A total of 3,000 visas will be granted to Indian nationals aged between 18 and 30 years old and that hold a degree, enabling them to live and work in the United Kingdom for a maximum of two years, the British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has announced.
The new measure is part of the UK-India Migration and Mobility Partnership (MMP) approved last year, which will become effective at the beginning of the next year and will also involve British nationals currently residing and working in India, VisaGuide.World reports.
“I know first-hand the incredible value of the deep cultural and historical ties we have with India. I am pleased that even more of India’s brightest young people will now have the opportunity to experience all that life in the UK has to offer – and vice-versa – making our economies and societies richer,” said Sunak, Britain’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister.
Launching the UK-India Young Professionals Scheme is considered an important moment for the relations of both countries and as an effort to encourage the better implementation of the ongoing free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, expected to last until March 2023.
Such an FTA will be the first agreement of this type India has made with a country in Europe and would establish the UK-India trading relationship, expected to generate ₤24 billion every year.
The two countries have a long-lasting partnership, with the UK having the most links in the Pacific region with India, with nearly a quarter of international students in the UK coming from India and the investment in the UK enabling 95,000 jobs in the country.
VisaGuide.World previously shared that 118,000 Indian students had been granted a student visa in the UK in June, recording an 89 percent increase in visas issued compared to the previous year and overtaking China as the main country of origin for students in the UK.
The data was shared by the United Kingdom Immigration Statistics, which also revealed that Indian nationals now represent 28 per cent of all visitors visas granted.
High rates of visa issuance for Indian nationals were also noticed among those applying for other purposes outside studying, with the total number of visas granted reaching 258,000 in the year ending June 2022 – 630 percent more than in the previous year.
As per work visas, Indians received 148 per cent more of those in 2022 compared to the previous year, reaching a total of 103,000 work visas granted.
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