New UK visa for world’s top graduates

[TKthunder2 4992]

UK launches new visa for world’s top graduates — is your college on the list?

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Graduates from the world’s top colleges, who are still early on in their careers, will now be able to apply for a short-term visa to stay and work in the U.K.

From Monday, the U.K. government has said people who have graduated, in the last five years, from one of the eligible leading universities listed on its website, will be able to apply for the U.K.’s “high potential individual” visa.

Successful applicants will be granted a two-year visa, while those with a PhD will be offered a three-year visa. Graduates granted a HPI visa will also be able to switch to other long-term employment visas, if they meet the eligibility requirements.

Graduates’ partners and children can also apply to join, or stay with them, in the U.K.

To apply, graduates will need a valid passport or other travel document that shows their identity and nationality. It will be available to those eligible regardless of their nationality or where they were born. Applicants will also have to prove they have at least a “B1” level of English, where they can communicate with native speakers without effort.  

The application fee for the visa is £715 ($904), along with £210 to verify that their qualification is valid, or £252 if they’re applying from the U.K.

In addition, applicants will have to pay a health care surcharge, so that they can use the U.K.’s National Health Service, which is usually £624 for every year they’ll be in the U.K. Applicants will also have to prove that they can support themselves by showing they have at least £1,270 in their bank account, though this is subject to exemptions.

Applicants will usually find out whether they’ve been successful within 3 weeks if they’re applying from outside the U.K. and 8 weeks if they’re already in the U.K., and are switching from another visa.

The list of eligible colleges is based on university rankings from around the world. Here’s the 2021/22 rundown of eligible universities.

‘High potential individual’ visa 2021 college list

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California Institute of Technology (Caltech) — U.S.

Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) — Hong Kong

Columbia University — U.S.

Cornell University — U.S.

Duke University — U.S.

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL Switzerland) — Switzerland

ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) — Switzerland

Harvard University — U.S.

Johns Hopkins University — U.S.

Karolinska Institute — Sweden

Kyoto University — Japan

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) — U.S.

McGill University — Canada

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) — Singapore

National University of Singapore — Singapore

New York University (NYU) — U.S.

Northwestern University — USA

Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University — France

Peking University — China

Princeton University —  U.S.

Stanford University — U.S.

Tsinghua University — China

University of British Columbia — Canada

University of California, Berkeley — U.S.

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) — U.S.

University of California, San Diego — U.S.

University of Chicago US — U.S.

University of Hong Kong — Hong Kong

University of Melbourne — Australia

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor — U.S.

University of Munich (LMU Munich) — Germany

University of Pennsylvania — U.S.

University of Texas at Austin —  U.S.

University of Tokyo — Japan

University of Toronto — Canada

University of Washington — U.S.

Yale University — U.S.

 

[Bevo Num1 1021]

Where's aggy?

[CoTex 1160]

21 minutes ago, Bevo Num1 said:

Where's aggy?

Where’s the they supposed to be SEC gif?

[TwiceHorn 31506]

That seems kind of strange, as it is a two-year work permit with no apparent path to permanent residence.

They need to borrow some brains for the short-term?

[tx 3 putt 77109]

Two years is a joke 

[4th_and_18 687]

That seems kind of strange, as it is a two-year work permit with no apparent path to permanent residence.
They need to borrow some brains for the short-term?

From the gov.uk website on this graduate visa it sounds similar to the US STEM extension. You get two years after you graduate. Maybe you find long term employment that will sponsor you on a skilled worker visa. If not, you go home.

Re: no path to longer stay
From their website:
If you want to stay longer in the UK
You cannot extend your HPI visa. However, you may be able to switch to a different visa, for example a Skilled Worker visa.

[futureman 22490]

wait they just kick you out of the country if you overstay your visa? they can do that? and people don’t protest?

[InkaUtexas 26002]

2 hours ago, Bevo Num1 said:

Where's aggy?

in Qatar. 

[ClubWhatever 12151]

I’m going to sue the UK for age discrimination.  You can thank me later. 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13515]

This program has been around for at least 6 years with UT on this list but for some reason social media just noticed it in the past few weeks.

[CooterBrown 18015]

That seems kind of strange, as it is a two-year work permit with no apparent path to permanent residence.
They need to borrow some brains for the short-term?

I think it’s fairly easy to get a permanent resident visa in UK once you’re legally there. Getting that first sponsored work visa was the difficult part. This eliminates that problem.

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give me your tired, your poor, and your privileged.

[Johnny Sack 8397]