3,737 People Are Invited to Apply for Canada’s New Working Holiday Visa Draw

During the week of February 24, 2024, International Experience Canada (IEC) 2024 distributed 3,737 invitations for open work permits as part of the new Working Holiday Visa invitation rounds.

For the IEC 2024 season, there are still 35,974 open work permit seats under the Working Holiday Visa category, although there are only 29,739 applicants total from more than 35 qualifying nations.

Only 53 closed work permit invites have been sent under the International Co-op category, out of 251 invites under the Young Professionals category.

The IEC 2024 season processing time has now improved to two weeks, per the latest IRCC processing time report.

The invitations received this week, breaking down by country and category, the total number of invites sent in 2024, the number of candidates in the pool, the number of open spots, and the probability of receiving an invitation the following week are all displayed in the tables below.

IEC 2024 Working Holiday Visa Invitations

Country	Invitations this week	Available Spots	Candidates in pool	Quota	Chances of being invited to the next round
Andorra	0	16	0	25	Excellent
Australia	202	0	172	Unlimited	Excellent
Austria	8	6	4	100	Excellent
Belgium	21	247	31	750	Excellent
Chile	100	272	7,073	725	Very low
Costa Rica	7	41	1,779	80	Very low
Croatia	1	254	4	275	Excellent
Czech Republic	19	760	15	1,000	Excellent
Denmark	5	258	9	350	Excellent
Estonia	12	77	3	110	Excellent
Finland	0	0	0	TBA	Excellent
France	1,212	3,587	16,957	7,000	Very low
Germany	117	3,267	120	4,490	Excellent
Greece	7	112	3	180	Excellent
Hong Kong	14	87	15	200	Excellent
Iceland	0	117	1	120	Excellent
Ireland	162	9,029	171	10,500	Excellent
Italy	73	1,057	60	1,750	Excellent
Japan	204	4,023	156	6,500	Excellent
Latvia	4	3	15	40	Fair
Lithuania	8	75	8	175	Excellent
Luxembourg	1	75	0	80	Excellent
Netherlands	27	4	37	430	Excellent
New Zealand	63	1,871	62	2,500	Excellent
Norway	14	96	2	135	Excellent
Poland	18	477	19	635	Excellent
Portugal	24	1,513	25	1,750	Excellent
San Marino	0	24	0	25	Excellent
Slovakia	9	177	10	315	Excellent
Slovenia	2	66	1	80	Excellent
South Korea	632	2,374	531	10,000	Excellent
Spain	71	282	47	800	Excellent
Sweden	14	496	9	580	Excellent
Taiwan	263	402	2,014	940	Very Low
United Kingdom	423	4,829	386	9,000	Excellent
Total	3,737	35,974	29,739	61,640