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Visa Officer
Canadian Embassy in Kyiv
Cover Letter
Dear Sir or Madam,
My name is XXXXXX. I am writing this letter to explain why I have chosen to study in Red River College, Winnipeg, Manitoba, as well as to give answer to some questions that might arise when you will be processing my application.
I am a chemist currently working on the position of Senior Engineer in XXXXXXX, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies on the Ukrainian market. The department I work in is called Research and Development Department. In brief, its activity is connected to creating new medicines with emphasize on their availability, efficacy and, of course, safety.
My duties include writing analytical procedures, carrying out their validation on laboratory equipment, preparing protocols of analysis, performing stability studies and compiling them into stability tables. In short, my work is to assess and control the quality of new medicines from analytical point of view.
As developing medicines is a sophisticated process, sometimes deviations and unacceptable results may occur. To solve the described issues, some certain measures should be applied. They may include troubleshooting, identification and analysis of unexpected results, implementing corrective and preventing actions. The way these problems/deviations are solved is particular area of my professional interests. It is quite interesting and challenging process as you always should have in mind different approaches and types of possible solutions.
Now, having more than 8 years of experience working in an analytical laboratory, I feel well prepared to further deepen and refine my expertise through learning more on how the quality per se is assessed, committed and applied.
While searching for a suitable program for me and doing some analysis I came into conclusion that Red River College will be my best option. Firstly, Canada is well known for its prominent educational system. By contrast with Canada Ukraine cannot make boast of this fact. Secondly, education fees in Canada are lower compared to those in other English-speaking countries. Eventually, Canada is one of the top countries that make their impact into pharmaceutical development while Ukraine has recently started to implement world’s best practices.
Applying for QA/QC in the Pharmaceutical Industry program that is taught at Red River College will help me to see the process from within as Red River College provides excellent facilities and state-of-the-art equipment to put theory into practice. This is exactly the kind of learning I wish to receive because I believe gaining knowledge has no use if it is not applied in practice.
These days Ukraine has high ambitions to sell its medicines not only on the local market. As a result, there are a lot of tablets, syrups and different kinds of solutions that were manufactured in Ukraine and are being sold on European, American and Asian markets. In order to comply with the requirements of quality and safety, Ukrainian pharmaceutical companies try to follow different regulatory documents.
I can state with confidence that the Canadian degree opens doors for me in Ukraine because quality assurance and quality control experts are of high demand here. Persons who gain diploma in QA/QC field are welcomed to work in Ukrainian Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) regulated laboratories or GMP regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing companies. Research institutions, quality control laboratories, pharmaceutical companies would view me as a valuable potential member of their personnel (for instance, as an auditing inspector).
It should be mentioned that I am married and it goes without saying that I would like to have my wife Oksana accompany me during my study in Canada. I am convinced that her stay in Canada will be a great opportunity for her to live in English-speaking environment and get acquainted with the Canadian life style and culture, explore local customs and manners.
This experience will be very helpful because not only will it improve her knowledge of English, but also improve her ability to cooperate and communicate effectively which will help her in her personal and career growth when she returns to Ukraine. It is a known fact that nowadays employers prefer to hire people who have worked or studied abroad and gained valuable life skills – and of course, recognized qualifications and experience. That is why we both are confident that our experience in Canada will certainly help boost our employability and increase our career prospects in Ukraine.
I would like to inform you that yet in 2011 I and my fiancé XXXXXX (now my wife) decided to keep all our money in one deposit account which was opened for my wife’s name. That is why my wife will actually act as our family sponsor during our stay in Canada (letter of financial support enclosed). Also, we have $5200 of our savings which we keep at home because of unstable situation with the dollar in our country and in order to have money available just to be safe.
Financial Qualifications:
According to the enclosed bank statements about availability of the funds in our bank accounts as well as salary certificates from our employers we confirm our financial ability to finance my study and cover all costs within the period of our family stay in Canada and pay all costs related to flight to and travel in Canada (listed as transportation cost).
•My personal bank statement for the past six months showing ending balance of UAH xxx (CADxxx).
•My wife’s statement for the past six months showing ending balance of UAH xxx (CADxxx).
•Financial Support Letter from my wife.
•My wife’s deposit account bank statement showing ending balance of UAHXXX (CADxxx)
Cost of my Program – CAD 12 429
Health insurance – CAD 315
Estimated costs for books and supplies – CAD 550
Living Cost – CAD 20000
Transportation cost (air plane tickets, bus or train) – CAD 2 500
Funds Available – CAD xxxx
We promise to leave Canada as soon as the term of our authorized stay there will end.