UK government has launched a new visa to attract talent, it is labelled the “high potential individual” visa. UK govt 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 the new visa.
To qualify, a person must have attended a university which appeared 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 in which they graduated.
The list of eligible universities from 2021, published online by the government, featured universities across US, Canada Australia and Hong Kong.
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.