Over the last week, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From October 17 to October 23, Canada invited 4,708 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of October 21, there are 22,199 candidates registered in the pool, waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 2 ITAs for Andorra, 307 ITAs for Australia, 15 ITAs for Austria, 89 ITAs for Belgium, 4 ITAs for Costa Rica, 10 ITAs for Croatia, 86 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 13 ITAs for Denmark, 3 ITAs for Estonia, 1,093 ITAs for France, 231 ITAs for Germany, 24 ITAs for Greece, 21 ITAs for Hong Kong, 336 ITAs for Ireland, 211 ITAs for Italy, 479 ITAs for Japan, 10 ITAs for Latvia, 7 ITAs for Lithuania, 3 ITAs for Luxembourg, 38 ITAs for the Netherlands, 123 ITAs for New Zealand, 6 ITAs for Norway, 100 ITAs for Poland, 64 ITAs for Portugal, 3 ITAs for Slovakia, 6 ITAs for Slovenia, 209 for Spain, 20 ITAs for Sweden, 5 ITAs for Switzerland, 53 ITAs for Taiwan, and 1,122 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In 2022, Canada issued 120,703 ITAs under the IEC Program.
