Working Holiday Visa

Who is eligible to receive the Canadian Working Holiday Visa?

Not everyone is eligible to receive or apply for a Working Holiday Visa. To be eligible, you should meet the requirements for the applicants, which are:

• The Canada Working Holiday Visa is only available to applicants from the 30 IEC participating countries. You must be a citizen or a passport holder of one of those countries.
• It would be best if you had a passport for the time you will be staying in Canada. The work permit issued to you will not have a longer duration than your passport.
• You must be between the ages of 18 to 30 or 35 at your application time. The upper age limit depends on your country of citizenship.
• It would be best if you had at least an equivalent of CAD 2,500 on landing to help cover all your initial costs.
• You must be admissible to Canada.
• You must be able to take out health insurance for the entire duration of your stay in Canada.
• Dependents must not accompany you.
• You must have a round-trip ticket before you arrive in Canada or have the financial resources to purchase a ticket at the end of your authorized stay.
• You must pay the appropriate fees associated with the work permit application.

You can learn the steps on how to become a candidate for application to the Working Holiday Visa.

1. Complete the come to Canada questionnaire on the Canada.ca immigration page. This questionnaire is used as an initial assessment for the work permit. If you meet the criteria required, a reference code will be sent to you.
2. Enter the code and create a secure account on the application page.
3. Create an IEC profile.
4. After filling the profile, submit your application and choose out the IEC pools you want to be included in. You may be eligible for one or more pools.
5. At this step, you will wait until you get an Invitation to Apply (ITA). Once selected, you will have 10 days to start your application for the working holiday visa or decline the invitation.

Once you start the application, you will:

1. Have 20 days to submit your work permit application and pay any relevant fees.
2. If you choose between the Young Professional category or the International Co-Op category, your employer will have to pay an amount of CAD 230 employer compliance fee before the 20 days is up. Your employer will also need to send you an Offer of Employment letter so that you can include this in the application.
3. You also need to gather and upload all the required documents. If you don’t have some of the documents required, you can upload proof of application for the documents.
4. After, this payment is required.

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