Letterhead Paper : A (Probably) Trivial Concern

[zeke]

Sigh ... So many things to worry about with HSMP application!

Many of my employer letters which have more than one page use letterhead on the first page only. Subsequent pages are printed on plain paper, not even the same quality and color of the letterhead. (Although the paper color is similar to the color of the letterhead paper.)

I guess this is standard business practice where I live. The subsequent pages don't have recipient name, page number, date typed in the upper corner of the page, as some web pages about business letters say there should be. However, the content of the subsequent pages are clearly related to the content on the letterhead page. Other than this issue, the letters all look very professional, and they all have original signatures in ink.

I recently got two letters like this from a former supervisor, who works for a major, well-respected hospital. And in a number of my workplaces, I have noticed that there is no special paper to be used for subsequent pages of a multipage letter.

Should I be losing sleep that our friends at Home Office will not recognize my letters as being on "letterhead"?

Am I making sense? Am I worrying too much?? Am I the only one who has noticed this?

Thank you for indulging me on this one, Friends!

[Saint]

I am no expert at all but I believe it is very difficult to answer this question unless someone has experience in the exact same situation. If you want to save your sleeps before someone answers you, you can always collect the very same documents in a way that you find 100% satisfactory and send them as additional evidence before your case is assigned to someone (as far as I can see from the various posts it is possible to do this).

I know it sounds like a lot of work and maybe it will prove to be useless but it will make you feel better if you are really concerned about this..

[JhonnyECU]

hi zeke, saint and all,

zeke, in my opinion, your case is extremely uncertain...

the more i read on this forum the more i believe on this theory that it is a VERY difficult and RISKY call, when it comes to "imagining" HOW a caseworker would consider an evidence or not.

in my understanding, i would prefer go the german way on this regard. 120% security and safe moves!

especially after reading some kcr's NEW post:

http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=3235

dear zeke, since we all are on the same exact uncertainty boat, which is sailing somewhere around sheffield, i would pesonally do ALL that is in my capacity to find out the chances of having these letters reprint...

this could be painful, but this certainly will help you, since it:

a. would benefit your future peaceful nights...and days!
b. would avoid any red flags i.e. kcr's unfortunate (2nd?) refusal.

anyway, getting them reprint would be easier than getting some US government's representative, justify the fact that in california some companies tend to do this, right?

zeke, try to see what your chances are? hope you get a positive and quick reply from your former employers.

does ANYONE in this forum has any proof as to how the caseworker consider PART TIME work?

best for all

jhonny

[deborahCO]

Zeke: I was in the same boat as you - 2 page reference letter with 2nd page stationery different than the first. I think so long as the 2nd (or 3rd or whatever page) has the original signature of the sender and clearly relates, you'll be fine. I got HSMP approval and they never said a word about that.

[lynn132]

About the part-time work - I had some of my experience as part time work, as a graduate teaching assistant while I completed my Master's degree. I noted that the two-year period re[presented abotu a year's worth of experiences, and backed that up with my certification documentation that clearly states that this counts as one year of experience for the purposes of certification However, I had over ten years of later experience, most of it as a specialist, so they may not have looked at that at all.

[marr1a]

Hi Zeke,

I just looked through my files of letters from my previous UK company AND ones I've received from the Home Office and in almost all they do not use their letterhead for the second page either. Too expensive, I imagine. Just like Deborah says, if the 2nd or 3rd page has the signature that should be ok.

kind regards
marr1a

[zeke]

Thank you all for your replies and not thinking that I am overly zealous in bringing this up as a possible problem!


I think that the ultimate reassurance for me is that marr1a got correspondence from Home Office itself and its letters were written as I have described mine as being written... also deborahCO noted that she, too, had letters like mine, and she was approved for HSMP with the stationery apparently not being an issue.

As far as our friend kcr is concerned, my understanding is that he had no evidence that a person in a position of authority in his workplace has attested to the fact that he has held a graduate level position with the organization. (I was very disspointed that his workplace was not willing to help him by writing a lettter which would have merely contained the facts surrounding the work kcr does.) His situation is different from mine, although I have several instances in which the persons in authority who have attested to the facts of my positions are no longer working for the organizations in question. In two cases, the organization no longer exists at all! In these cases, the letters have been written on the person's current letterhead, with an explanation of the status of the organization, or that the person is no longer affiliated with the organization. I do have two letters that are written by representatives of organizations I have worked with in the past and that are still in business, but the letter writer does not know me; these letters have been a bit awkward to ask for...especially for work experience that took place in the several-years past, I think it is more powerful for the letter to be written by someone who was actually familiar with me and my work, if possible...

As for parttime work, I have now done a search on these boards and have encountered 1-2 instances of people reporting that they claimed parttime work and did get approval (although I don't recall how much of their HSMP claim relied on the parttime work). The experience of lynn132 here is a case in point.

Thank you all, again It would be IMPOSSIBLE for me to survive HSMP application entirely on my own. This is a true team endeavor!!