IRCC issued nearly 3,500 ITAs in the new IEC draws

Over the last two weeks, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From June 3 to June 16, Canada invited 3,487 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of June 16, 23,707 candidates registered in the pool, awaiting the invitation. In these rounds, there were 1 ITA for Andorra, 508 ITAs for Australia, 82 ITAs for Austria, 79 ITAs for Belgium, 35 ITAs for Costa Rica, 7 ITAs for Croatia, 46 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 18 ITAs for Denmark, 3 ITAs for Estonia, 285 ITAs for France, 257 ITAs for Germany, 23 ITAs for Greece, 12 ITAs for Hong Kong, 215 ITAs for Ireland, 131 ITAs for Italy, 414 ITAs for Japan, 81 ITAs for Korea, 18 ITAs for Lithuania, 4 ITAs for Luxembourg, 44 ITA for the Netherlands, 149 ITAs for New Zealand, 10 ITAs for Norway, 48 ITAs for Poland, 42 ITAs for Portugal, 18 ITAs for Slovakia, 9 ITAs for Slovenia, 130 ITAs for Spain, 28 ITAs for Sweden, 17 ITAs for Switzerland, 116 ITAs for Taiwan, and 657 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In 2023, Canada issued 91,867 ITAs under the IEC Program.