Surge in demand for Canadian visas

The number of Irish people applying for working holiday visas in Canada has already outstripped last year’s total.

Figures provided by visafirst.com showed 5,418 visas have been issued to Irish workers so far in 2017, with a further 1,794 applicants having applied and likely to be issued permits if their applications are eligible.

That accounts for the majority of the Irish quota of 7,700 for the Canadian working holiday programme, in which visas are issued without job offers.