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IEC 2023 New Round of Invitations March 2023

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.

Working Holiday Category – IEC 2023

CountryInvitations Issued This WeekTotal Invitations Issued In 2023Candidates In PoolAvailable Spots
Andorra08220
Australia2733,181181Unlimited
Austria1515460
Belgium3762721311
Croatia5713230
Czech Republic3857328628
Denmark1615413233
Estonia766572
France016,88502,289
Germany1652,2031572,956
Greece6207938
Hong Kong10222595
Ireland3034,2262687,877
Italy771,105741,067
Japan2202,7721684,352
Korea Republic937,0929032,126
Latvia26620
Lithuania152621246
Luxembourg018067
Netherlands258566399
New Zealand731,079571,707
Norway3379108
Poland2643226383
Portugal43468231,412
San Marino04022
Slovakia1730211118
Slovenia226068
Spain701,068571,141
Sweden131505495
United Kingdom3755,2672896,769
Total1,90649,3102,40035,029

Young Professionals – IEC 2023

CountryInvitations Issued This WeekTotal Invitations Issued In 2023Candidates In PoolAvailable Spots
Australia0547Unlimited
Austria04159
Chile024520169
Costa Rica012066
Croatia06017
Czech Republic0112577
Estonia0318
France51,334881,390
France via Volontariat international en entreprise (VIE)1216638396
Germany015313262
Greece08366
Ireland0562139
Italy01186156
Latvia0407
Lithuania015013
Luxembourg00010
Norway04112
Poland028098
Portugal0160193
Slovakia025318
Slovenia01115
Spain0765115
Spain via ICEX VivesNot applicableNot applicableNot applicable50
Sweden011196
Switzerland012211113
Taiwan073422
Total172,8292193,447

International Co-op (Internship)

CountryInvitations issued this weekTotal Invitations issued in 2023Candidates In PoolAvailable Spots
France1472,2511312,601
Ireland06045
Germany3451138
Luxembourg0309
Switzerland316239
Taiwan0909
Total1532,3301342,841

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