How to ask for useful feedback
A short guide that follows the post form in the member app: what to say, what to leave out and how to read the replies.
Before you post
- Say what the work is and how you relate to it. Choose the post type and write a title that names the work or the question. Then choose how you relate to it: “My own work”, “Our team’s work”, “Work I contributed to” or “Someone else’s resource”. Sharing a resource is not the same as owning it.
- Ask one concrete question. Use the “Feedback you want” field for the one thing you want to know, for example “Does the order of evidence make sense?”. A specific question tells readers where to look.
- Give the context a reader needs. In the text, say what the work is, who it is for and what you have already tried. A field tag and route tags help the right people find the post. Route tags are discovery labels, not a statement of whether you are eligible.
- Leave out what identifies your case. Posts are not confidential. Do not post details that identify your case, private documents or anyone else’s details. Nothing from your private workspace is added to a post for you.
- Add a date only if it helps. You can show the community a “Feedback date”. It is separate from any private application target in your workspace and is never copied from it.
Reading the replies
Replies come from members, not lawyers. When a reply states an official rule, check it against the official page and the date it was read; members’ experience and the official rule are different things. A reply marked as useful is not a confirmation that it is legally correct.
The official starting points list the pages GTJ’s templates use.
When you answer someone else
- Answer the question they asked.
- If you mention an official rule, link the official page and say when you read it.
- Keep your own experience apart from what the official page says.
- Do not ask them for documents or details that identify their case.
Editorial status
Written by the GTJ team from the product’s own rules and the source record of its preparation templates. It has not been reviewed by a lawyer or a regulated immigration adviser. Last updated .