IEC 2023 Rounds Of Invitations Sent >2,076 New Invites

Last Updated On 4 March 2023, 10:20 AM EST (Toronto Time)

IEC 2023 New Rounds Of Invitations: More than 2,076 invites are sent out for the week ending March 3, 2023, in the 8th International Experience Canada (IEC) 2023 draw.

In the IEC Working Holiday category, more than 1,906 invitations were sent to the candidates from more than 30 nations.

It is important to note that the IEC Working Holiday Quota for Korea has been raised by 2,500 to a total of 6,500, and for the United Kingdom it has been raised by 2,000 to a total of 10,000 on February 24, 2023.

There are 2,400 applications vying for 35,029 available slots in the Working Holiday pool from the nations with the high chances of getting an invitation in next week’s round.

The Young Professional category received only 17 invitations and all of them went to France under general category and through Volontariat international en entreprise (VIE).

Furthermore, the International Co-op (internship) category received around 153 invitations. Out of these, 147 went to French citizens.

There are 90,000 quota in total allocated for IEC 2023 this year, and more than 55,000 invites have already been sent so far.

The current IEC season has a processing period of just two weeks, according to the most recent IRCC processing report on February 28.

Countries with a good probability of receiving an invitation next week are shown in the table below. Additionally, the table also lists the number of invitations sent out this week, candidates in pool, and available spots.

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Working Holiday Category – IEC 2023

Country	Invitations Issued This Week	Total Invitations Issued In 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots
Andorra	0	8	2	20
Australia	273	3,181	181	Unlimited
Austria	15	154	6	0
Belgium	37	627	21	311
Croatia	5	71	3	230
Czech Republic	38	573	28	628
Denmark	16	154	13	233
Estonia	7	66	5	72
France	0	16,885	0	2,289
Germany	165	2,203	157	2,956
Greece	6	207	9	38
Hong Kong	10	222	5	95
Ireland	303	4,226	268	7,877
Italy	77	1,105	74	1,067
Japan	220	2,772	168	4,352
Korea Republic	93	7,092	903	2,126
Latvia	2	66	2	0
Lithuania	15	262	12	46
Luxembourg	0	18	0	67
Netherlands	2	585	66	399
New Zealand	73	1,079	57	1,707
Norway	3	37	9	108
Poland	26	432	26	383
Portugal	43	468	23	1,412
San Marino	0	4	0	22
Slovakia	17	302	11	118
Slovenia	2	26	0	68
Spain	70	1,068	57	1,141
Sweden	13	150	5	495
United Kingdom	375	5,267	289	6,769

Total	1,906	49,310	2,400	35,029

Young Professionals – IEC 2023

Country	Invitations Issued This Week	Total Invitations Issued In 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots
Australia	0	54	7	Unlimited
Austria	0	4	1	59
Chile	0	245	20	169
Costa Rica	0	120	6	6
Croatia	0	6	0	17
Czech Republic	0	112	5	77
Estonia	0	3	1	8
France	5	1,334	88	1,390
France via Volontariat international en entreprise (VIE)	12	166	38	396
Germany	0	153	13	262
Greece	0	83	6	6
Ireland	0	56	2	139
Italy	0	118	6	156
Latvia	0	4	0	7
Lithuania	0	15	0	13
Luxembourg	0	0	0	10
Norway	0	4	1	12
Poland	0	28	0	98
Portugal	0	16	0	193
Slovakia	0	25	3	18
Slovenia	0	1	1	15
Spain	0	76	5	115
Spain via ICEX Vives	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	50
Sweden	0	11	1	96
Switzerland	0	122	11	113
Taiwan	0	73	4	22
Total	17	2,829	219	3,447