Over the last two weeks, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From September 2 to September 15, Canada invited 5,378 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of September 15, 29,715 candidates registered in the pool, awaiting the invitation. In this round, there were 2 ITAs for Andorra, 484 ITAs for Australia, 3 ITAs for Austria, 87 ITAs for Belgium, 947 ITAs for Chile, 3 ITAs for Costa Rica, 14 ITAs for Croatia, 79 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 23 ITAs for Denmark, 12 ITAs for Estonia, 254 ITAs for France, 289 ITAs for Germany, 33 ITAs for Greece, 11 ITAs for Hong Kong, 273 ITAs for Ireland, 210 ITAs for Italy, 298 ITAs for Japan, 475 ITAs for Korea, 2 ITAs for Latvia, 2 ITAs for Lithuania, 5 ITAs for Luxembourg, 63 ITAs for the Netherlands, 99 ITAs for New Zealand, 8 ITAs for Norway, 29 ITAs for Poland, 72 ITAs for Portugal, 17 ITAs for Slovakia, 2 ITAs for Slovenia, 162 ITAs for Spain, 41 ITAs for Sweden, 13 ITAs for Switzerland, 585 ITAs for Taiwan, and 781 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In 2023, Canada issued 119,104 ITAs under the IEC Program.
Canada issued over 5,000 invitations through the IEC program
