IEC 2023 New Round of Invitations | May 27

Last Updated On 27 May 2023, 10:30 AM EDT (Toronto Time)

This article provides information about IEC 2023 new round of invitations which is officially updated by the IRCC every Friday.

For the IEC 2023 season, Canada has set a quota of 90,000 work permits across three categories to be filled by individuals from more than 35 eligible countries.

Last week, we (INC – Immigration News Canada) reported discrepancy in number of invitations for Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Taiwan. Good news, IRCC has now corrected the numbers.

This week, around 2,500 individuals have been extended an invitation to submit an application for open work permits under the IEC Working Holiday visa category.

Please click here for the IEC 2023 quotas for each country.

Candidates who applied to be in the Young Professional category were extended 267 invitations, whilst candidates from major nations who applied to be in the International Co-op (internship) category were only extended 116 invitations.

The most recent official processing time updated by the IRCC on May 26 reflects that 80% of IEC 2023 applications are being processed within a period of 7 weeks.

The following tables provide category-wise lists of the most recent invites granted, available places, candidates already in the pool, and the likelihood of earning an invite in the following week for each nation.

Working Holiday Category Invitations

Country	Invitations Issued Week Ending May 26	Total Invitations Issued In 2023	Candidates   In Pool	Available    Spots
Andorra	0	17	1	20
Australia	318	6,232	170	unlimited
Austria	0	154	73	0
Belgium	47	1,044	13	67
Chile	0	2,292	7,125	0
Costa Rica	40	612	1,103	44
Croatia	5	111	5	204
Czech Republic	18	830	20	470
Denmark	13	306	8	123
Estonia	0	110	0	49
France	0	16,885	8,261	0
Germany	140	3,861	82	1,820
Greece	9	311	2	107
Hong Kong	8	308	6	67
Ireland	119	6,405	70	6,706
Italy	76	1,941	37	635
Japan	225	5,217	118	2,404
Korea Republic	100	10,503	671	108
Latvia	0	72	22	0
Lithuania	4	360	48	2
Luxembourg	0	30	0	59
Netherlands	143	929	11	167
New Zealand	71	1,925	45	1,149
Norway	4	75	3	87
Poland	22	738	12	224
Portugal	28	834	18	1,191
San Marino	0	4	0	22
Slovakia	14	452	5	47
Slovenia	8	46	1	62
Spain	116	1,732	47	790
Sweden	33	342	5	395
Taiwan	269	4,382	923	84
United Kingdom	665	8,904	208	4,879
Total	2,495	77,964	19,113	21,982

Young Professionals Invitations

Country	Invitations Issued Week Ending May 26	Total Invitations Issued In 2023	Candidates   In Pool	Available   Spots	Chances of Receiving An Invitation Next Week
Australia	6	116	2	unlimited	Excellent
Austria	0	10	0	59	Excellent
Chile	0	391	30	0	Very low
Costa Rica	6	172	1	18	Excellent
Croatia	0	7	0	16	Excellent
Czech Republic	6	200	4	24	Excellent
Estonia	0	7	0	7	Excellent
France	147	2,414	51	804	Excellent
France via Volontariat international en entreprise (VIE)	1	274	66	300	Excellent
Germany	16	342	10	171	Excellent
Greece	4	120	0	104	Excellent
Ireland	3	114	1	129	Excellent
Italy	5	164	0	135	Excellent
Latvia	0	6	0	7	Excellent
Lithuania	0	17	0	11	Excellent
Luxembourg	1	1	0	9	Excellent
Netherlands	24	126	4	98	Excellent
Norway	0	7	0	10	Excellent
Poland	2	68	2	86	Excellent
Portugal	2	32	0	187	Excellent
Slovakia	2	41	1	12	Excellent
Slovenia	0	7	0	12	Excellent
Spain	19	156	3	85	Excellent
Spain via ICEX Vives	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	46	Excellent
Sweden	2	27	0	89	Excellent
Switzerland	14	218	3	44	Excellent
Taiwan	7	122	2	70	Excellent
Total	267	5,159	180	2,533

IEC 2023 International Co-op (internship) Invitations

Country	Invitations Issued Week Ending May 26	Total Invitations Issued In 2023	Candidates   In Pool	Available   Spots	Chances of Receiving An Invitation Next Week
France	106	3,507	44	1,862	Excellent
Ireland	0	15	0	39	Excellent
Germany	7	93	0	104	Excellent
Luxembourg	0	3	0	9	Excellent
Switzerland	2	34	1	28	Excellent
Taiwan	1	18	1	19	Excellent
Total	116	3,670	46	2,061

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