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In the just concluded week, the International Experience Canada sent out 996 work permit invites. Out of these, 923 have been sent under the largest IEC category of Working Holiday Visa with the total number of invitations in 2023 now reaching 98,249.

IEC 2023 has also added new spots for Belgium (200), Chile (2,500), and Taiwan (1,000) in the Working Holiday Visa category.

17,220 spots are still available under the Working holiday visa category for 2023, with 24,886 candidates already in the pool from 33 different countries.

A total of 71 invitations have been sent under the Young Professionals category, while just 2 have been issued under the International Co-op (internship) category.

The IEC 2023 season processing time has now improved by 2 weeks to 9 weeks as per the most recent IRCC processing time update.

See below tables listing the breakdown by country and category of invitations sent two weeks back, overall invitations sent in 2023, the number of applicants in the pool, the available spots, and the probability of receiving an invitation this week.

Working Holiday Visa Invitations and Quota

Country	Invitations Issued Last Week	Total Invitations 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots	IEC 2023 Quota	Chances of receiving an invite this week
Andorra	0	24	0	15	25	Excellent
Australia	115	9,304	108	unlimited	unlimited	Excellent
Austria	0	271	34	0	168	Very Low
Belgium	0	1,165	247	205	950	Excellent
Chile	0	2,289	8,064	0	1,121	Very Low
Costa Rica	0	1,899	768	93	1,150	Very Low
Croatia	0	161	3	175	275	Excellent
Czech Republic	0	1,074	9	340	1,000	Excellent
Denmark	2	409	3	57	350	Excellent
Estonia	1	129	1	36	110	Excellent
France	0	16,878	12,771	0	12,000	Very Low
Germany	101	5,336	48	984	4,490	Excellent
Greece	7	393	1	111	378	Excellent
Hong Kong	3	457	144	5	200	Very Low
Ireland	74	7,736	46	6,068	10,500	Excellent
Italy	48	2,666	39	443	1,855	Excellent
Japan	110	7,723	97	473	6,500	Excellent
Korea Republic	21	12,185	220	1,511	8,500	Excellent
Latvia	2	76	33	0	40	Very Low
Lithuania	0	394	73	1	185	Very Low
Luxembourg	0	43	2	47	80	Excellent
Netherlands	13	1,196	9	102	880	Excellent
New Zealand	31	2,726	26	685	2,500	Excellent
Norway	4	146	6	49	130	Excellent
Poland	13	967	7	118	635	Excellent
Portugal	27	1,190	13	988	1,750	Excellent
San Marino	0	4	0	22	25	Excellent
Slovakia	5	533	4	18	323	Excellent
Slovenia	1	60	0	53	80	Excellent
Spain	49	2,395	23	544	1,845	Excellent
Sweden	12	486	4	327	580	Excellent
Taiwan	0	4,620	1,911	1,003	3,425	Fair
United Kingdom	284	13,314	172	2,747	10,000	Excellent
Total	923	98,249	24,886	17,220	72,050

Working Holiday Visa Invitations

Young Professionals Invitations and Quota

Invitations Issued last Week	Total Invitations 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots	IEC 2023 Quota	Chances of receiving an invitation this week
Australia	5	175	3	unlimited	unlimited	Excellent
Austria	1	14	0	6	10	Excellent
Chile	0	395	74	0	130	Very low
Costa Rica	1	213	2	11	98	Excellent
Croatia	0	11	1	15	20	Excellent
Czech Republic	2	267	6	0	145	Excellent
Estonia	0	15	0	1	10	Excellent
France	24	3,314	64	28	1,950	Very Low
France via Volontariat international en entreprise (VIE)	0	443	109	50	450	Excellent
Germany	8	520	4	92	350	Excellent
Greece	5	150	0	41	120	Excellent
Ireland	2	138	0	124	150	Excellent
Italy	2	197	0	57	130	Excellent
Latvia	0	9	0	7	8	Excellent
Lithuania	0	22	1	4	13	Excellent
Luxembourg	0	2	1	9	10	Excellent
Netherlands	0	158	4	28	120	Excellent
Norway	0	11	1	9	15	Excellent
Poland	1	87	1	76	110	Excellent
Portugal	0	41	0	188	200	Excellent
Slovakia	0	57	0	0	25	Excellent
Slovenia	2	15	0	7	15	Excellent
Spain	7	210	0	62	150	Excellent
Spain via ICEX Vives	0	10	Not applicable	44	50	Excellent
Sweden	3	37	0	87	100	Excellent
Switzerland	4	278	1	9	200	Excellent
Taiwan	4	167	2	10	73	Excellent
Total	71	6,956	274	965	4,652

Young Professionals Invitations

International Co-op (Internship) Invitations and Quota

Country	Invitations issued last week	Total invitations 2023	Candidates in pool	Available spots	IEC 2023 Quota	Chances of receiving an invite this week
Australia	0	0	0	Unlimited	Unlimited	Excellent
Austria	0	2	0	0	2	Excellent
Chile	0	7	0	0	2	Excellent
Costa Rica	0	2	0	2	2	Excellent
Croatia	0	0	0	5	5	Excellent
Czech Republic	0	1	0	4	5	Excellent
Estonia	0	0	0	5	5	Excellent
France	0	3,914	50	8	2,600	Very Low
Germany	1	113	1	104	160	Excellent
Greece	0	0	0	2	2	Excellent
Ireland	0	18	0	37	50	Excellent
Italy	0	27	0	6	15	Excellent
Latvia	0	0	0	2	2	Excellent
Lithuania	0	0	0	2	2	Excellent
Luxembourg	0	3	0	9	10	Excellent
Norway	0	0	1	5	5	Excellent
Poland	0	2	0	3	5	Excellent
Portugal	0	3	0	49	50	Excellent
Slovakia	0	0	0	2	2	Excellent
Slovenia	0	0	0	5	5	Excellent
Spain	1	5	0	3	5	Excellent
Sweden	0	16	0	19	20	Excellent
Switzerland	0	47	1	21	50	Excellent
Taiwan	0	19	0	2	2	Excellent
Total	2	4,179	53	295	3,006

International Co-op (Internship) invitations

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1,262 applicants were invited to apply for open work permits under International Experience Canada (IEC) as at August 18, 2023 in the new Working Holiday Visa round of invitations bringing the total of invitations issued under all three categories of IEC in the past week to 1,394.

A total of 97,374 invites for open work permits under the Working Holiday Visa category have been issued by Canada since the commencement of the 2023 International Experience Canada (IEC) season in January 2023. The IEC 2023 season began in January 2023 with the target of accepting 90,000 individuals to work in Canada from over 30 eligible nations.

The quota for the IEC 2023 Working Holiday Visa for Korea and the Republic has been augmented by an additional 2,000, resulting in a cumulative total of 8,500.

An additional 750 positions were allocated for Chile. At the outset, the quota for Chile was limited to a mere 400 individuals, however, it has now been expanded to accommodate a total of 1,150 Chilean applicants.

Despite the fact that the number of invitations extended thus far exceeds 108,000, around 17,574 positions are still available across all three categories. The largest category within the International Experience Canada (IEC) program, the Working Holiday Visa category, has issued a total of 97,374 invitations thus far in the year 2023.

Notwithstanding, there are still 16,294 vacancies remaining within the IEC Working Holiday Visa category.

Under the Young Professional category, 123 work permit invitations were issued, the International Co-op (Internship) category had a far lower number of invites, with only 9 being sent last week.

According to the most recent processing update from IRCC on August 9th, the processing time for the International Experience Canada (IEC) 2023 season is 11 weeks.

The information below presents the number of invitations sent this week, categorized by category and nation. It also includes the total number of invitations sent in 2023, the number of candidates in the pool, the available slots, and the likelihood of obtaining an invitation in the upcoming week.

Country-Wise Working Holiday Visa Invitations In 2023

Country	Invitations Sent Week Ending  Aug 18	Total Invitations In 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots	IEC 2023 Quota	Chances of Receiving An Invitation  Next Week
Andorra	0	24	0	15	25	Excellent
Australia	198	9,189	186	unlimited	unlimited	Excellent
Austria	5	271	34	0	168	Very Low
Belgium	0	1,165	238	1	750	Very Low
Chile	0	2,292	7,987	0	1,618	Very Low
Costa Rica	78	1,905	717	36	1,150	Very Low
Croatia	32	183	8	181	275	Excellent
Czech Republic	27	1,081	13	343	1,000	Excellent
Denmark	7	407	2	53	350	Excellent
Estonia	1	128	0	38	110	Excellent
France	0	16,886	12,495	0	12,000	Very Low
Germany	97	5,235	86	1,037	4,490	Excellent
Greece	4	386	7	117	378	Excellent
Hong Kong	5	454	136	3	200	Very Low
Ireland	84	7,662	72	6,099	10,500	Excellent
Italy	49	2,618	51	463	1,855	Excellent
Japan	190	7,613	163	540	6,500	Excellent
Korea Republic	0	12,164	1	1,516	8,500	Excellent
Latvia	2	74	35	0	40	Very Low
Lithuania	0	394	73	0	185	Very Low
Luxembourg	0	43	0	47	80	Excellent
Netherlands	19	1,183	14	101	880	Excellent
New Zealand	58	2,695	40	690	2,500	Excellent
Norway	5	142	4	53	130	Excellent
Poland	14	954	8	121	635	Excellent
Portugal	18	1,163	27	1,001	1,750	Excellent
San Marino	0	4	0	22	25	Excellent
Slovakia	6	528	6	21	323	Excellent
Slovenia	0	59	0	54	80	Excellent
Spain	39	2,346	28	558	1,845	Excellent
Sweden	10	474	9	335	580	Excellent
Taiwan	0	4,622	1,873	0	2,425	Very Low
United Kingdom	314	13,030	279	2,849	10,000	Excellent
Total	1,262	97,374	24,592	16,294	71,347

Working holiday visa invitations 2023

Country	Invitations Sent Week Ending  Aug 18	Total Invitations In 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots	IEC 2023 Quota	Chances of Receiving An Invitation Next Week
Australia	1	170	4	unlimited	unlimited	Excellent
Austria	0	13	1	7	10	Excellent
Chile	0	395	74	0	130	Very low
Costa Rica	3	212	1	12	98	Excellent
Croatia	3	11	0	15	20	Excellent
Czech Republic	5	265	3	3	145	Excellent
Estonia	0	15	0	1	10	Excellent
France	62	3,290	54	31	1,950	Fair
France via Volontariat international en entreprise (VIE)	12	444	94	50	450	Excellent
Germany	12	512	8	94	350	Excellent
Greece	1	145	4	44	120	Excellent
Ireland	1	136	2	125	150	Excellent
Italy	2	195	2	60	130	Excellent
Latvia	0	9	0	6	8	Excellent
Lithuania	0	22	0	4	13	Excellent
Luxembourg	0	2	0	9	10	Excellent
Netherlands	4	158	0	30	120	Excellent
Norway	0	11	0	9	15	Excellent
Poland	0	86	2	77	110	Excellent
Portugal	0	41	0	188	200	Excellent
Slovakia	1	57	0	0	25	Excellent
Slovenia	0	13	2	8	15	Excellent
Spain	10	203	3	66	150	Excellent
Spain via ICEX Vives	0	10	Not applicable	44	50	Excellent
Sweden	0	34	3	89	100	Excellent
Switzerland	1	274	3	10	200	Excellent
Taiwan	5	163	4	13	73	Excellent
Total	123	6,886	264	995	4,652

Young professionals invitations 2023

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On Friday August 18, 2023, two new changes were made to the Canada Agri-Food Pilot for permanent residency (PR). Canada is now allowing open work permit applications for the family members of all the Agri-Food Pilot participants.

Also, in lieu of employer reference letters, Canadian immigration will now also accept union reference letters to attest to an applicant’s work experience.

Eligibility for Canada Agri Food Pilot

Individuals residing inside or outside Canada can apply for permanent residency under the Agri Food Pilot if they meet the below listed requirements:

• You have at least 1 year (at least 1,560 hours in a total of 52 weeks) of cumulative, non-seasonal, full-time experience in the last 3 years in:
  • 1 or more of the eligible Agri-Food occupations in one of the eligible industries
  • This experience must have been gained on an LMIA-based work permit (minimum of 12 months)
• You have a full-time, permanent, non-seasonal job offer in an eligible occupation listed under one of the eligible Agri-Food industries
• You have education equivalent to Canadian high school diploma
• You have enough settlement funds to support you and your family (even if they are not coming with you) to settle in Canada.
  • If you are currently working on a work permit, then you need to show your settlement funds.
• You have valid temporary resident status (if already in Canada)
• Meet the minimum score in one of the below listed language proficiency tests:

Language Tests	Reading	Writing	Listening	Speaking
CELPIP	4	4	4	4
IELTS GT	3.5	4.0	4.5	4.0
TEF Canada	121-150	181-225	145-180	181-225
TCF Canada	342-374	4-5	331-368	4-5

Agri-Food Pilot Language Scores

See below occupations eligible for Agri-Food Pilot

For meat product manufacturing (NAICS 3116)

1. NOC 63201 – Butchers – retail and wholesale
2. NOC 65202 – Meat cutters and fishmongers – retail and wholesale
3. NOC 94141 – Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers
4. NOC 82030 – Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors
5. NOC 84120 – Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators
6. NOC 85100 – Livestock labourers
7. NOC 95106 – Labourers in food and beverage processing

For greenhouse, nursery and floriculture production, including mushroom production (NAICS 1114)

1. NOC 82030 – Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors
2. NOC 84120 – Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators
3. NOC 85100 – Livestock labourers
4. NOC 85101 – Harvesting labourers

For animal production, excluding aquaculture (NAICS 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124 and 1129)

1. NOC 82030 – Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors
2. NOC 84120 – Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators
3. NOC 85100 – Livestock labourers
4. NOC 85101 – Harvesting labourers

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In a new update, Canada announced a new pilot program under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program to address the ongoing labour shortage in the country on Tuesday August, 8, 2023.

Canada launches a new Recognized Employer Pilot (REP) that will expedite access to labour for eligible Canadian employers while maintaining the highest standards for worker protections.

This will be a 3-year pilot program commencing next month, in September 2023, that will make it easy for employers to get an LMIA.

 

The announcement was made by by Randy Boissonnault, the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages in Delta, British Columbia.

What is the new Recognized Employer Pilot program?

The Recognized Employer Pilot (REP) will reduce administrative burdens and streamline the recruiting process for Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program employers with a history of meeting program requirements.

Before submitting a work permit application to engage a temporary foreign worker, the majority of employers must first submit a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA).

An LMIA confirms the need for a transient foreign worker and that no Canadians or permanent residents are available to fill the position.

In addition, it ensures that the employment offer is genuine and that the employer has complied with Program requirements to safeguard employees.

To participate in REP, employers must have received at least three positive LMIAs for the same occupation within the past five years from a list of occupations designated as in-shortage and supported by Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS) data.

Recognized employers will have access to LMIA validity periods of up to 36 months and, if necessary, simplified LMIA applications for future hiring of additional employees.

REP will be implemented in two phases:

• Employers in the Primary Agriculture stream will be able to submit applications for the 2024 season beginning in September 2023.
• Phase two commences in January 2024 and allows all other industries to participate.

The application period for both streams will end in September 2024.

Employers who are anticipated to meet REP eligibility requirements will be invited proactively to register using a dual-purpose LMIA application that differs from the standard LMIA.

Employers may request that the application be used to simultaneously submit for recognized status under REP and the LMIA.

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) will determine eligibility for the REP based on the employer’s past participation in the TFW Program.

If an employer is not granted recognized status, they will still be eligible to utilize the TFW Program, and the Department will continue to evaluate their LMIA.

There are two methods to submit an LMIA and REP application:

1. Through the LMIA Online Portal, a dependable and secure platform where employers can complete and submit an online application to ESDC; or,
2. if the employer has a legitimate exemption evidence to the LMIA Online Portal, they can email a PDF application form to ESDC.

The evaluation of a REP application will be based on the employer’s compliance history with the TFW Program and the frequency with which they use the Program to fill in-demand positions.

Employers who qualify can expect:

• a simplified application process for future LMIA applications for positions on the COPS list;
• fewer points of contact between participating employers and ESDC during the pilot due to simplified LMIA forms that allow employers to hire more Temporary Foreign Workers for genuine job offers during REP; and
• a Job Bank designation that indicates their recognized status in order to increase interest from prospective workers.

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An invitation to apply for open work permits under Working Holiday Visa was issued to 3,090 applicants by International Experience Canada – IEC, August 4, 2023.

This brings it to a total of 94,294 invitations currently issued out, 17,565 spots are still available for the Working Holiday Visa category of IEC 2023 season.

152 closed work permit invitations to apply have been sent in Young Professionals category.

30 invitations have been issued under the International Co-op (Internship) category.

This IEC season began with a quota of welcoming 90,000 youngsters from over 30 eligible countries, with additional quota being added as needed.

As stated by the most recent IRCC processing update from August 2, the IEC 2023 season processing time has now reached 11 weeks.

Working Holiday Visa

Individuals from eligible countries who desire the flexibility to work for any employer in any location of Canada are suitable for this visa.

Candidates in this program receive an open work permit. This means you can change professions and locations while exploring Canada.

Country	Invitations Sent Week Ending Aug 4	Total Invitations In 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots	IEC 2023 Quota	Chances of Receiving An Invitation  Next Week
Andorra	0	24	0	16	25	Excellent
Australia	260	8,713	178	unlimited	unlimited	Excellent
Austria	0	265	28	1	168	Very Low
Belgium	1	1,160	188	3	750	Very Low
Chile	0	2,292	7,856	0	1,618	Very Low
Costa Rica	299	1,569	762	267	1,150	Low
Croatia	3	148	2	185	275	Excellent
Czech Republic	35	1,030	19	371	1,000	Excellent
Denmark	8	386	7	68	350	Excellent
Estonia	3	125	2	38	110	Excellent
France	0	16,886	11,764	0	7,000	Very Low
Germany	120	4,999	92	1,193	4,490	Excellent
Greece	5	371	8	126	378	Excellent
Hong Kong	14	442	108	7	200	Very Low
Ireland	137	7,460	90	6,202	10,500	Excellent
Italy	57	2,509	44	502	1,855	Excellent
Japan	223	7,175	164	877	6,500	Excellent
Korea Republic	1,328	12,164	1	1,226	8,500	Excellent
Latvia	0	72	36	0	40	Very Low
Lithuania	1	393	68	1	185	Very Low
Luxembourg	3	42	1	49	80	Excellent
Netherlands	23	1,141	16	128	880	Excellent
New Zealand	71	2,571	45	777	2,500	Excellent
Norway	5	131	5	57	130	Excellent
Poland	21	922	13	134	635	Excellent
Portugal	30	1,111	24	1,036	1,750	Excellent
San Marino	0	4	0	22	25	Excellent
Slovakia	3	519	1	25	323	Excellent
Slovenia	2	58	1	55	80	Excellent
Spain	49	2,261	35	597	1,845	Excellent
Sweden	7	448	13	350	580	Excellent
Taiwan	0	4,622	1,728	0	2,425	Very Low
United Kingdom	382	12,281	298	3,252	10,000	Excellent
Total	3,090	94,294	23,597	17,565	66,347

Working Holiday Invitations

 

Young Professionals

In this category, candidates from eligible countries can obtain Canadian work experience by working for a Canadian company.

To apply, candidates must have a valid offer of employment in Canada.

Considering the fact that this program offers an employer-specific work visa, you must work for the same company in the same location.

Country	Invitations Sent Week Ending Aug 4	Total Invitations In 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots	IEC 2023 Quota	Chances of Receiving An Invitation Next Week
Australia	6	161	3	unlimited	unlimited	Excellent
Austria	0	12	0	8	10	Excellent
Chile	0	395	67	0	130	Very low
Costa Rica	4	207	2	11	98	Excellent
Croatia	0	8	0	15	20	Excellent
Czech Republic	6	255	2	2	145	Excellent
Estonia	0	15	0	2	10	Excellent
France	80	3,156	55	368	2,200	Excellent
France via Volontariat international en entreprise (VIE)	12	420	90	174	550	Excellent
Germany	18	484	12	107	350	Excellent
Greece	5	140	3	45	120	Excellent
Ireland	2	132	3	127	150	Excellent
Italy	2	190	3	61	130	Excellent
Latvia	1	8	1	7	8	Excellent
Lithuania	0	22	0	3	13	Excellent
Luxembourg	0	2	0	9	10	Excellent
Netherlands	1	154	0	31	120	Excellent
Norway	0	11	0	9	15	Excellent
Poland	1	86	0	77	110	Excellent
Portugal	1	41	0	188	200	Excellent
Slovakia	3	56	0	0	25	Excellent
Slovenia	0	13	0	7	15	Excellent
Spain	2	193	5	69	150	Excellent
Spain via ICEX Vives	0	10	0	42	50	Excellent
Sweden	0	34	0	88	100	Excellent
Switzerland	2	273	0	11	200	Excellent
Taiwan	6	158	0	14	73	Excellent
Total	152	6,636	246	1,475	5,002