IEC 2019
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IEC 2019
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.
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.
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Re: IEC 2019
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?
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?
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Re: IEC 2019
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?
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?
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.
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Re: IEC 2019
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 - RemoveURLasi'mNewbie
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.
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.
"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."
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Re: IEC 2019
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."
"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."
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?
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Re: IEC 2019
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?
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?
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Re: IEC 2019
From that same link http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcen...num=937&top=25 it says...
If your Letter of Introduction expires and you still want to come to Canada, you may submit your profile again.
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..Note: The expiry date of the POE letter cannot be changed or extended under any circumstance. You cannot transfer your letter to any other person or name. If the expiry date on your POE letter has passed and you haven’t come to Canada, this will count as an IEC participation. If you’re eligible for another participation, you must create a new profile.
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Re: IEC 2019
From that same link If I am issued a POE Letter but do not use it, will I get a refund? it says...
If your Letter of Introduction expires and you still want to come to Canada, you may submit your profile again.
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..Note: The expiry date of the POE letter cannot be changed or extended under any circumstance. You cannot transfer your letter to any other person or name. If the expiry date on your POE letter has passed and you haven’t come to Canada, this will count as an IEC participation. If you’re eligible for another participation, you must create a new profile.
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Having 2 passports in the IEC pools
Is it okay to have two different Mcgkey accounts with two different passports in the working holiday pools? Or will you be penalized?
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Second round of Invitations for the UK IEC: who else DIDN'T receive one?
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-
- 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-
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Re: Second round of Invitations for the UK IEC: who else DIDN'T receive one?
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.
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Re: Second round of Invitations for the UK IEC: who else DIDN'T receive one?
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.
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.
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.
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Re: Second round of Invitations for the UK IEC: who else DIDN'T receive one?
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.
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.
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Re: Second round of Invitations for the UK IEC: who else DIDN'T receive one?
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.
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.