Employer not providing absence letter, they dont have record

[natspace]

Hi,

I have been with my current employer for 4 years now.

I had prepared an absense letter (based on format here) for paid annual leave and business purposes and gave it to them.

However, they say they can't sign it because they have no means to cross-check the dates I provide, as they do not have previous records (i.e. leave cards). They have only the current (academic) year leave cards from which they can cross-check.

Please suggest what do I do here? What then can I provide as evidence to UKBA for this purpose, apart from my own absence leter (part of 6.2)

Cheers

[natspace]

Just to reiterate, all were paid absences there are no unpaid absences

[deleted_user]

Were your leaves over 180 days. I'm guessing not.

Most people are not being asked for this letter if less than 180 days but to be on safe side take a letter from them saying you are in ongoing employment with them from date till present and they do not have records of your past annual leaves and would be happy to answer any question about your employment ("If you have further question please feel free to contact us." line).

If you are still sweating, take your payslips for the months you were on leave as a second proof that you were being paid as a regular employee during those months/days. Any proofs of company paid business expenses during travel will also help.