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Category Archives: Temporary Visa

January 29, 2024

Dear Future Neighbour,

In the just concluded week, International Experience Canada sent out more than 7400 work permit invitations to profiles under the working holiday category, the young professionals category, international co-op category.

See below Working Holiday Invitations

Candidates invited under the working holiday category have an open work-permit and are eligible to work for any Canadian employer.

Country Invitations since last week Spots available Eligible candidates in pool Quota Chances of being invited to the next round
Andorra 0 22 3 25 Excellent
Australia 473 0 318 Unlimited Excellent
Austria 31 46 15 100 Excellent
Belgium 155 441 46 750 Excellent
Chile 50 670 6,193 725 Very low
Costa Rica 7 68 1,402 80 Very low
Croatia 2 263 7 275 Excellent
Czech Republic 80 870 35 1,000 Excellent
Denmark 24 306 14 350 Excellent
Estonia 6 95 6 110 Excellent
Finland 0 0 0 TBA Excellent
France 199 6,533 16,905 7,000 Very low
Germany 319 3,889 165 4,490 Excellent
Greece 24 146 6 180 Excellent
Hong Kong 34 139 22 200 Excellent
Iceland 3 117 0 120 Excellent
Ireland 450 9,792 267 10,500 Excellent
Italy 225 1,395 120 1,750 Excellent
Japan 700 5,310 385 6,500 Excellent
Latvia 20 26 32 40 Fair
Lithuania 45 101 21 175 Excellent
Luxembourg 1 78 0 80 Excellent
Netherlands 134 218 62 430 Excellent
New Zealand 163 2,210 87 2,500 Excellent
Norway 5 115 8 135 Excellent
Poland 62 546 13 635 Excellent
Portugal 43 1,626 37 1,750 Excellent
San Marino 1 24 1 25 Excellent
Slovakia 60 229 20 315 Excellent
Slovenia 1 74 4 80 Excellent
South Korea 1,950 7,389 4,143 10,000 Fair
Spain 211 522 70 800 Excellent
Sweden 16 541 16 580 Excellent
Taiwan 70 847 2,128 940 Very Low
UK 1,300 7,126 1,131 9,000 Very Good
Total 6,864 51,774 33,682 61,640

 

See below Young Professional Invitations

Candidates under this category are only permitted to work for specific employers

Country Invitations since last week Spots available Eligible candidates in pool Quota Chances of being invited to the next round
Australia 5 0 12 Unlimited Excellent
Austria 2 58 1 60 Excellent
Chile 2 16 155 20 Very low
Costa Rica 1 10 99 15 Very low
Croatia 0 18 1 20 Excellent
Czech Republic 10 104 3 145 Excellent
Estonia 0 9 0 10 Excellent
Finland 0 0 0 TBA Excellent
France 146 1,897 77 2,200 Excellent
Germany 12 302 8 350 Excellent
Greece 7 3 3 10 Excellent
Ireland 6 139 6 150 Excellent
Latvia 0 7 0 8 Excellent
Lithuania 0 17 1 20 Excellent
Luxembourg 0 0 0 10 Excellent
Netherlands 9 145 4 170 Excellent
Norway 0 14 2 15 Excellent
Poland 2 103 1 110 Excellent
Portugal 1 195 2 200 Excellent
Slovakia 6 21 1 30 Excellent
Slovenia 1 14 1 15 Excellent
South Korea 34 1,417 34 1,500 Excellent
Spain 8 95 4 120 Excellent
Sweden 1 96 2 100 Excellent
Switzerland 15 172 6 200 Excellent
Taiwan 3 41 1 50 Excellent
UK 52 821 35 900 Excellent
Total 323 5,714 459 6,428

See below International Co-op invitations

Country Invitations since last week Spots available Eligible candidates in pool Quota Chances of being invited to the next round
Australia 0 0 1 Unlimited Excellent
Austria 19 19 0 20 Excellent
Chile 1 3 2 5 Excellent
Costa Rica 1 4 0 5 Excellent
Croatia 0 5 0 5 Excellent
Czech Republic 0 5 0 5 Excellent
Estonia 0 5 0 5 Excellent
Finland 0 0 0 TBA Excellent
France 233 3,120 112 4,250 Excellent
Germany 2 138 5 160 Excellent
Greece 0 10 0 10 Excellent
Ireland 1 41 1 50 Excellent
Latvia 0 2 0 2 Excellent
Lithuania 0 5 0 5 Excellent
Luxembourg 0 0 0 10 Excellent
Norway 1 5 1 5 Excellent
Poland 0 5 0 5 Excellent
Portugal 1 50 2 50 Excellent
Slovakia 0 5 0 5 Excellent
Slovenia 0 5 0 5 Excellent
South Korea 5 495 0 500 Excellent
Spain 1 29 0 30 Excellent
Sweden 0 20 0 20 Excellent
Switzerland 1 42 1 50 Excellent
Taiwan 1 8 0 100 Excellent
UK 3 97 3 100 Excellent
Total 270 4,118 128 5,402

According to IRCC, the processing timeframe for the current IEC season is six weeks.

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January 10, 2024

On Tuesday, January 9, 2024, the Minister of IRCC, Marc Miller, announced the opening of a new Canada temporary residency pathway for Palestinians that have been affected by the crisis in Gaza and have relations in Canada. These relations could either be a spouse, grandparent, child, parent but must be an eligible Canadian citizen or permanent resident holder.

Palestinians that are eligible for this would also have the opportunity to apply for a free study and work permit on their arrival into Canada in order to assist them with their daily source of livelihood whilst in Canada.

In addition to this, they will also have access to a three-month health coverage under the Interim Federal Health Program to assist with urgent medical needs on arrival into Canada. Also, they will be assisted with language training for easy interaction with the job market and local community within town.

IRCC intends to follow up on this update as the plan is to stay on track with the targeted population required for the year. The duration of validity for these temporary resident visas with multiple entries will be up to three years, or the length of time that the individual’s passport is valid.

As of now, people who are in possession of a temporary residence visa that was issued in accordance with public policy will no longer be eligible for exemptions at the port of entry after January 9, 2025.

Need help creating an express entry or provincial nomination profile, preparing your application after receiving an invitation to apply or even just reviewing an application you prepared yourself? Send us an email on info@eseumohimmigration.com

October 3, 2023

In the latest rounds of invitation sent out by International Experience Canada (IEC), a total of 2,281 candidates from 33 eligible countries were invited to apply for open work permits under the working holiday visa draw in the past two weeks.

See below Country-Wise Working Holiday Visa Invitations

Country Invitations
Sent in Last 2 Weeks
Total Invitations
in 2023
Candidates
In Pool
Available
Spots
IEC 2023
Quota
Chances of receiving an invite ths week
Andorra 0 26 0 14 25 Excellent
Australia 177 10,205 122 unlimited unlimited Excellent
Austria 0 277 42 0 168 Very Low
Belgium 11 1,468 118 28 950 Very Low
Chile 24 4,714 7,705 1,471 4,118 Very Low
Costa Rica 6 2,060 1,041 6 1,150 Very Low
Croatia 1 178 3 168 275 Excellent
Czech Republic 38 1,209 20 277 1,000 Excellent
Denmark 12 450 4 31 350 Excellent
Estonia 3 144 5 25 110 Excellent
France 0 16,885 15,245 88 12,700 Very Low
Germany 126 5,776 59 727 4,490 Excellent
Greece 13 428 13 99 378 Excellent
Hong Kong 1 474 192 7 200 Very Low
Ireland 117 8,201 87 5,834 10,500 Excellent
Italy 97 3,039 71 268 1,855 Excellent
Japan 96 8,334 500 22 6,500 Very Low
Korea Republic 251 13,188 92 929 8,500 Excellent
Latvia 0 79 37 0 40 Very Low
Lithuania 0 398 90 2 185 Very Low
Luxembourg 3 53 1 40 80 Excellent
Netherlands 42 1,311 20 44 880 Excellent
New Zealand 93 2,971 37 532 2,500 Excellent
Norway 14 177 6 31 130 Excellent
Poland 36 1,040 10 80 635 Excellent
Portugal 62 1,344 17 882 1,750 Excellent
San Marino 0 4 0 22 25 Excellent
Slovakia 0 555 39 5 323 Low
Slovenia 6 66 1 51 80 Excellent
Spain 121 2,711 53 403 1,845 Excellent
Sweden 22 551 2 296 580 Excellent
Taiwan 318 6,269 1,480 462 3,425 Very Low
United Kingdom 591 14,938 238 1,989 10,000 Excellent
Total 2,281 109,523 27,350 14,833 75,747

 

See below Country-Wise International Co-op (Internships) invitations

Country Invitations
Issued In
Last two weeks
Total
Invitations
in 2023
Candidates
in pool
Available
spots
IEC
2023
Quota
Chances of receiving an invite this week
Australia 0 1 0 Unlimited Unlimited Excellent
Austria 0 2 0 0 2 Excellent
Chile 0 7 0 1 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 55 4,088 45 464 3,150 Excellent
Germany 2 122 1 100 160 Excellent
Greece 0 1 0 2 2 Excellent
Ireland 0 18 0 38 50 Excellent
Italy 0 27 0 7 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 0 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 0 5 0 3 5 Excellent
Sweden 0 16 0 19 20 Excellent
Switzerland 2 55 0 16 50 Excellent
Taiwan 0 19 0 2 2 Excellent
Total 59 4,372 46 745 3,556

 

See below Country-Wise Young Professionals Invitations

Country Invitations
Issued In
Last two weeks
Total
Invitations
in 2023
Candidates
In Pool
Available
Spots
IEC 2023
Quota
Chances
of
receiving
an invite
this week
Australia 7 193 4 unlimited unlimited Excellent
Austria 0 14 0 7 10 Excellent
Chile 23 540 10 73 130 Excellent
Costa Rica 3 221 5 9 98 Excellent
Croatia 2 15 1 15 20 Excellent
Czech Republic 5 296 2 2 145 Excellent
Estonia 1 17 2 2 10 Excellent
France 77 3,622 56 449 2,550 Excellent
France via Volontariat international en entreprise (VIE) 15 549 68 107 600 Excellent
Germany 17 576 11 68 350 Excellent
Greece 3 164 3 34 120 Excellent
Ireland 2 149 0 124 150 Excellent
Italy 5 203 3 57 130 Excellent
Latvia 0 10 1 6 8 Excellent
Lithuania 0 25 0 2 13 Excellent
Luxembourg 0 3 0 8 10 Excellent
Netherlands 8 178 2 19 120 Excellent
Norway 0 11 1 9 15 Excellent
Poland 1 91 2 74 110 Excellent
Portugal 0 44 1 186 200 Excellent
Slovakia 2 61 2 2 25 Excellent
Slovenia 0 15 0 7 15 Excellent
Spain 4 192 5 61 150 Excellent
Spain via ICEX Vives 0 10 0 43 50 Excellent
Sweden 2 43 0 84 100 Excellent
Switzerland 1 288 0 3 200 Excellent
Taiwan 1 172 2 10 73 Excellent
Total 179 7,702 181 1,461 5,402

Young professionals from the 33 eligible countries still have a chance of getting into Canada under the working holiday visa open work permit as a total of 14,833 spots are still available for 2023 rounds.

Need help creating a work permit profile, a provincial nominaton or an express entry profile, preparing your application after receiving an invitation to apply or even just reviewing an application you prepared yourself? Send us an email on info@eseumohimmigration.com

September 29, 2023

In a report gathered by Statistics Canada on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, there has been an increase of almost 700,000 in the total number of  temporary residents already in Canada on study permits, work permits, and asylum claimants as at the second quarter of the year 2023 in comparison with the second quarter of 2022.

See below details of Temporary Resident Type per quarter

Temporary Resident Type Q2 2023 Q1 2023 Q4 2022 Q3 2022 Q2 2022
Total, asylum claimant 256,958 238,186 217,925 192,914 177,281
Work permit holders only 1,001,479 853,221 766,690 698,522 599,810
Study permit holders only  582,201 559,428 575,431 537,581 477,491
Work and study permit holders 273,850 240,653 227,937 213,758 189,862
Other (mainly refers to family members living with permit holders) 84,191 73,830 68,900 63,972 56,534
Total Temporary Residents 2,198,679 1,965,318 1,856,883 1,706,747 1,500,978

The probability of this Canadian Temporary Resident holders to get Canadian Permanent Residency is low as the ratio of Permanent Residency Spots to the number of Temporary Residents do not match.

This increase in number of temporary residents across Canada is based on the fact that there has been less conversion of  TRs to PRs which has led TR holders to either enrol for study permit or apply for LMIA work permits to prolong their stay. The introduction of PGWP extension by the Canadian government also help graduates extend their stay for 18months after graduation.

There has however been more emphasis on issuing PR to specific skilled workers, francophones and educated individuals with experience of 3 years and above.

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