IEC 2023 New Round of Invitations Sent >2,200 Invites

Last Updated On 11 March 2023, 10:12 PM EST (Toronto Time)

IEC 2023 New Round of Invitations: The 9th International Experience Canada (IEC) 2023 draw sent out more than 2,200 invitations for the week ending March 10, 2023.

More than 1,841 invites were extended to potential participants in the IEC Working Holiday category from more than 30 different countries.

As of March 10, 2023 140 additional spots have been added to Working Holiday category and 160 to Young Professionals category for Greece.

Previously, IEC Working Holiday Quota for Korea and the United Kingdom was also increased on February 24, 2023.

Currently, there are around 31,757 available spots in Working Holiday category with more than 5,788 candidates in pool awaiting an invitation.

223 invites are issued under Young Professionals category. Furthermore, 235 candidates are in pool competing for 3,460 available spots.

Additionally, 166 invites are sent under the International Co-op (internship) category. Out of these, 163 invites are sent to citizens of France.

There are 127 candidates in pool and 2,732 available spots in the International Co-op (internship) category.

This year, a total of 90,000 quota is allotted for IEC 2023, and around 62,000 invitations have already been distributed.

According to the most recent IRCC processing update on March 7, the current IEC season has a processing time of under 3 weeks.

Below listed is the country-wise data on number of invitations, candidate in pool, and available spots under all the 3 categories.

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Working Holiday Category of IEC 2023

Country	Invitations Issued This Week	Total Invitations Issued In 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots
Andorra	2	10	0	18
Australia	225	3,406	249	Unlimited
Austria	0	154	16	0
Belgium	20	647	31	297
Croatia	3	74	3	229
Czech Republic	25	598	31	612
Denmark	12	166	15	223
Estonia	7	73	7	68
France	0	16,885	3,054	0
Germany	173	2,376	165	2,826
Greece	10	217	8	168
Hong Kong	9	231	9	92
Ireland	275	4,501	254	7,718
Italy	75	1,180	70	1,033
Japan	199	2,971	182	4,183
Korea Republic	195	7,287	1,037	1,919
Latvia	0	66	6	0
Lithuania	24	286	30	34
Luxembourg	0	18	0	67
Netherlands	55	640	44	362
New Zealand	74	1,153	59	1,653
Norway	9	46	0	102
Poland	30	462	20	364
Portugal	31	499	30	1,388
San Marino	0	4	0	22
Slovakia	15	317	13	112
Slovenia	0	26	1	69
Spain	76	1,144	42	1,097
Sweden	10	160	21	488
United Kingdom	287	5,554	391	6,613
Total	1,841	51,151	5,788	31,757

IEC has already issued 2,292 invitations to Chile, 63 to Costa Rica, and 2,553 to Taiwan. We are not tracking data for these countries because chances of receiving an invite in next week’s draw are very low for these countries.

Young Professionals Category of IEC 2023

Country	Invitations Issued This Week	Total Invitations Issued In 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots
Australia	9	63	2	Unlimited
Austria	1	5	1	59
Chile	20	265	24	165
Costa Rica	6	126	3	3
Croatia	0	6	0	17
Czech Republic	8	120	6	72
Estonia	0	3	0	8
France	102	1,436	98	1,338
France via Volontariat international en entreprise (VIE)	15	181	39	382
Germany	12	165	19	257
Greece	6	89	4	118
Ireland	3	59	2	140
Italy	9	127	3	152
Latvia	0	4	2	7
Lithuania	0	15	0	13
Luxembourg	0	0	0	10
Norway	1	5	0	11
Poland	0	28	4	99
Portugal	0	16	1	193
Slovakia	3	28	1	17
Slovenia	1	2	1	14
Spain	7	83	4	113
Spain via ICEX Vives	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	50
Sweden	2	13	1	96
Switzerland	10	132	12	106
Taiwan	8	81	8	20
Total	223	3,052	235	3,460