The visa – high potential individual visa, allows applicants to relocate to the UK without a prior job offer or sponsorship. The UK government had said that in order to qualify for the HPI visa, applicants needed to have been awarded a degree from an overseas university. The government noted that the list would be compiled annually and would comprise institutions included in the list of the top 50 universities in at least two of the following ranking systems: Times Higher Education World University rankings, Quacquarelli Symonds World University rankings, and the Academic Ranking of the World Universities. According to the UK Minister of Safe and Legal Migration, Kevin Foster, the “High Potential Individual” visa route is targeted at attracting high-skilled foreign university graduates, who will be allowed to work and stay in the UK for two or three years. “The new High Potential Individual route will make it as simple as possible for internationally mobile individuals who demonstrate high potential to come to the UK.

Source: Punch May 06, 2022 23:52 UTC