[basin76]

Hi everyone.

It seems everything is going smoothly. I picked up my medical results last night and the Dr said everthing is fine.

I have 1 slight issue. I'm apply with 8-10 years experience in my chosen field, but the company i worked for in my first job 8 years ago is no longer with us. I can't seem to contact the directors. All i have to prove i worked there is my p60 and a p45. Will this be enough?

NZ immigration say they need a headed letter saying what i did etc, whoch i have for every other job.

B.

[JandM]

Hello and welcome.:)

Well, they can't get a letterhead from a firm that doesn't exist any more. Can you get e.g. a notarized statement from a former colleague there to testify as to what you did? Or, maybe, ask your CO what they suggest would be a suitable alternative? You can't be the only person this ever happened to.

Do you still have your contract, or letter offering the job?

How long were you working there?

[basin76]

I've only got my p60 and p45. Also I was the only employee there. It was a tiny firm. I was there for a year.

I'll ring that £1 a minute number tonight

[JandM]

Don't ring the £1 a minute one! - use the one given for 'from abroad'. It gets you through to the same place, and it's only normal national rate.

Another thought - do you need the extra points you'll get for just that one year? If you can do without them, it might be a lot less hassle not to mention that year's work.

[CAJason]

Hi everyone.

It seems everything is going smoothly. I picked up my medical results last night and the Dr said everthing is fine.

I have 1 slight issue. I'm apply with 8-10 years experience in my chosen field, but the company i worked for in my first job 8 years ago is no longer with us. I can't seem to contact the directors. All i have to prove i worked there is my p60 and a p45. Will this be enough?

NZ immigration say they need a headed letter saying what i did etc, whoch i have for every other job.

B.

I had much the same issue with work experience - one of my previous firms no longer existed, but I still had contact with my former boss at the old firm. I actually had him write up a letter on his company's current letterhead, explain that the old company did not exist, but attest to the fact that I was employed there from x date to y date, and if they had any questions, he would be happy to answer any of them.

So far, that seems to have worked no problem. ;)

[BkyMonster]

We had work experience from a company that went bankrupt and we had no idea where former co-workers went. We did have pay stubs from the company, but we also wrote an explanation in the cover letter for the ITA and NZIS had no questions about it.

[globetrecker]

Are you alread in New Zealand? If so, I wonder if all letters must be actually mailed or would immigration accept a pdf letter from a former employer to emailed to you to speed things up? Do they expect all letters to actually be physically mailed--I personally have had the hardest time getting former employers to actually mail letters. They just won't bother with it, but they email them via a pdf file.

[basin76]

Cheers everyone, thats been very helpful. Like i said, all I have is my p60 and p45 as proof. I know one of the directors lives in the USA now and the other one just isnt replying to me. I'll give NZ immigration a bell when I can. I certainly don't want this holding anything up.

[basin76]

* cries *

one of the work experience letters i recieved wasn't signed!!!!! it was sooo hard to get it from them too. grrrrrrrrrrrr

[JandM]

(Whispers, not very seriously) How are you at forgery?

That's MADDENING. Hang in there.