About Us
Our mandate is to facilitate worry-free international travel and work experiences for young Canadians and foreign nationals. We want to make sure that you have the best time of your life abroad with high quality support and services.
Therefore, we only work with renowned and vetted partner organizations that have years of experience supporting young travelers. We listen to the feedback from our participants and try to improve our programs wherever we can. If a program does not meet our high-quality standards, we will either search for an alternative or remove the program from our portfolio altogether. This way, you can be sure that we only offer programs that are truly tried and tested.
GO International was founded in 1994 and is a division of Tamwood International College Ltd and ILAC Education Group.
GO International is a Canadian company that operates its own working holiday and volunteer programs in Canada and works with partner organizations around the world to deliver highly recognized work and travel, internship and au pair programs.
As a recognized organization (RO) of IEC, G0 International has been designated a partner in raising awareness and providing support services to foreign national and Canadian youth.
All Go International staff have international travel and work experience. They know firsthand how exciting and nerve-racking it is at the same time to live abroad for a longer time. Go International wants to make sure that you have a worry-free and fun experience!
International Experience Canada (IEC) is a Government of Canada program that offers Canadian and foreign national youth (ages 18 to 35) the opportunity to work and travel in each other’s countries. The program started in 1956 with France as a partner, and today works with more than 35 partner countries and territories across Europe, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. Under the reciprocal program, Canadian and foreign national youth can work and travel through either an open work permit (working holiday category) or an employer-specific work permit (international co-op and young professionals categories).
For more information, have a look at our webpage about International Experience Canada.
There are many terms associated this initiative, but they are based on Youth Mobility agreements between two countries. You could also stumble on names such as Work and Travel.
Working Holidays allow eligible youth to live in a foreign country for longer than the average tourist. Usually, Working Holiday visas are open work permits, which allow you to take up any temporary job for the duration of your visa. This provides you with the great opportunity to earn your travel and living costs while gaining international work experience and exploring another country and culture.
International Experience Canada (IEC) has three program streams through which foreign youth may work and travel in Canada; and vice-versa:
- The working holiday stream facilitates work and travel through an open work permit that allows youth to work for virtually any employer in any location in the destination;
- The international co-op and young professionals’ streams facilitate internships and professional work experience through employer-specific work permits.