Can you go from IEC Young Professionals to IEC Working Holiday?

[KingGnar34]

Hey everyone,

Currently planning for 2021.

With a UK Passport, can you go from IEC Young professionals (from a Recognised Organisation) to IEC Working Holiday after your visa is done?

I assume doing a 1/2 year IEC will net you the ability to apply for CIC?

Thanks!

 

[Bs65]

Hey everyone,

Currently planning for 2021.

With a UK Passport, can you go from IEC Young professionals (from a Recognised Organisation) to IEC Working Holiday after your visa is done?

I assume doing a 1/2 year IEC will net you the ability to apply for CIC?

Thanks!

The YP is not available for UK citizens, only the 2year working holiday

So if you get a job classified as NOC 0,A or B for minimum one year then if you meet the other requirements then sure you could apply with that Canadian experience

https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/iec/eligibility.asp

 

[scylla]

Hey everyone,

Currently planning for 2021.

With a UK Passport, can you go from IEC Young professionals (from a Recognised Organisation) to IEC Working Holiday after your visa is done?

I assume doing a 1/2 year IEC will net you the ability to apply for CIC?

Thanks!

As said above, there is no YP program for the UK.

You will qualify for a 2 year work permit under IEC WHV (assuming you are selected). This should give you plenty of time to accumulate at least 1 year of skilled work experience in Canada to qualify to apply under CEC. Whether you are actually selected under this program will depend on how many points you have. The 1 year of work experience in Canada does not guarantee PR.

 

[KingGnar34]

The YP is not available for UK citizens, only the 2year working holiday

So if you get a job classified as NOC 0,A or B for minimum one year then if you meet the other requirements then sure you could apply with that Canadian experience

https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/iec/eligibility.asp

According to the Canadian government website, UK participants can actually undertake the Youth Professionals visa under a RO and be eligible this way.

As a British citizen, I am not eligible for an IEC-YP slot selected directly through the IEC Program.

However, as a British citizen, I am eligible for an IEC-YP slot administered through a middleman 'Recognized Organization' (RO), because those ROs:

receive a small number of IEC annual inbound quota spaces to nominate their clients for participation in the program, subject to admissibility requirements.

For example, RO SWAP Working Holidays specifically offers IEC "Young Professionals" work permits to citizens of "all [Youth Mobility Agreement] countries and territories", including the UK, aged "18 to 35 years"

https://www.bunac.org/working-holidays/canada/work-canada/young-professional-visa/young-professional-visa

 

[Bs65]

OK fare enough a not very well publicised program but maybe check with Bunac whether it supports a YP followed by IEC or needs to be IEC followed by YP given the Bunac site sort of implies the latter but maybe that is just a selling point for people who would not other wise qualify for a second go.

Same answer though needs to be a job classified as 0,A or B for YP or PR which also of course for YP an employer specific permit needs to be a career development not some random job .

Actually securing a job from outside of Canada will always be the first challenge but if manage to get one with a minmum 12 months Canadian experience then sure could apply for PR if meeting the other requirements.

Being able to flip to a WHV following a YP if that is an option will always of course be a gamble on being selected for the pool of applicants and even then whether it dovetails with a YP.

Note that you might find some more relevant UK biased feedback through the britishexpats.com forum

 

[KingGnar34]

OK fare enough a not very well publicised program but maybe check with Bunac whether it supports a YP followed by IEC or needs to be IEC followed by YP given the Bunac site sort of implies the latter but maybe that is just a selling point for people who would not other wise qualify for a second go.

Same answer though needs to be a job classified as 0,A or B for YP or PR which also of course for YP an employer specific permit needs to be a career development not some random job .

Actually securing a job from outside of Canada will always be the first challenge but if manage to get one with a minmum 12 months Canadian experience then sure could apply for PR if meeting the other requirements.

Being able to flip to a WHV following a YP if that is an option will always of course be a gamble on being selected for the pool of applicants and even then whether it dovetails with a YP.

Note that you might find some more relevant UK biased feedback through the britishexpats.com forum

Thanks for this.

Yes I was hoping on the WHV method but recently been told the YP program would be better for me this way.

What do you mean by UK biased feedback? Positive or Negative.