Why HPI Visa?

• Easy path for globally talented individuals
• New skilled workers can enter without any job offer
• Attracts top global graduates to UK
• Minimal proof of funds
• Get work permit for 2-3 years

HPI Visa

A tailor-made visa for High Potential Individuals from the world’s top universities!

UK Visas and Immigration will launch the High Potential Individual (HPI) visa route on May 30, 2022, for candidates who are rewarded between 1 November 2021 and 31 October 2022.

Objective of HPI visa: It aims to give British businesses access to an influx of skilled young workers

HPI route, the best path for talented students

The HPI route is specifically designed to entice top global graduates to the UK. This is a short-term visa for students to begin their early careers after completing their courses in top universities. UK government has launched this to benefit the UK workforce.

This is especially for students who have graduated during the mentioned period. The UK government will release the eligible universities tabled between 2016 and 2020. The candidates who are eligible can apply for an HPI visa without any job offer in the UK.

Eligibility criteria to qualify for an HPI Visa

• Candidates of any nationality having 18 years of age.
• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Post-Doctorate degrees from a qualified school within the past five years.
• An English language requirement, either from English-speaking country or that you’ve passed a test or received a degree demonstrating your English language ability.
• Financial requirement, of a minimum £1,270 available in cash.

List of universities in 2023

Name of the University	Name of the Country
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)	USA
Columbia University	USA
Cornell University	USA
Delft University of Technology	Netherlands
Duke University	USA
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL Switzerland)	Switzerland
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)	Switzerland
Fudan University	China
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	USA
Northwestern University	USA
Paris Sciences et Lettres - PSL Research University	France
Peking University	China
Princeton University	USA
Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China
Stanford University	USA
Technical University of Munich	Germany
Tsinghua University	China
University of British Columbia	Canada
University of California, Berkeley	USA
University of California, Los Angeles	USA
University of California, San Diego	USA
University of Chicago	USA
University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong
University of Melbourne	Australia
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	USA
University of Pennsylvania	USA
University of Tokyo	Japan
University of Toronto	Canada
University of Washington	USA
Yale University	USA
Zhejiang University	China

Duration of HPI Visa

If you have a Ph.D., then you can stay for three years. Whereas the candidates with Bachelor’s and Master’s can stay up to 2 years in the UK with an HPI visa.

Differences between HPI Visa and Graduate Visa

The major difference between the HPI visa and the UK graduate visa is:

HPI visa	UK graduate visa
Study in world top schools outside the UK	Study within UK
Can stay upto 2 to 3 years after completing degree in world’s top schools outside the UK	Can stay for two years after completing a degree in the UK