UK launches new visa for world's top graduates - No need of job offer

Highlights of New UK visa

• The UK has initiated a new high potential individual route that allows internationally skilled individuals to exhibit high potential and come to the UK.
• The Immigration Minister, Kevin Foster, said, "The new High potential individual route enables the individuals who have great academic achievements and demonstrated high skills can come to the UK even without a job offer."

New route to UK in detail

• United Kingdom invites graduates from the world's top universities to have a new route to the UK. That route is called a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa.
• The HPI aims to attract highly professional and skilled foreign university graduates. Based on their educational qualifications, they are allowed to stay and work in the UK for at least two to three years.
• The applicants do not need a job offer or any sponsorship to choose this route. These visa holders are set free to come to the UK to work or to set up as self-employed or be a volunteer.

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The UK Cabinet ministers of Indian-origin Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel Statement

The new thrilling category visa also operates under the points-based system and is designed to attract the finest and bright talents worldwide, provided from any nationality. Ph.D. candidates are provided a three-year visa, even without a job offer in hand. The candidates who have already applied will be provided 2-3 work visas.

To obtain this visa, the applicant must have a degree from a world-renowned university that has been awarded within five years of application. The British government releases the qualified and certified schools and institutions' information on their website once a year.

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High Potential Individual visa (HPI)

Kevin Foster, The Immigration minister, UK, says, "The new high potential individual route will enable the internationally mobile individuals who have demonstrated great potential throughout the academic achievement to come to the UK even without a job offer in hand."

The high potential graduates are given two to three years of work visa, whereas the Ph.D. candidates will get a three-year work visa without a job offer.

The UK government encourages this route to be one of the highest growing wings, leading to an international hub for innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurialism. The immigration minister requests the global students to build in businesses today for tomorrow's future to take this as an incredible opportunity to shape their careers.

High in-demand skills in UK

The United Kingdom has already been an unconventional and innovative start-up. It is an excellent place for R&D and has an incredibly diverse place to live. Under this New HPI route, the world's top graduates from the following subjects are encouraged.

• Science
• Engineering
• Medical Research

Top graduates from worlds renowned and prestigious universities like Harvard, Stanford, and MIT are encouraged more to come and live in the UK.

Average salaries of top occupations in UK

Occupation	Average annual salary
Information technology	71,300 pounds
Banking	77,200 pounds
Telecommunications	62,600 pounds
Human resources	67,100 pounds
Engineering	59,900 pounds
Marketing, advertising, PR	79,600 pounds
Construction, real estate	41,800 pounds

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Job outlook in the UK for 2022

Dos & Don'ts for HPI

This visa is granted only once and will not be available to those applicants who have already had the Graduate visa.

HPI visa holders have a chance to switch to other visas that encourage employment for the long term if they meet certain requirements.

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Graduate visa

International students studying in the UK at any top university are already eligible to stay up to three years through the Graduate visa, also known as a post-study work visa.

After leaving the European Union, the new series of visas that the UK government implements enable a series of changes that is contributed to the UK government. This contribution is majorly based on the skills the international students offer, not from where they come.

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New Visas in implementation

A new Global Business Mobility route has been recently introduced, which simplifies and improves various other routes to enable the businesses to expand. 

The Scale-up visa route is also planned to implement sooner, which aims to support businesses that operate on talent recruitment that enables them to bring high potential employees to the UK.

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