christmasoompa

As the 2019 IEC program is now open, I thought I'd start the annual thread.

Please keep all IEC related questions in this thread (general 'where to live/cost of living etc' type questions should be posted in the main Canada forum), and before asking questions please do search the thread, or the forum for the previous year's threads, as many questions have been asked and answered lots of times before.

Best of luck to all of you.

hh619

Hi all,

I applied for IEC last year and received an ITA and was accepted and issued a work permit. However, due to personal reasons, i did not land and activate the IEC work permit and it has since expired.

After some initial research, it appears that once you've been issued a work permit via IEC, you cannot apply again. However, i've contacted CIC via the webform and i've been informed that it is ok to apply again aslong as the work permit was never acticated. I've now re-applied and just waiting to see if i get an invitation before i age out in April.

Does anyone else have any experiece of this?

christmasoompa

Hmmmm. That's odd as I always understand that once you've got the POE letter that counts as a participation, even if you don't. use it. And CIC's website seems to say the same - If I am issued a POE Letter but do not use it, will I get a refund?

Odd that you've been told differently, do keep us posted and let us know if you are allowed another as it would be useful to know.

Good luck.

hh619

Yeah, i read the same! Strange that it allows me to reapply. I assume the POE letter is the one that has this in the first paragraph:

"Your application to work in Canada has been approved. A permit authorizing you to work will be issued to you
on your arrival to Canada following an examination by an officer of the Canada Border Services Agency, subject
to your compliance with the requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and its Regulations.
The officer will ask to see this letter, your passport and may request to see your supporting documents. Do not
pack these or other valuable papers in your checked luggage."

christmasoompa

Yep, your POE Letter is what gets you a work permit on entry - and it's what I always understood was your participation. As at that point you've taken a spot on the program that somebody else could have had, so it seems fair enough really.

Are you sure you got the POE Letter and not just an ITA? Did you inform CIC you wouldn't be using the POE Letter so they could open the slot up for somebody else? I'm wondering if that has made the difference?

hh619

I did send an email to them circa 4 months before expiration. I didn't receive a reply though.

It's highly likely that the CIC representative got it wrong, and perhaps misunderstood my situation. I still think it’s strange that I was able to re-apply in the CIC portal.

I definitely see work permit approved in the portal. I will keep you updated. Not sure what would happen if I got another invitation though?

Siouxie

From that same link http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcen...num=937&top=25 it says...I wonder if that is what they are basing allowing you to apply again on? But then on this link https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration...ext-steps.html it says..

hh619

Contradictions all around then. Lets wait and see!

Blue Jay

Is it okay to have two different Mcgkey accounts with two different passports in the working holiday pools? Or will you be penalized?

Blue Jay

I signed up the 4th of December and haven't received one. However many people who signed up this weekend already have theirs. Who else from the UK hasn't been invited?


- I have a sob story tied to why I am trying to go back to Canada on the IEC so it's quite a stressful, emotional time. Feel free to share your story-

christmasoompa

4067 people according to the official info, plus probably another chunk that have applied since - so you're definitely not alone in waiting for an invite! I'm sure there are others on the forum too who will be along shortly.

I've moved your posts from the main Canada forum to this thread, where we try to keep all IEC enquiries/comments/chat.

Best of luck, hope you get an invite in the next draw.

Blue Jay

Thank you. This is the hardest thing I've had to wait for - it's agonizing seeing that people signed up on a whim this weekend and they have all received invites. I've however been in the pool since the 4th of December, with no luck. I can't believe they don't prioritize those who sign up quickly.

Everyone I know is pretty much out there, no family or anything in the UK, I spent the last 5/6 months alone on standby twiddling my thumbs waiting for this email and it's possible it may not even come now so it's soul destroying.

I've heard the round of invites page is incorrect - someone made a spreadsheet and France for example, they have more spaces than in their actual quota. Hopefully they file the corrections this week.

christmasoompa

Would rather defeat the point of a lottery system surely?

Is there no other visa route open to you? Might be worth starting a new thread giving details of your time in Canada, when you left, what you did for a job, which province, your education level, etc, etc, and seeing if anybody can suggest a Plan B. If you've already lived and worked in Canada it would be very unusual for you not to qualify for PR via one of the 50+ routes.

3 spaces extra only - and there will be a reason for that. They're usually pretty accurate, although of course not updated too regularly, so most data is out of date even before it's published.

ChrisBan

Once upon a time they did... and it was nothing short of a disaster once this program became as popular as it is now.

Blue Jay

Do you know if it's OK to have two mcgkey profiles for 2 separate passports / Dual Nationality at the same time? For example, UK and Ireland both in the working holiday pool. Won't they see my names and details twice and potentially penalize against being in the pool with 2 different passports at the same time or is it okay to do? I can't find any information about this online.