High Potential Individual Visa
High potential individual visa (HPI Visa) is open to apply from 30th May 2022. This visa will allow top 50 University student to come to the UK to work or do business without a job offer. It does not require any sponsorship unlike skilled worker visa or innovator visa. It will valid for two or three years depending on the degree you have. This visa does not lead to indefinite leave to remain in the UK but you can switch to other visa.
High Potential Individual Visa Requirements
- You are over 18 years old
- You have been awarded an overseas degree. The overseas degree must be at the same qualification level or exceed that of a UK bachelor degree or UK postgraduate degree.
- The overseas degree been awarded in the five years before the date of the visa application
- The educational institution that awarded the degree must have been included on the Global Universities List published by the Home Office when the degree was awarded.
- The Global Universities List is a list of universities published by the Home Office. The list is below
- Meet the English language requirements at B1 level in four elements if you are not from the English Speaking country.
- Meet the financial requirement – you currently need to have cash funds of at least £1,270 in your bank for 28 days.
- TB test if you are from one of the countries on the list of Home Office required.
Alphabetical Rankings Lists 2021 Top 50 for HPI visa
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) -- USA
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) -- Hong Kong
Columbia University -- USA
Cornell University -- USA
Duke University -- USA
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL Switzerland). -- Switzerland
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) -- Switzerland
Harvard University -- USA
Johns Hopkins University -- USA
Karolinska Institute -- Sweden
Kyoto University -- Japan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) -- USA
McGill University -- Canada
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) -- Singapore
National University of Singapore -- Singapore
New York University (NYU) -- USA
Northwestern University -- USA
Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University -- France
Peking University -- China
Princeton University -- USA
Stanford University -- USA
Tsinghua University -- China
University of British Columbia -- Canada
University of California, Berkeley -- USA
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) -- USA
University of California, San Diego -- USA
University of Chicago US -- USA
University of Hong Kong -- Hong Kong
University of Melbourne -- Australia
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor -- USA
University of Munich (LMU Munich) -- Germany
University of Pennsylvania -- USA
University of Texas at Austin -- USA
University of Tokyo -- Japan
University of Toronto -- Canada
University of Washington -- USA
Yale University -- USA