A member nominated by SINP was filing their PR application, but their current company was taking a long time to issue a new employment reference letter — they wanted to know whether the older letter (already submitted with their SINP ITA) could be reused, especially since their job title had changed while their duties stayed the same.
What the thread clarified:- Your job title doesn't matter for eligibility as long as your actual job duties are the same. Members were direct that if your responsibilities haven't changed, a title change alone isn't a problem for using the previously submitted reference letter.
- You can still submit the older experience letter (from March 2021, in this case) as long as it has a current date of issue. The concern isn't the letter's original content, but making sure it's not stale — get a re-dated copy if possible, even if the content of duties described stays the same.
- Your recent payslips may show your new job title, and that's fine — the PR application form has a section to list all job titles you've held over time, so a discrepancy between the older letter's title and your current payslips isn't a contradiction, just something the form is designed to accommodate.
The practical takeaway: if your employer is slow to issue a new reference letter, an older letter is generally still usable for your PR application as long as your duties haven't changed and you can get it re-dated — just make sure to list all your job titles (old and new) in the application form itself.