In Global Fight for Labor, UK Launches ‘High Potential Individual’ Visa
Are you considering moving to or working in the UK? You may have a better chance at employment if you graduated from one of the qualified, top non-UK universities, as long as you have the High Potential Individual (HPI) visa. The UK hopes the visa could resolve high-skilled labor shortages by attracting the best and brightest from around the world. Do you qualify? Under this new scheme, alumni of top non-UK universities who have graduated within the past five years can apply for the HPI visa. Their cases can be adjudicated within a few weeks. As of June 3, 2022, there are around 40 eligible universities, with 20 in the US, including the following: · California Institute of Technology · Cornell University · Columbia University · Duke University · John Hopkins University · Harvard University · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · New York University · Stanford University · Northwestern Univ