Step-By-Step Guide to IEC Canada Work Permits (Working Holiday...)

Lilou
19/08/22, 16:58
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Does the prospect of working in a downtown Toronto office tower or remote Alberta ski resort sound fun to you? Interested in adding Canadian work experience to your resume?
Good news—it may be easier than you think. You’ve probably heard that getting a work visa is complicated, especially if you’re young and don’t have much experience. Well, allow us to introduce you to International Experience Canada (IEC), a program that gives 18-to-35-year-old travellers the opportunity to work in Canada for a certain period of time. Citizens from a number of countries are eligible and the process is fairly straightforward.
If you’re completely new to the IEC program, learn more here. If you’re (almost) ready to become an IEC candidate, well, you’re in the right place!
The main purpose of this guide is to give you a complete overview of the IEC work permit application process and help you through it—we’ve even included screenshots to explain every single step.
This guide tackles the three IEC categories—Working-Holiday, Young Professionals and International Co-op Internship. The general process is quite similar and we give you heads-up when something applies to one category but not the others (e.g. supporting documents to provide, etc.).

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  1. Metalmessiah
    03/07/25, 01:23
    Hi, I'm currently applying, but I have one doubt, and haven't found definitive answers online. I'm an Italian citizen, with a permanent address in Italy, but I'm currently living in Amsterdam. When inputting the personal information, they ask for both the permanent country of residence (Italy), and current country of residence. Am I supposed to say "the Netherlands" for the latter, even if I never changed my residence to the Netherlands?
  2. EnolaDLT
    03/07/25, 08:25
    Message de Metalmessiah
    Hi, I'm currently applying, but I have one doubt, and haven't found definitive answers online. I'm an Italian citizen, with a permanent address in Italy, but I'm currently living in Amsterdam. When inputting the personal information, they ask for both the permanent country of residence (Italy), and current country of residence. Am I supposed to say "the Netherlands" for the latter, even if I never changed my residence to the Netherlands?
    Hi,

    To ask a whv in Canada Italian have de be resident in Italie. IRCC says : "prove that you are a resident of Italy at the time of submitting your application;"
    So for you its better to mention Italie as country of residence and not the Netherlands. If you mention the Netherlands you won't be able to enter the pool.
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