BenSwinney Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Hi, Long time lurker, first time poster. I've been offered a position in Melbourne and I'm in the process of gathering the information together for the VISA application. My migration agent has asked for employment reference letters for positions you have held over the last 5 years. Do they need to be references from the managers, team leaders etc or would a note from the company HR be sufficient to say I was working there? I'm a self employed IT Consultant, so all my work has been done through my Limited Company so in theory my employment was with my company and I was contracted out to work for these other companies. I'm just confused about what I would do in that situation. Do I write a reference for myself? Anyone else been in a similar situation? Thanks Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Shoes Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Hi Ben, I am sorry I can´t really help you with your query, my OH was self employed and he got references from colleagues (if that makes sense) I am not an expert on migration but I would have thought that any references from previous contractors should be OK, but as I say I am no expert so please seek professional advice :yes: I am sure someone will be along shortly to help you out, I just wanted to take this opportunity to welcome you to the forum and to give your post a little bump, bump, bump. Good luck with the 457 process, we found it fairly easy and stress free ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenSwinney Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 Thank you for the welcome. Hopefully someone else will have been a in a similar situation as myself and can offer some advice. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBC Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 My hubby was in the same boat but ended up getting sponsered (457) for which he only needed references from the company he was working for at the time (he too had a company but worked on a contract basis). When we started looking into PR he started to gather as many letters as possible from the HR people at various different companies but some said that they didn't issue references for contract staff which was a pain. In the end we lodged the PR visa in my name as I had only worked for one employer. Double check with your agent as to what you need and hopefully someone will be able to shed some light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenSwinney Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 Thank you for the reply. I'm in the process of gathering all the information from previous contracts and set myself some time tomorrow ringing around trying to get some references. I'll speak to my agent and see what advice they can offer. Thanks again Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alice2 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Hi. I applied for 457 with a very basic employment reference which said I worked from x to y date and my duties were z. That was fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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