Under a new visa scheme, graduates from the world’s finest universities will be able to apply to come to the UK.
The “high potential person” method, which begins on Monday, is expected to attract the “brightest and greatest” early in their careers, according to the government.
Alumni of major non-UK universities who graduated within the last five years will be eligible for the scheme.
Graduates will be able to qualify regardless of where they were born, and they will not require a job offer.
If you have a bachelor’s or master’s degree, you will be awarded a two-year work visa, and if you have a Ph.D., you will be given a three-year work visa.
If they achieve certain standards, they will be eligible to switch to other long-term employment visas.
A person must have graduated from a university that was ranked in the top 50 of at least two of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, or The Academic Ranking of World Universities in the year they graduated to be eligible.
The government produced an online list of qualified universities for 2021 that included 20 US universities, including Harvard, Yale, and MIT.
The University of Hong Kong, the University of Melbourne, and the Paris Sciences et Lettres University were among the other 17 qualified universities.
The visa will cost £715 plus an immigration health premium, which permits migrants to use the NHS in the United Kingdom.
Graduates will be able to bring their families, but they must have a minimum of £1,270 in maintenance funds.
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They must also pass a security and criminality check and have at least a B1 intermediate level of English proficiency, which is characterised as having the “fluency to communicate with native speakers without effort.”
The scheme comes after revisions that allow foreign nationals to stay and work in the United Kingdom for up to two years rather than needing to depart after completing a degree.
“The approach implies that the UK will grow as a major international hub for innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship,” said Chancellor Rishi Sunak.
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“We want tomorrow’s enterprises to be established here today, which is why I encourage students to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to start their careers here.”
“I am proud to be unveiling this new and exciting route as part of our points-based immigration system, which prioritises aptitude and talent over where someone comes from,” said Home Secretary Priti Patel.
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