This thread settles a common confusion: does the experience letter for home-country work need to be freshly issued, and what exactly must it say?
What group members confirmed:- The letter does not need to be recent. An experience letter issued years ago is accepted as long as it contains all the required details.
- The required contents are: job title, duration of employment, whether the job was full-time or part-time, number of hours per week, wage/salary, duties and responsibilities, and the employer's contact information — all on company letterhead. There is no need to mention a TEER/NOC code in the letter.
- The reference letter is the only mandatory proof. Pay slips are not required. That said, one member who attached everything — pay slips, offer letter, increment letters — reported receiving no additional document requests (ADRs), so supporting documents are cheap insurance.
The practical takeaway: audit your existing experience letters against the checklist above. If a detail is missing (hours per week and wage are the usual gaps), request an updated letter; otherwise the old letter is fine, and add pay slips and offer/increment letters if you have them.