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Canada Working Holiday Open Work Permit - A Gateway to Adventure and Experience
Canada, a country with snow-packed rock mountains, vast wildness, and breath-taking landscapes. It’s truly a fantastic place to visit.
Want to explore the massive forests in British Columbia, conquer the peaks of the Rocky Mountains, or simply stroll through the vibrant streets of Toronto? Working Holiday gives you the chance to do all that and more. Plus, as a bonus, you’ll gain valuable working experience. But it doesn’t stop there, during your days off, you can immerse yourself in Canada’s rich culture and breathtaking nature.
International Experience Canada (IEC) allows you to explore and work in Canada for a period of up to two years. IEC includes:
Back to Working Holiday, it’s a type of open work permit that lasts for up to 12 months and allows you to work for almost all types of employers in Canada.
If your home country is a partner country with Canada, then you are lucky, you can apply for some or all of the three categories in the IEC (depending on where your home country is).
To be eligible to apply for the open work permit. You will
need to be between the ages of 18 and 30 (18 to 35 in some countries) and have
a passport of your home country.
Some countries only allow you to participate once, while others allow you to join multiple times. As each country is different, it is best that you check the IEC website beforehand or contact Kaizen’s Mobility and Migration Team.
The application is entirely online. After you create your Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) account and your IEC profile, you will be put into a ‘pool’, and you wait. The system is like a lottery; it will randomly pick candidates from the ‘pool’ and send out an Invitation to Apply (ITA). With an ITA on hand, you can start your application.
“How long do I need to wait until I get an ITA?” Good question, it depends. Some countries have more quotas, while others only have a few hundred. So, if you are lucky, you might get an ITA fairly quickly. But there’s also the possibility that you won’t receive an invitation before the end of the season.
When you get an invitation, you can then start filling out the application forms and pay the CAD 272 (CAD172+100) fee. You might also need to take a health exam (again, it depends on what country you are from). After that, you will wait for the application to be processed.
For reference purposes and subject to change, the Federal Government of Canada application fees as of 19 July 2024 are as follow:
If you application is approved, you will get a Port of Entry (POE) letter of introduction in your IRCC account. If it is refused, then you will get a refusal letter with a simple explanation. The POE is valid for 1 year, and you must show it together with other supporting documents when you arrive at the border control in Canada.
Before you come to Canada, you will need to buy insurance that covers the entire period of your stay in Canada, and it must cover:
When you arrive at the Canadian border, you will need to provide these supporting documents (not exhaustive) to the immigration officer
And just like that, your adventure in Canada begins. Enjoy your stay in Canada!
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IEC and Working Holiday
Eligibility
"I’m eligible for an open work permit, how do I apply?"
IEC Fee:
CAD 172
Open Work Permit holder
CAD 100
Biometric Fee:
CAD 85 per person
After you apply
What to prepare after approval
Note:
If you don’t have all the documents needed, you might be denied entry into Canada.
Related Topics: Canada Working Holiday (For Hong Kong Resident) | Canada Study Permit
