Over the last week, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From September 26 to October 2, Canada invited 1,257 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of September 29, there are 25,150 candidates registered in the pool, waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 195 ITAs for Australia, 10 ITAs for Austria, 51 ITAs for Belgium, 3 ITAs for Chile, 4 ITAs for Croatia, 25 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 13 ITAs for Denmark, 7 ITAs for Estonia, 191 ITAs for France, 134 ITAs for Germany, 220 ITAs for Ireland, 10 ITAs for Italy, 134 ITAs for Japan, 2 ITAs for Lithuania, 23 ITAs for the Netherlands, 56 ITAs for New Zealand, 2 ITAs for Norway, 13 ITAs for Poland, 27 ITAs for Portugal, 2 ITAs for Slovakia, 15 ITAs for Spain, 7 ITAs for Sweden, 8 ITAs for Switzerland, 5 ITAs for Taiwan, and 100 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In 2022, Canada issued 113,937 ITAs under the IEC Program.
