needed, under data protection - we were allowed the record simply by answering a few security questions. Whole thing took less than 2 weeks. The good thing about that is;
1. Unlike the tax office, they never destroy old records - needed for pensions
2. Although it doesn't show who you worked for - it does show that you worked, and by adding 94% (or whatever) back you can show your gross salary at any given point, as NI was about 6%.
Our case officer was happy with that in conjunction with old addresses of the companies.
It was fine for claiming points for work experience, but don't know if it would be ok for experience in a job you are claiming specific skill points for.

Hope that helps,

Scooby

[nicola in nz]

we had a similar problem the only thing was that we came over on my hubby's qualifcations as a carpenter and it was the company he work for while doing his qual that had been bought out by another company , so i phoned the new company and explained to them what we were doing, they had no record of him but were really great i told them when hubby had worked for the previous company and they did a letter stating this for me ( choice!)

Nicola

[sfordjasiri]

The work evidence packet I just sent with my ITA listed about 20 different companies. (I have worked most of the past 15 years as a self employed consultant.) Many of the companies do not exist any more. But, I had paycheck or invoice stubs or 1099 tax statements or W-2 tax statements from the assorted companies/customers to back up my work history claims.

All told it was a 2 inch thick packet to document all that (including photocopies). I won't know whether that is satisfactory until I get a Case Officer though.