The Canadian government will increase the working holiday visa quota by 20% in 2023. Applicants can apply from January 9 next year.
Young Koreans are asking about working holidays at the booth of the Canadian Embassy in Korea at the job fair.
The government will expand the 2023 working holiday recruitment quota by 20%. A 20% increase in application volume adds about 15,000 seats.
The Ministry of Immigration announced that it would start the program on January 9 next year.
With this announcement, approximately 90,000 applicants between the ages of 18 and 35 living in more than 30 of Canada’s partner countries will be able to work and travel in Canada for up to two years.
The exact number of recruits in each country has not yet been announced.
As of 2022, there were about 18,000 applicants in Korea, of which about 7,000 were issued invitations and about 4,000 were issued visas.
The government said it “plans to help employers, including those in the tourism industry, find workers by allowing more international young people a working holiday visa.”