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Missing salary slips for one job: do you need identical documents in your EE profile as your study visa application?

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By VisaBuddies Communityvia community — compiled from public visa forums

Documents Needed

  • Offer letter and relieving letter

    Can substitute for salary slips if you genuinely can't obtain them for a particular job.

  • Salary slips

    Try to arrange these where possible, but not necessarily mandatory if you have enough other qualifying work experience without that job.

Step-by-Step

A member with 3+ years of qualifying work experience (enough to meet PR requirements even without one particular job) asked whether they needed to show the same employment documents in their Express Entry profile as they'd used for their study visa, specifically because they lacked salary slips for one employer.

What the thread clarified:
  1. You're not strictly required to use identical documents across different applications. Your EE profile and your prior study visa application are separate, and what you submit for each doesn't need to match exactly.

  2. Try to arrange salary slips if at all possible, since they strengthen your claim — but if you genuinely can't obtain them for a specific job, having an offer letter and relieving letter is a reasonable substitute.

  3. If you have enough other qualifying experience to meet the requirement without that particular job, it's acceptable to simply not include it rather than trying to force incomplete documentation for it — you don't need to worry excessively if you can't arrange the missing salary slips.


The practical takeaway: your EE profile documents don't need to exactly match what you submitted for a study visa — try to get salary slips where you can, but if you genuinely can't for one job and you have enough other work experience to qualify without it, don't stress about that gap.

Dos, Don'ts & Tips

  • Tip: Documents submitted for your EE profile don't need to exactly match what you used for a previous study visa application.
  • Do: Try to arrange salary slips where possible, but an offer letter and relieving letter can substitute if you genuinely can't.
  • Tip: If you have enough other qualifying work experience, it's fine not to include a job you can't fully document.

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