Over the last week, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From February 28 to March 6, Canada invited 4,988 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of March 4, there are 25,674 candidates registered in the pool, waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 173 ITAs for Australia, 34 ITAs for Belgium, 153 ITAs for Chile, 17 ITAs for Costa Rica, 6 ITAs for Croatia, 52 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 26 ITAs for Denmark, 7 ITAs for Estonia, 1,257 ITAs for France, 225 ITAs for Germany, 12 ITAs for Greece, 20 ITAs for Hong Kong, 388 ITAs for Ireland, 87 ITAs for Italy, 189 ITAs for Japan, 750 ITAs for South Korea, 10 ITAs for Latvia, 29 ITAs for Lithuania, 1 ITA for Luxembourg, 41 ITAs for the Netherlands, 71 ITAs for New Zealand, 2 ITAs for Norway, 44 ITAs for Poland, 43 ITAs for Portugal, 26 ITAs for Slovakia, 2 ITAs for Slovenia, 156 ITAs for Spain, 13 ITAs for Sweden, 3 ITAs for Switzerland, 153 ITAs for Taiwan, and 998 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In 2022, Canada issued 45,250 ITAs under the IEC Program.
