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IEC 2023 New Round Of Invitations Sent >1,500 Invites
The 10th IEC 2023 (International Experience Canada) draw sent over 1,500 invites under 3 categories, for the week commencing March 17, 2023.
Around 1,200 invitations were sent to the participants in pool for the IEC Working Holiday category from more than 30 different countries.
Only 7 countries are now left with Excellent chance of receiving an invitation in next IEC 2023 Working Holiday category next week.
These are Andorra, Croatia, Luxembourg, Norway, San Marino, Slovenia, and Sweden.
Applicants from rest of the countries under Working Holiday category have a low chance of receiving an invite based on candidates in pool and available spots.
This year, a total of 90,000 quota is allotted for IEC 2023, and around 65,000 invitations have already been distributed.
Moving forward, the IEC 2023 Young Professionals category receives more than 234 invitations. Furthermore, 177 applicants in pool are competing for 3,403 spots.
This week, 65 more spots have been added in the Young Professionals category for Taiwan.
Last week, extra spots were added for Greece under Working Holiday and Young Professionals category.
Similarly, IEC 2023 Working Holiday Quota for Korea and the United Kingdom was also raised in week ending February 24.
In addition, 148 invitations are distributed under the International Co-op (internship) category.
The current IEC season has a processing time of less than three weeks, according to the most recent IRCC processing report on March 7.
The statistics for each nation, including the number of invites, candidates in the pool, and available seats, is provided below.
Country
Invitations Issued This Week
Total Invitations Issued In 2023
Candidates In Pool
Available Spots
Andorra
0
10
1
19
Australia
150
3,556
289
Unlimited
Austria
0
154
19
0
Belgium
27
674
38
282
Croatia
4
78
1
227
Czech Republic
18
616
36
599
Denmark
12
178
18
215
Estonia
5
78
7
65
France
0
16,885
3,652
0
Germany
101
2,477
203
2,740
Greece
8
225
12
160
Hong Kong
6
237
13
88
Ireland
125
4,626
326
7,636
Italy
42
1,222
85
1,008
Japan
110
3,081
239
4,076
Korea Republic
169
7,456
1,094
1,740
Latvia
6
72
1
0
Lithuania
18
304
32
24
Luxembourg
1
19
2
67
Netherlands
27
667
47
342
New Zealand
50
1,203
82
1,620
Norway
0
46
1
101
Poland
12
474
31
356
Portugal
18
517
48
1,378
San Marino
0
4
0
22
Slovakia
8
325
19
108
Slovenia
1
27
1
68
Spain
25
1,169
77
1,081
Sweden
21
181
14
478
United Kingdom
200
5,754
493
6,481
Total
1,164
52,315
6,881
30,981
Country
Invitations Issued This Week
Total Invitations Issued In 2023
Candidates In Pool
Available Spots
Australia
1
64
2
Unlimited
Austria
1
6
1
60
Chile
25
290
16
157
Costa Rica
3
129
3
3
Croatia
0
6
0
17
Czech Republic
7
127
6
67
Estonia
0
3
0
8
France
110
1,546
72
1,281
France via Volontariat international en entreprise (VIE)
11
192
41
372
Germany
26
191
10
241
Greece
3
92
2
116
Ireland
2
61
6
141
Italy
3
130
3
151
Latvia
2
6
0
6
Lithuania
0
15
0
13
Luxembourg
0
0
0
10
Norway
0
5
0
10
Poland
5
33
0
96
Portugal
2
18
0
191
Slovakia
2
30
1
16
Slovenia
1
3
1
14
Spain
7
90
4
110
Spain via ICEX Vives
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
50
Sweden
3
16
0
95
Switzerland
13
145
5
97
Taiwan
7
88
4
81
Total
234
3,286
177
3,403
Country
Invitations issued this week
Total Invitations Issued In 2023
Candidates In Pool
Available Spots
France
142
2,556
90
2402
Ireland
1
7
2
44
Germany
3
47
2
136
Luxembourg
0
3
0
9
Switzerland
0
19
0
37
Taiwan
2
11
1
9
Total
148
2,643
95
2,637
Source: IEC 2023
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