IEC 2023 New Round Of Invitations Sent >1,500 Invites

Last Updated On 18 March 2023, 9:45 AM EDT (Toronto Time)

The 10th IEC 2023 (International Experience Canada) draw sent over 1,500 invites under 3 categories, for the week commencing March 17, 2023.

Around 1,200 invitations were sent to the participants in pool for the IEC Working Holiday category from more than 30 different countries.

Only 7 countries are now left with Excellent chance of receiving an invitation in next IEC 2023 Working Holiday category next week.

These are Andorra, Croatia, Luxembourg, Norway, San Marino, Slovenia, and Sweden.

Applicants from rest of the countries under Working Holiday category have a low chance of receiving an invite based on candidates in pool and available spots.

This year, a total of 90,000 quota is allotted for IEC 2023, and around 65,000 invitations have already been distributed.

Moving forward, the IEC 2023 Young Professionals category receives more than 234 invitations. Furthermore, 177 applicants in pool are competing for 3,403 spots.

This week, 65 more spots have been added in the Young Professionals category for Taiwan.

Last week, extra spots were added for Greece under Working Holiday and Young Professionals category.

Similarly, IEC 2023 Working Holiday Quota for Korea and the United Kingdom was also raised in week ending February 24.

In addition, 148 invitations are distributed under the International Co-op (internship) category.

The current IEC season has a processing time of less than three weeks, according to the most recent IRCC processing report on March 7.

The statistics for each nation, including the number of invites, candidates in the pool, and available seats, is provided below.

IEC 2023 Is Now Open: Here Is The Country-Wise Quota

IEC 2023 Working Holiday Category

Country	Invitations Issued This Week	Total Invitations Issued In 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots
Andorra	0	10	1	19
Australia	150	3,556	289	Unlimited
Austria	0	154	19	0
Belgium	27	674	38	282
Croatia	4	78	1	227
Czech Republic	18	616	36	599
Denmark	12	178	18	215
Estonia	5	78	7	65
France	0	16,885	3,652	0
Germany	101	2,477	203	2,740
Greece	8	225	12	160
Hong Kong	6	237	13	88
Ireland	125	4,626	326	7,636
Italy	42	1,222	85	1,008
Japan	110	3,081	239	4,076
Korea Republic	169	7,456	1,094	1,740
Latvia	6	72	1	0
Lithuania	18	304	32	24
Luxembourg	1	19	2	67
Netherlands	27	667	47	342
New Zealand	50	1,203	82	1,620
Norway	0	46	1	101
Poland	12	474	31	356
Portugal	18	517	48	1,378
San Marino	0	4	0	22
Slovakia	8	325	19	108
Slovenia	1	27	1	68
Spain	25	1,169	77	1,081
Sweden	21	181	14	478
United Kingdom	200	5,754	493	6,481
Total	1,164	52,315	6,881	30,981

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IEC 2023 Young Professionals Category

Country	Invitations Issued This Week	Total Invitations Issued In 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots
Australia	1	64	2	Unlimited
Austria	1	6	1	60
Chile	25	290	16	157
Costa Rica	3	129	3	3
Croatia	0	6	0	17
Czech Republic	7	127	6	67
Estonia	0	3	0	8
France	110	1,546	72	1,281
France via Volontariat international en entreprise (VIE)	11	192	41	372
Germany	26	191	10	241
Greece	3	92	2	116
Ireland	2	61	6	141
Italy	3	130	3	151
Latvia	2	6	0	6
Lithuania	0	15	0	13
Luxembourg	0	0	0	10
Norway	0	5	0	10
Poland	5	33	0	96
Portugal	2	18	0	191
Slovakia	2	30	1	16
Slovenia	1	3	1	14
Spain	7	90	4	110
Spain via ICEX Vives	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	50
Sweden	3	16	0	95
Switzerland	13	145	5	97
Taiwan	7	88	4	81
Total	234	3,286	177	3,403

International Co-op (Internship)

Country	Invitations issued this week	Total Invitations Issued In 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots
France	142	2,556	90	2402
Ireland	1	7	2	44
Germany	3	47	2	136
Luxembourg	0	3	0	9
Switzerland	0	19	0	37
Taiwan	2	11	1	9
Total	148	2,643	95	2,637

Source: IEC 2023

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