IEC 2023 Round of invitations sent > 1,500 new invitations
Last updated June 24, 2023, 10:50 AM EDT (Toronto time)
IEC 2023 New Invitation Round: The International Experience Canada (IEC) 2023 draw has sent out more than 1,500 work permit invitations for the week ending June 23, 2023.
In the IEC’s Working Holiday category, nearly 1,300 invitations were sent to candidates from more than 30 eligible countries.
There are 21,839 candidates competing for 19,716 positions in the Working Holiday pool for the next round.
The candidates in the Young Professional category received 156 invitations.
The International Co-op (stage) category received approximately 48 invitations.
IEC 2023 has a total quota of 90,000 for this year.
The processing window for the current IEC season has been extended to 9 weeks, according to the most recent IRCC processing report dated June 22.
The tables below list the countries likely to receive an invitation next week, the total number of invitations sent out this week and in 2023, the number of candidates in the pool and the number of places available.
| Country | Invitations issued Weekend June 2nd3 |
Total number of invitations Published in 2023 |
Candidates In swimming pool | Available Stains | Chance of receipt An invitation Next week |
| Andorra | 0 | 22 | 0 | 16 | Excellent |
| Australia | 247 | 7,203 | 224 | unlimited | Excellent |
| Austria | 9 | 244 | 5 | 10 | Excellent |
| Belgium | 3 | 1,152 | 50 | 2 | Very low |
| Chili | 0 | 2,292 | 7,435 | 0 | Very low |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 671 | 1,271 | 1 | Very low |
| Croatia | 3 | 126 | 5 | 197 | Excellent |
| Czech Republic | 13 | 900 | 16 | 432 | Excellent |
| Denmark | 11 | 343 | 5 | 95 | Excellent |
| Estonia | 1 | 113 | 1 | 46 | Excellent |
| France | 0 | 16,885 | 9,633 | 0 | Very low |
| Germany | 116 | 4,301 | 101 | 1,574 | Excellent |
| Greece | 5 | 340 | 7 | 144 | Excellent |
| Hong-Kong | 6 | 334 | 7 | 56 | Excellent |
| Ireland | 93 | 6,799 | 82 | 6,514 | Excellent |
| Italy | 42 | 2,160 | 54 | 646 | Excellent |
| Japan | 170 | 5,952 | 140 | 1,800 | Excellent |
| Korean Republic | 36 | 10,709 | 1,095 | 22 | Very low |
| Latvia | 0 | 72 | 24 | 0 | Very low |
| Lithuania | 4 | 384 | 50 | 3 | Very low |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 36 | 1 | 53 | Excellent |
| The Netherlands | 28 | 1.011 | 23 | 186 | Excellent |
| New Zealand | 62 | 2,212 | 39 | 987 | Excellent |
| Norway | 5 | 95 | 3 | 76 | Excellent |
| Poland | 17 | 810 | 16 | 195 | Excellent |
| Portugal | 40 | 942 | 20 | 1,131 | Excellent |
| San Marino | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | Excellent |
| Slovakia | 6 | 476 | 10 | 40 | Excellent |
| Slovenia | 0 | 54 | 0 | 58 | Excellent |
| Spain | 49 | 1,956 | 46 | 735 | Excellent |
| Sweden | 12 | 390 | 8 | 375 | Excellent |
| Taiwan | 24 | 4,584 | 1,209 | 16 | Very low |
| United Kingdom | 292 | 10,120 | 259 | 4,284 | Excellent |
| Total | 1,298 | 83,692 | 21,839 | 19,716 |
| Country | Invitations issued at the end of the week June 2nd3 | Total number of invitations Released in 2023 | Candidates In swimming pool | Available Stains | Chance to receive an invite next week |
| Australia | 9 | 138 | 3 | unlimited | Excellent |
| Austria | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | Excellent |
| Chili | 0 | 391 | 54 | 2 | Very low |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 186 | 2 | 18 | Excellent |
| Croatia | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 | Excellent |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 218 | 3 | 8 | Excellent |
| Estonia | 3 | 11 | 2 | 5 | Excellent |
| France | 73 | 2,720 | 60 | 628 | Excellent |
| France via Volontariat international en entreprise (VIE) | 14 | 335 | 73 | 246 | Excellent |
| Germany | 15 | 398 | 11 | 158 | Excellent |
| Greece | 2 | 125 | 3 | 51 | Excellent |
| Ireland | 2 | 121 | 2 | 128 | Excellent |
| Italy | 3 | 173 | 4 | 65 | Excellent |
| Latvia | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | Excellent |
| Lithuania | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | Excellent |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | Excellent |
| The Netherlands | 3 | 139 | 5 | 40 | Excellent |
| Norway | 0 | 10 | 1 | 10 | Excellent |
| Poland | 2 | 78 | 0 | 80 | Excellent |
| Portugal | 2 | 35 | 1 | 186 | Excellent |
| Slovakia | 1 | 49 | 0 | 4 | Excellent |
| Slovenia | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | Excellent |
| Spain | 8 | 179 | 5 | 77 | Excellent |
| Spain through ICEX Vives | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 46 | Excellent |
| Sweden | 1 | 30 | 0 | 88 | Excellent |
| Switzerland | 6 | 243 | 7 | 33 | Excellent |
| Taiwan | 4 | 136 | 3 | 25 | Excellent |
| Total | 156 | 5,768 | 240 | 1,953 |
Invitations to international cooperation
| Country | Invitations issued Weekend June 2nd3 | Total number of invitations Released in 2023 | Candidates In swimming pool | Available Stains |
| France | 46 | 3,678 | 42 | 1,780 |
| Ireland | 0 | 17 | 0 | 37 |
| Germany | 2 | 102 | 4 | 106 |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 37 | 2 | 26 |
| Taiwan | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 48 | 3,856 | 48 | 1,959 |
