Over the last week, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From October 7 to October 13, Canada invited 3,124 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of October 13, 31,556 candidates registered in the pool, awaiting the invitation. In this round, there were 1 ITA for Andorra, 284 ITAs for Australia, 4 ITAs for Austria, 26 ITAs for Belgium, 1,042 ITAs for Chile, 9 ITA for Costa Rica, 6 ITAs for Croatia, 43 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 10 ITAs for Denmark, 224 ITAs for France, 178 ITAs for Germany, 15 ITAs for Greece, 7 ITAs for Hong Kong, 198 ITAs for Ireland, 137 ITAs for Italy, 6 ITAs for Japan, 175 ITAs for Korea, 3 ITAs for Lithuania, 21 ITAs for the Netherlands, 38 ITAs for New Zealand, 4 ITAs for Norway, 21 ITAs for Poland, 28 ITAs for Portugal, 2 ITAs for Slovakia, 2 ITAs for Slovenia, 65 ITAs for Spain, 11 ITAs for Sweden, 3 ITAs for Switzerland, 249 ITAs for Taiwan, and 312 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In 2023, Canada issued 127,586 ITAs under the IEC Program.
IRCC approved over 3,000 IEC applications over the last week
