High Potential Individual visa：Индия → Великобритания
Indian citizens living in the United States need a UK High Potential Individual visa — apply online on gov.uk and give biometrics at a UK visa application centre in the United States.
Lets recent graduates of an eligible top global university come to the UK to work, look for work or be self-employed, without needing a job offer or sponsor.
- Срок действия
- An HPI visa lasts for 2 years. If you have a PhD or other doctoral qualification, it will last for 3 years.
- Количество въездов
- You can travel abroad and return to the UK during your visa; it cannot be extended.
- Макс. срок пребывания за визит
- 2 years (3 years with a PhD or other doctoral qualification).
Когда начинать
Начните за 21 дн.–2 мес. до даты поездки.
To apply, you must have been awarded a qualification by an eligible university in the last 5 years.
Before you apply you must have your qualification verified, receiving a unique person identifier number or certificate from Ecctis.
You'll usually need to prove you can read, write, speak and understand English to at least level B2 when you apply.
Complete the application on gov.uk. It costs the £880 application fee plus the healthcare surcharge, and you'll usually need at least £1,270 in savings.
As part of your application, you'll need to prove your identity and provide your documents — using the ID Check app or at a visa application centre.
From outside the UK you'll usually get a decision on your visa within 3 weeks.
Что понадобится
- Valid passport or travel document — A valid passport or other travel document that shows your identity and nationality. ✓ проверено
- Ecctis unique person identifier or certificate — Your unique person identifier number or certificate that was given to you by Ecctis when they checked your qualification. ✓ проверено
- Proof of knowledge of English — Proof of your knowledge of English. ✓ проверено
- Proof of personal savings — Proof you have enough personal savings to support yourself in the UK (you'll usually need at least £1,270 available). ✓ проверено
- Tuberculosis (TB) test results — Your tuberculosis test results if you're from a listed country (this includes India). ✓ проверено
Куда подавать
Куда подавать в США
Подача по вашему округуBecause you live in the USA, you apply at a UK Visa Application Centre in the US — not in your home country. There are UK visa application centres in 30+ US cities (including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia and Seattle). Use the official VFS US centre directory (linked below) to find and book the one nearest you.
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Полезно знать
- You'll usually need to have at least £1,270 available to support yourself in the UK.
- You cannot extend this visa or apply to settle permanently in the UK on it — switch to another visa to stay longer.