Online Application For International Experience Canada （IEC）

If you’re in an IEC pool, you should start getting any supporting documents you may need for your work permit application. Some documents may take several months to get. You could get an Invitation to Apply at any time, and you’ll have limited time to submit your work permit application and documents.

You cannot apply for a work permit under International Experience Canada (IEC) unless we’ve sent you an invitation to apply (ITA).

If you’ve accepted an ITA for a work permit, follow these steps.

Make sure you know the date and time of your deadline

When you accept your ITA, you’ll receive a message in your account with your deadline. You have exactly 20 days from the time you accept your ITA to submit your work permit application.

The date and time of your deadline is in coordinated universal time (UTC). This may be different than your local time.

For example, if you accept your invitation at 7:25 a.m. UTC, you must submit your IEC work permit application before 7:25 a.m. UTC time 20 days later.

Don’t wait until the last day to submit your application. The difference between your local time and the UTC time could make you miss the deadline.

Complete the online form

You can save the information in the online form and go back to it as often as you need to until you are ready to submit it.

Make sure you:

• answer all questions truthfully and completely
  • If we find that you gave us false information or left out important details, we’ll refuse your application
  • You may also be ineligible for entry to Canada in the future
• fill out all the mandatory fields in the form
  • You can’t submit your application until these fields are completed
• don’t leave any gaps in time in the work history and education history sections
  • Include all absences, periods of unemployment, travel dates, etc.
• include all paid and unpaid work in the work history section
• click “validate” at the end of each form so there are no errors or blank fields in your application

Note: If you’re applying for a Working Holiday work permit and you’re asked for information about your offer of employment,

• type “A9999999” in the offer of employment number field
• select “No” to the question “Has your employer paid the Employer Compliance fee?” and
• type “Non-applicable – Working Holiday” into the employer address fields

When you have completed the application, the system will generate a personalized document checklist for you. It will show all the supporting documents you need to upload.