When part of your work experience was paid in cash rather than by bank transfer, the concern is usually whether Express Entry will accept that period as valid, verifiable experience.
What group members advised:- A reference/experience letter plus your existing salary slips is generally sufficient, even when the slips explicitly state "Cash" as the payment method — the letter establishes the role and duration, and the slips corroborate compensation.
- Your Income Tax Return matters as supporting evidence. If you filed your ITR reflecting the actual salary earned during that period, that strengthens the file. If your income was below the taxable threshold and you filed a nil return, that can still work as long as it's consistent with what you're claiming.
- You don't need to "over-document" one job at the expense of consistency. Providing excessive additional proof for your second (bank-paid) job while your first job's documents are already consistent and truthful is not necessary — focus on making sure both jobs' paperwork simply tells the same, consistent story.
The general principle: consistency between your reference letter, salary evidence, and tax filings matters more than the payment method itself.