2012 International Experience Canada Programme

Funsterdelux

Just got this email from USIT:

Thank you for registering your Interest in the 2012 International Experience Canada Programme. Unfortunately the details of the programme have not yet been released, including pricing or the opening date. We will be in contact with you as soon as we receive the information.

Thank you for your patience.
Kind regards

orgaz

Thanks for that Funsterdelux, I just checked the IEC Page today aswell and there is no confirmation date either.. Sucks :mad:

IEC France is now open so hopefully we will know soon when its open for Ireland. My visa is up the end of January so Im hoping they open it early Jan... (Fingers crossed) !

Tiv

got that email too but im still in ireland hoping to go out next year after i finish my masters. Is there a good chance to get work out there with an honours degree and a masters in accounting?

orgaz

Hi Tiv

Yes Definitely, I have 2 friends in that field and they had no problem finding work and are with there company 2 years now and even got sponsored by them for a year.

But like anything else if you want to work you really have to push hard, do your research and keep focused and you will find work here no problem, esp with your masters.

Best of luck

Tiv

Thank you very much thats great to hear I wont be going until nearly this time next year so I have plenty of time to research. Thanks again

tireoghain12

Also got the email....I know the programme doesn't close until July/August but do you have to apply in January to have any chance of getting the visa? or is it safe enough to apply in March or April?

retalivity

i'd recommend applying straight away....once you get the loi, you dont have to leave straight away......you have a year from the date to enter canada

tireoghain12

retalivity wrote: »

i'd recommend applying straight away....once you get the loi, you dont have to leave straight away......you have a year from the date to enter canada

Yeah I will now. Just read that I won't have to have the money in my bank before applying so it makes it easier to apply in January and save for four or five months. Thanks

can2011

just out of curiosity does anyone know when the french iec programme for 2012 opened?

FoosChic

can2011 wrote: »

just out of curiosity does anyone know when the french iec programme for 2012 opened?

pretty sure it's already opened

minnow1

and it closed yesterday!! WTF! 6750 places gone - when did they open I wonder - it says it's still consider anyone who applied since the 16th Nov, but not after the 28th.. Wonder how long Ireland will be??

can2011

FoosChic wrote: »

pretty sure it's already opened

Thanks but I was wondering when did it open.

supra4444

I'm planning on going around March, I've been waiting ages for the visas to be available! What's it like getting work over there?? I have a degree in Marketing and I have a decent job in Dublin, but do you think it'll be possible to get a job at a similar level over there?

orgaz

Hey Minnow1

According to the IEC website its still opened for France and there is 14000 places available.

http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/canada-europa/france/jeunesse-youth/programme_mobilite-mobility_program-en.asp

orgaz

Sorry Minnow1, just checked the IEC website again and first page it says its still open but when u click on the WHP Programme its closed..Thats insane!!!

They must of had very few places going..

Really hope we find out soon when its open for Ireland!! My visa is up the 24th January and I missed this years applications by 1 day and they sent it back to me

Tsukimi

Just received an email from them there:

Thank you for registering your interest in International Experience Canada (IEC) 2012. We will be open the initiative in the next few weeks.

So hopefully will be out the first week in January? Wanna head over ASAP now!

orgaz

Yeah I just got that email now aswell Tsukimi:)

Wonder have the forms changed from last year and if its still $3,000 Proof of funds..

Hopefully they are the same format as last year.. Ohhh I would sooo love if It opened soon and I got my application off to them... Really not going to be able to enjoy Xmas with this over my head

Tsukimi

Yeah I'm the same, it really would make my Christmas if it opened before, but that's probably not going to happen :<

My friends have their flights booked for the 30th Jan so I wanna head out asap after that

ShortskirtCiara

eeeekkk just got the email as well, applied for my Garda Clearance about a week and a half ago so hopefully will that. Can we start filling out the application now or not until they open it? I literally want to have it ready to send on the day they announce its open! Can't wait!!!

orgaz

As much as Id love it too I really dont think it will open this side of 2012.

Cant believe France is closed already after nearly 6k places gone.

My visa is up 24th, and I have a return flight home on 23rd Jan, But I also have a full time job and was made permanent and id hate to have to leave it

Soo let say a prayer and cross everything in the hope it opens up soon..

Best of luck Tsukimi

Bodhidharma

I've registered my interest and they sent me a link for a step-by-step application guide, but I cant open it and I'm having problems navigating the site, has any one else had a similar problem.

I want to head over as soon as possible. Is there anything I can do between now and the official opening date which would save me time then?

I am starting to do my research, but does anyone have any suggestions, as I said, the website isn't the most user-friendly.

ShortskirtCiara

Bodhidharma wrote: »

I've registered my interest and they sent me a link for a step-by-step application guide, but I cant open it and I'm having problems navigating the site, has any one else had a similar problem.

I want to head over as soon as possible. Is there anything I can do between now and the official opening date which would save me time then?

I am starting to do my research, but does anyone have any suggestions, as I said, the website isn't the most user-friendly.

It wouldn't work for me either but this is the link http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/ireland-irlande/experience_canada_experience/application_guide-guide_demande.aspx?view=d

You could get your Garda Clearance now, it takes about 3weeks in total.

FoosChic

ShortskirtCiara wrote: »

It wouldn't work for me either but this is the link http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/ireland-irlande/experience_canada_experience/application_guide-guide_demande.aspx?view=d

You could get your Garda Clearance now, it takes about 3weeks in total.

Thanks for the link wasn't working for me either.

Excitement!!

MJRS

Am I reading it wrong or do we no longer need proof of funds?! Or will that be part of the IEC form that goes up when the program opens?

cmac8

Hi

I see on the step guide, that it says that you require a police cert if you have lived outside canada for a period of 6 mths since your birthday. I have been to Australia for about a nine month period before, does that apply and if so has anyone had a similiar experience before?

Also anyone know what kind of costs USIT have charged in the past and the services they provide. We are thinking of using them for our visa application but have no interest in the add on like bank accounts etc that they are also providing.

Appreciate any help

ShortskirtCiara

cmac8 wrote: »

Hi

I see on the step guide, that it says that you require a police cert if you have lived outside canada for a period of 6 mths since your birthday. I have been to Australia for about a nine month period before, does that apply and if so has anyone had a similiar experience before?

Also anyone know what kind of costs USIT have charged in the past and the services they provide. We are thinking of using them for our visa application but have no interest in the add on like bank accounts etc that they are also providing.

Appreciate any help

Can't help you in relation to the police cert question but in terms of USIT, I went with them for a J1 Visa to America before they were so expensive, so this time were doing it indepentently for the IEC programme. In total with the visa fee, insurance & flights it will come to about 700euro. Not sure what other costs we will incur though, if any! I would recommend doing it Independently.

MJRS

ShortskirtCiara wrote: »

Can't help you in relation to the police cert question but in terms of USIT, I went with them for a J1 Visa to America before they were so expensive, so this time were doing it indepentently for the IEC programme. In total with the visa fee, insurance & flights it will come to about 700euro. Not sure what other costs we will incur though, if any! I would recommend doing it Independently.

I second this, I used USIT last year because there was literally no option to do it independently, they charged me hundreds for basically reading my form to make sure it was completed correctly. They also claim that you need to book your flights and insurance through them, which they charge extortionate prices for. I refused to do this and booked my own flights and insurance (check out airtransat and backpackertravelinsurance). They hadn't a leg to stand on! My friends used USIT a couple of months before me and USIT cost them about 2 grand for something which can be done for 700euro now. If not even less, the visa itself costs around 110, the insurance is 166 and the flight over is as low as 178 (just looking at airtransat's offers, not dates etc.) We only booked a flight over, we're glad we didn't book the flight home now as we are applying to stay a second year through the IEC, the flight would have gone to waste.

cmac8

Thanks folks

I have heard that about USIT before alright. To do it yourself so all you seem to need to do so is fill out the application for canada abroad form and family form, along with sending 4 passport photos and a garda cert. Then wait until the IEC application form, comes online and send them all off together to the UK address outlined. Is that it?

There is a section on one of the forms, thats says where have you lived in the last 5 years. I was in Oz, 4 years ago and wondering what to do with this section especially with my situation regarding needing to get the police cert from there.

Niamh84

Ill be reapplying for the 2012 programme. Im currently in Canada on my first IEC visa. Does anyone know if its easy to get a police cert from Ireland when you're already over here. It says on the IEC website that it has to be original copy so I cant use my one from last year. For my last one I had to show my ID in the Garda station so Im assuming its going to be difficult to try and get one now im out of the country.

Any help appreciated?

retalivity

Niamh84 wrote: »

Ill be reapplying for the 2012 programme. Im currently in Canada on my first IEC visa. Does anyone know if its easy to get a police cert from Ireland when you're already over here. It says on the IEC website that it has to be original copy so I cant use my one from last year. For my last one I had to show my ID in the Garda station so Im assuming its going to be difficult to try and get one now im out of the country.

Any help appreciated?

I too am looking for my second year, and Ive got my mother on the case for a new one that i'll (hopefully) pick up there at xmas. as far as i know its currently being procesed, no issues with ID

Zapp Brannigan

Do you have to have a Police Cert issued from Canada if you've been there on a visa before?