Over the last week, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From March 7 to March 13, Canada invited 5,973 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of March 11, there are 22,893 candidates registered in the pool, waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 197 ITAs for Australia, 39 ITAs for Belgium, 150 ITAs for Chile, 11 ITAs for Costa Rica, 4 ITAs for Croatia, 68 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 17 ITAs for Denmark, 17 ITAs for Estonia, 2,065 ITAs for France, 226 ITAs for Germany, 15 ITAs for Greece, 7 ITAs for Hong Kong, 336 ITAs for Ireland, 71 ITAs for Italy, 181 ITAs for Japan, 1,000 ITAs for South Korea, 7 ITAs for Latvia, 25 ITAs for Lithuania, 57 ITAs for the Netherlands, 62 ITAs for New Zealand, 4 ITAs for Norway, 43 ITAs for Poland, 43 ITAs for Portugal, 28 ITAs for Slovakia, 3 ITAs for Slovenia, 120 ITAs for Spain, 12 ITAs for Sweden, 7 ITAs for Switzerland, 159 ITAs for Taiwan, and 997 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In 2022, Canada issued 51,223 ITAs under the IEC Program.
