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Communicating specific reference letter requirements to former supervisors

🧭 worksocial problemSingle report ●●●●● severity 2/5

An immigration applicant is struggling to find a polite and professional way to ask a former supervisor to sign a pre-drafted reference letter without altering specific technical phrasing required for immigration compliance.

Who's affected: An immigration applicant seeking a reference letter from an ex-supervisor.

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What people do today

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Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

  1. A template library of professional email scripts for requesting specific document wording for immigration or legal purposes.
  2. A guide or checklist for applicants on how to frame technical requirements as 'compliance needs' rather than 'editing restrictions'.
  3. A service that provides neutral, third-party verification of job duties to reduce the burden on former supervisors.
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Real voices

“How do I tactfully ask an ex-supervisor to approve a reference letter that I have drafted without changing anything in the main body?”

Source: Stack Exchange (interpersonal) · CC BY-SA 4.0, user-contributed content from Stack Exchange; summarized and modified

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