Over the last week, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From October 10 to October 16, Canada invited 1,226 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of October 14, there are 27,996 candidates registered in the pool, waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 1 ITA for Andorra, 176 ITAs for Australia, 17 ITAs for Austria, 49 ITAs for Belgium, 4 ITAs for Croatia, 30 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 8 ITAs for Denmark, 5 ITAs for Estonia, 256 ITAs for France, 136 ITAs for Germany, 192 ITAs for Ireland, 155 ITAs for Japan, 2 ITAs for Lithuania, 38 ITAs for the Netherlands, 70 ITAs for New Zealand, 7 ITAs for Norway, 31 ITAs for Poland, 26 ITAs for Portugal, 2 ITAs for Slovakia, 2 ITAs for Slovenia, 5 ITAs for Sweden, 9 ITAs for Switzerland, and 5 ITAs for Taiwan. In 2022, Canada issued 115,995 ITAs under the IEC Program.
