New invitation round IEC 2023 invites 1,500 applicants

July 1, 2023

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Last updated on July 1, 2023, 11:26 EDT (Toronto time)

Last International Experience Canada – IEC 2023 invitation round of June 2023, approximately 1,500 invitations to apply for work permits (ITAs) were sent.

The most invitations, 1,369, went to applicants from eligible countries, under the Working Holiday visa category, which offered them open work permits.

In the Working Holiday category, some 85,000 invitations to apply for open work permits have already been sent in 2023.

About 152 applicants were invited in the Young Professionals category and more than 17 people were invited in the International Co-op (internship) category.

According to the latest IRCC processing time update, the current IEC season takes 9 weeks to process.

Below is a list of all eligible countries with the number of invitations sent out this week, the total number of invitations sent out so far in 2023, the number of open seats and the applications in the pool.

IEC 2023 Working Holiday Invitations – June 30

Country	Invitations issued Weekend June 30th	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	280	7,483	199	unlimited	Excellent
Austria	6	250	9	7	Excellent
Belgium	1	1,153	79	1	Very low
Chili	0	2,292	7,510	0	Very low
Costa Rica	0	671	1,328	0	Very low
Croatia	6	132	2	192	Excellent
Czech Republic	21	921	14	423	Excellent
Denmark	7	350	2	92	Excellent
Estonia	1	114	2	46	Excellent
France	1	16,886	9,988	0	Very low
Germany	119	4,420	82	1,512	Excellent
Greece	7	347	5	140	Excellent
Hong-Kong	7	341	9	59	Excellent
Ireland	99	6,898	82	6,470	Excellent
Italy	69	2,229	38	616	Excellent
Japan	184	6,136	151	1,669	Excellent
Korean Republic	21	10,730	1,191	22	Very low
Latvia	0	72	26	0	Very low
Lithuania	2	386	52	2	Very low
Luxembourg	1	37	1	52	Excellent
The Netherlands	25	1,036	18	173	Excellent
New Zealand	48	2,260	51	956	Excellent
Norway	3	98	6	74	Excellent
Poland	18	828	17	188	Excellent
Portugal	24	966	21	1,123	Excellent
San Marino	0	4	0	22	Excellent
Slovakia	11	487	6	33	Excellent
Slovenia	0	54	0	58	Excellent
Spain	53	2.009	44	718	Excellent
Sweden	9	399	8	370	Excellent
Taiwan	14	4,598	1,291	10	Very low
United Kingdom	332	10,452	274	4,144	Excellent
Total	1,369	85,061	22,506	19,188

IEC 2023 Working Holiday Invitations – June 30

Country	Invitations issued Weekend June 30th	Total number of invitations Published in 2023	Candidates In swimming pool	Available Stains	Chance to receive an invite next week
Australia	5	143	4	unlimited	Excellent
Austria	0	11	0	8	Excellent
Chili	2	393	57	10	Very low
Costa Rica	3	189	3	17	Excellent
Croatia	0	7	0	16	Excellent
Czech Republic	4	222	8	8	Excellent
Estonia	2	13	1	4	Excellent
France	73	2,793	61	582	Excellent
France via Volontariat international en entreprise (VIE)	13	348	81	234	Excellent
Germany	16	414	10	145	Excellent
Greece	4	129	0	49	Excellent
Ireland	2	123	1	128	Excellent
Italy	4	177	4	64	Excellent
Latvia	0	6	0	7	Excellent
Lithuania	0	18	0	5	Excellent
Luxembourg	0	2	0	9	Excellent
The Netherlands	5	144	4	38	Excellent
Norway	1	11	0	9	Excellent
Poland	0	78	1	82	Excellent
Portugal	1	36	1	186	Excellent
Slovakia	0	49	1	4	Excellent
Slovenia	1	10	0	9	Excellent
Spain	4	183	2	74	Excellent
Spain through ICEX is alive	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	46	Excellent
Sweden	0	30	0	88	Excellent
Switzerland	8	251	4	28	Excellent
Taiwan	4	140	2	24	Excellent
Total	152	5,920	245	1,874

IEC 2023 Invitations for Young Professionals – June 30

Country	Invitations issued Week End June 30th	Total number of invitations Published in 2023	Candidates In swimming pool	Available Stains
France	17	3,695	33	1,772
Ireland	0	17	0	38
Germany	0	102	2	106
Luxembourg	0	3	0	9
Switzerland	0	37	1	26
Taiwan	0	19	0	2
Total	17	3,873	36	1,953