A transfer letter is also a kind of business letter which is mostly used to let the employee know that he has been transferred from one location to another or from one department to another. It is true that transferring an employee is never an easy task for the HR department as they have to state a proper justification about he has been transferred. In most cases, it is seen that the employees do not always remain ready to get transferred especially when the employees observe that he will have to do shifting duties or when the employee find it hard to adjust himself in a new set of colleagues.

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Again it is not always the case that the employee will hate to get transferred sometimes the employees may also like to transfer from one location to another especially when it convenient from him to do duties from that location. But no matter whether the employee likes to get transferred or not sometimes it becomes very necessary for the HR manager to transfer their employee from one place to another or from one department to another.

But writing a transfer letter is never an easy task and you must know the complete transfer letter format before writing it. This is the reason why we have come up with a standard letter format and sample so that it becomes easier for you to understand how to write and what to write.

Format for writing a transfer letter 

In the following we have come up with a sample format of transfer letter that you can use when you need to transfer your employee:

From,

<Your Name>
<Your Address>
<Your Email ID>
<Your Phone No.>

Date: Date of the day when you will send the letter in DD/MM/YYYY format

To,

<Name of the employee whom you have transferred>
<Address of the employee whom you have transferred>
<Email ID of the employee whom you have transferred>
<Phone No. of the employee whom you have transferred >

Dear <Name of the person whom you have authorized>

This is to inform you that as required by the concerned department the company has decided to transfer you from our head office to the branch office which is located at <Name of the location>. With this transfer letter, I shall like to request you to join in <Department Name> and you need to meet Mr. <Name of the manager at the transferred location> who will your reporting manager at that location.

Your joining date will be <Date of the day when you have to join at the transferred location in DD/MM/YYYY format > and you have to report on <time when you have to report>.