Writing an employer reference

This is a little example of an employer reference that I wrote when I was getting all the documentation required for the Australian visa application, I hope it would be useful for the people who wants to use it as a template, for me it was very effective and I hope It would be for you.

Este es un pequeño ejemplo de una carta de referencia que escribí cuando estaba reuniendo toda la documentación requerida para aplicar por la visa Australiana, Espero que sea util para las personas que quieran usarla como plantilla, para mi fue efectiva y espero que lo sea para ustedes.


_____________________________________________________________________________________

Date, City - Country


TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN


Name identified by Passport Number, has been working in Company Name since Date1 to current as a full time employee, during the period from Date2 to Date3, the position he hold is XYZ.

He was in charge to Description of the Job.

His principals’ duties were:


• Design and modify database objects (Oracle 11gi) according to changes in law.
• Create and update store procedures(Oracle 11g) which manage affiliate’s information
• Create and update Software XYZ modules (ERP Company Software) both in presentation and data tier (PHP and Oracle 11g).
• Tuning to procedures and queries using PLSQL.

Name is extremely organized; he can work independently and is able to follow through to ensure that the job gets done. He is flexible and willing to work on any project that is assigned to him. He has my highest recommendation.

If you would have any further questions with regard to his background or qualifications, please do not hesitate to contact me.


Sincerely,


Boss Name
Position in the Company
Company Name
Tel. 12345647 Mobile : 311-11111111
City, Country
Mail : mailAddress@gmail.com

Taking Medical Examinations

We woke up early because our appointment was settled at 7 AM and we live far away from the medical center; it took us 1 hour to get there. When we arrived the medical center was still closed but 5 minutes later the first employee arrived.

She asks us about what embassy was the documentation for, because they make medical examinations not only for Australia but also for Canada, New Zealand and I don’t know what others countries.

Later she asks about the File reference number which arrived in the email that the case officer sent us and we showed her the original passport because we forgot the photocopy. At that time the office was with 7 people more taking the same medical examinations for the same and/or different countries.

Then the secretary took us a picture to each one with a digital camera and fill out the information in a template form for the medical and RX exam and we pay 680.000 Colombian pesos (340 dollars approximately). After that we were called for another employee who took us the blood test and gave us a little plastic can for the urine test.

Afterwards the first secretary gave us the medical order to take the chest RX in other clinic called IDIME, that clinic center was at 10 minutes by car and we arrived there at 10 minutes to 9 am and the attention was really quick but the result took 1 hour to be ready. At that place we didn’t pay anything because the previous money we pay in the doctor’s office include the RX too.
With the chest RX result in a sealed envelope we come back to take the general examination with the doctor but at that time (10 AM) our daughter was sleeping in my arms and was necessary to wake her up, thing no easy to do because at that time is her usual nap time.
Finally we woke up our daughter and the doctor only heard her heart and her lungs and during the entire interview he was watching her and taking notes on her movements and her general behavior.

The interview was really fast; only the doctor takes your blood pressure, hear your breath and your heart, some regular questions and no more. Before noon we had finished all the medical requirements and the doctor told us that everything was ok, very normal.

The medical center is in charge to send the documents to the corresponding office, in our case that office was Sydney because we are applying for a General skill independent visa (175).
We wait 7 days before call the medical center ask them for the tracking number for our documents and there they gave us that number and also informed us that the documents already arrived to Sydney on February 23.

That day (Feb 23) we checked through the evisa system and the medical examinations looked “Received” and 3 days later the status had changed to “Referred” and the March 03 they seem Finalized.

Taking PCC

That was easier, only we needed to call the DAS and ask for an appointment for the next day, and the day of the appointment we carried the national ID, a photo and 15.000 (8 US$ approximately) and half our later we had our Police clearance certificate.

Those paper (PCC) we uploaded for the e-visa system on March 03, 2010 because we had to wait for the translations.

I want to add the Attention in the medical center was excellent and reliable, they know all the procedure and they have software where there is the template for every form you need in this case 26EH and 160EH.