Over the last week, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From August 1 to August 7, Canada invited 1,553 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of August 5, there are 20,414 candidates registered in the pool, waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 1 ITA for Andorra, 227 ITAs for Australia, 9 ITAs for Austria, 18 ITAs for Belgium, 20 ITAs for Chile, 4 ITAs for Costa Rica, 1 ITA for Croatia, 21 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 13 ITAs for Denmark, 483 ITAs for France, 78 ITAs for Germany, 9 ITAs for Greece, 102 ITAs for Ireland, 40 ITAs for Italy, 121 ITAs for Japan, 2 ITAs for Latvia, 11 ITAs for Lithuania, 15 ITAs for the Netherlands, 42 ITAs for New Zealand, 1 ITA for Norway, 11 ITAs for Poland, 13 ITAs for Portugal, 3 ITAs for Slovakia, 59 ITAs for Spain, 13 ITAs for Sweden, 3 ITAs for Switzerland, 4 ITAs for Taiwan, 229 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In 2022, Canada issued 101,741 ITAs under the IEC Program.
