Update

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

CountryInvitations this weekAvailable SpotsCandidates in poolQuotaChances of being invited to the next round
Andorra016025Excellent
Australia2020172UnlimitedExcellent
Austria864100Excellent
Belgium2124731750Excellent
Chile1002727,073725Very low
Costa Rica7411,77980Very low
Croatia12544275Excellent
Czech Republic19760151,000Excellent
Denmark52589350Excellent
Estonia12773110Excellent
Finland000TBAExcellent
France1,2123,58716,9577,000Very low
Germany1173,2671204,490Excellent
Greece71123180Excellent
Hong Kong148715200Excellent
Iceland01171120Excellent
Ireland1629,02917110,500Excellent
Italy731,057601,750Excellent
Japan2044,0231566,500Excellent
Latvia431540Fair
Lithuania8758175Excellent
Luxembourg175080Excellent
Netherlands27437430Excellent
New Zealand631,871622,500Excellent
Norway14962135Excellent
Poland1847719635Excellent
Portugal241,513251,750Excellent
San Marino024025Excellent
Slovakia917710315Excellent
Slovenia266180Excellent
South Korea6322,37453110,000Excellent
Spain7128247800Excellent
Sweden144969580Excellent
Taiwan2634022,014940Very Low
United Kingdom4234,8293869,000Excellent
Total3,73735,97429,73961,640
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