UK to Launch New Visa | Without Job Offer UK offers New Visa for Talented Graduates
Faced with a shrinking talent pool following Brexit, the United Kingdom (UK) has decided to launch a new visa scheme to attract graduates from the finest universities in India and other countries.
The High Potential Individual (HPI) visa will be available to applicants from May 30.
High-skilled foreign university graduates will be permitted to work and reside in the UK for two to three years, depending on their degree level, under the new visa.
Employers in the United Kingdom will benefit since they will be allowed to recruit HPI visa holders without having to pay sponsorship costs.
Visa holders can apply for jobs in any industry after arriving in the UK.
The High Potential Individual (HPI) visa will be available to applicants from May 30.
High-skilled foreign university graduates will be permitted to work and reside in the UK for two to three years, depending on their degree level, under the new visa.
Employers in the United Kingdom will benefit since they will be allowed to recruit HPI visa holders without having to pay sponsorship costs.
Visa holders can apply for jobs in any industry after arriving in the UK.
WHO CAN APPLY?
Those who have completed a degree from a qualifying university outside the UK within the past five years.
People of any nationality who are at least 18 years old.
The applicant should have a degree from any one of the universities listed by the British government on the Gov.uk website annually.
It will include schools outside the UK that appear in the top 50 on at least two of the following world rankings:
- Times Higher Education World University Rankings
- Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings
- The Academic Ranking of World Universities
The names may vary from year to year, but are likely to include Harvard, Stanford, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US; Canada’s University of Toronto; Peking University and Tsinghua University in China; and the University of Tokyo in Japan.
CRITERIA
You don’t need a job offer or sponsorship to qualify for the visa.
You can go to the UK and set up as self-employed or volunteer.
