How to Write a Character Reference

This article was co-authored by Miatrai Brown, Esq.. Miatrai Brown is an Immigration Lawyer based in Washington D.C. With over 10 years of academic and professional experience, her areas of focus include employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas, investment-based immigration, family-based immigration, risk management assessment, and regulatory compliance. She began her legal career exclusively practicing immigration and nationality law as external immigration counsel to large U.S. corporations and fast-moving start-ups. After six years at top immigration firms, she opened her own practice, Direct U.S. Immigration. This move was motivated by her desire to provide more access to a high level of immigration support to clients worldwide. As a thoughtful and strategic advisor on immigration and related matters, Direct U.S. Immigration earned an impressive honor as Immigration Law Firm of the Year 2023 – Washington DC.

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If you have never written a character reference letter before, it might sound like a challenge. While writing character reference letter is a big responsibility, there’s no need to worry. Whether it's for a job, an academic program, or even a court-related issue, writing a character reference letter is easy as long as you have some background information in hand and adopt a respectful tone. Keep your writing positive and you’ll surely earn the gratitude of the friend or individual who requested you to write the letter.