Paystubs Issue - Please share your insights
Guidance and Advice would be truly appreciated! 🙏
I’m preparing my PR application and have a question about pay stubs. I worked for a U.S.-based company for almost 3 years (partly from India and partly remotely while studying in Canada). I was paid monthly via Remitly (In india)/Gusto(Canada). Since the company didn’t run traditional payroll for international workers, I generated pay stubs (for three months), and my employer was aware, and he signed and approved this for my initial study permit as a means of showing proof of funds. I also have full bank statements showing consistent salary deposits.
Given that I'm an international contractor, I was told not to create/submit paystubs for my PR application and that just bank deposits would do. I’m worried about whether IRCC could see self-generated pay stubs as problematic, even though the employment and payments were genuine and verifiable. And me not submitting them for my PR application, how would that be viewed? Has anyone had experience submitting salary statements they prepared themselves (with employer confirmation) along with bank proof? How was it viewed?