IEC Working Holiday or Young Professionals?

Short answer

Working Holiday gives an open work permit. Young Professionals is an employer-specific permit for a skilled job at TEER 0 to 3, and you need a signed job offer before you enter the pool. Neither is a guaranteed route, but skilled work in Canada can count toward permanent residence.

Key points

• Working Holiday: open work permit, no job offer needed to apply.
• Young Professionals: employer-specific, skilled role at TEER 0 to 3, signed offer before the pool.
• Skilled Canadian work can count toward permanent residence.

Full transcript

It's not just the Working Holiday. Brits can also apply for Young Professionals. It's an employer-specific permit for a skilled job, at TEER zero to three, and you need a signed offer before you join the pool.

It's not a guaranteed way in. But if it fits, skilled work can count toward permanent residence. Compare both at civs.ca and civs.uk.

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