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IEC 2023 New Round Of Invitations Sent >5,000 Invitations

Last Updated On 25 February 2023, 2:39 PM EST (Toronto Time)


February 24 – Seventh International Experience Canada – IEC 2023 draw issues more than 5,000 invitations for the week ending February 24, 2023.

More than 4,500 invites were issued under the IEC Working Holiday category to the applicants from more than 30 countries.

Furthermore, IEC Working Holiday quota has also been increased for Korea by 2,500 to total of 6,500 and for United Kingdom by 2,000 to total of 10,000.

For countries with best chance of receiving an invite next week, the Working Holiday pool currently has 3,011 applicants and 33,244 available spots.

Around 345 invitations were sent to the Young Professional category, while more than 150 invites were sent to the International Co-op (internship) category.

The entire allotment for IEC 2023 this year is 90,000 individuals and more than 52,000 invitations have already been sent.

According to the most recent IRCC processing update on February 23, the current IEC season has a processing time of only two weeks.

Below table lists the major countries having a high chance of invite next week along with the number of invites issued this week.

IEC 2023 Working Holiday Category

CountryInvitations Issued This WeekTotal Invitations Issued In 2023Candidates In PoolAvailable Spots
Andorra28020
Australia2182,908167Unlimited
Austria813994
Belgium3459030336
Croatia1663232
Czech Republic3453525649
Denmark113812246
Estonia459475
France2,29816,8861,2140
Germany1392,038973,127
Greece8201241
Hong Kong11212790
Ireland3013,9232038,036
Italy641,028511,099
Japan1732,5521334,531
Korea Republic6476,9996082,105
Latvia56420
Lithuania92471150
Luxembourg418069
Netherlands52583224
New Zealand641,006481,760
Norway3343111
Poland2340612395
Portugal32425261,442
San Marino04022
Slovakia1328513127
Slovenia124270
Spain67998451,168
Sweden1013712502
United Kingdom3124,8922506,933
Total4,53847,4053,01133,244

IEC 2023 Young Professionals

CountryInvitations Issued This WeekTotal Invitations Issued In 2023Candidates In PoolAvailable Spots
Australia7543Unlimited
Austria14058
Chile2424515157
Costa Rica512000
Croatia06116
Czech Republic9112574
Estonia0318
France851,329621,389
France via
Volontariat international en entreprise
(VIE)
15415429408
Germany151548256
Greece78300
Ireland4562135
Italy11183156
Latvia1407
Lithuania015013
Luxembourg00010
Norway04012
Poland128198
Portugal0162193
Slovakia325117
Slovenia01115
Spain7766114
Spain via ICEX VivesNot applicableNot applicableNot applicable50
Sweden011095
Switzerland141226115
Taiwan773320
Total3452,8131493,416

International Co-op (Internship)

CountryInvitations issued this weekTotal Invitations issued in 2023Candidates In PoolAvailable Spots
France1292,104962,698
Ireland06045
Germany42421136
Luxembourg0309
Switzerland013240
Taiwan2909
Total1732,177992,937

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