Over the last week, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From January 22 to February 4, Canada invited 12,501 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of February 4, 31,828 candidates have registered in the pool and are awaiting the invitation. In this round, there were 3 ITAs for Andorra, 656 ITAs for Australia, 33 ITAs for Austria, 123 ITAs for Belgium, 158 ITAs for Chile, 28 ITA for Costa Rica, 12 ITAs for Croatia, 99 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 28 ITAs for Denmark, 17 ITAs for Estonia, 1,610 ITAs for France, 403 ITAs for Germany, 30 ITAs for Greece, 38 ITAs for Hong Kong, 1 ITA for Iceland, 606 ITAs for Ireland, 271 ITAs for Italy, 728 ITAs for Japan, 4,766 ITAs for Korea, 27 ITAs Latvia, 42 ITAs for Lithuania, 1 ITA for Luxembourg, 133 ITAs for the Netherlands, 202 ITAs for New Zealand, 23 ITA for Norway, 42 ITAs for Poland, 85 ITAs for Portugal, 44 ITAs for Slovakia, 8 ITAs for Slovenia, 176 ITAs for Spain, 31 ITAs for Sweden, 18 ITAs for Switzerland, 195 ITAs for Taiwan, and 1,864 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In 2024, Canada issued 31,896 ITAs under the IEC Program.
