UK Students Graduate Applications 2021
The new Graduate route will open for applications on July 1 2021, allowing the UK to retain the brightest and the best international students to continue contributing to society and the economy post-study.
International students must have completed an eligible course at a UK higher education provider, with a track record of compliance with the government’s immigration requirements to apply to the Graduate route. Students on the Graduate route will be able to work or look for work for a maximum period of two years or three years for Doctoral students after they complete their University education.
With this development, you will be able to stay in the UK for another 2 or 3 years after your education. You can easily secure the status you need to continue living, working, and fulfilling your dream in the UK- says Border and Immigration Minister, Mr. Kevin Foster.
The government wants the UK to be a country of choice for the world’s brightest talent, who aspire to a career at the highest levels of business, science, the arts, and technology.
The new route will open for applications on July 1 2021, to international students who successfully complete a degree at the UK’s undergraduate level or above.
The Graduate route will be unsponsored, meaning applicants will not need a job offer to apply for the route. There will be no minimum salary requirements nor caps on numbers. Graduates on the route will be able to work flexibly, switch jobs, and develop their careers as required.
The new route will help the government achieve the ambition set out in the International Education Strategy to increase the number of international students in higher education in the UK to 600,000 by 2030.
Coronavirus concessions for students unable to travel to the UK due to the pandemic have also been extended, recognising the continuing disruption many faces due to international travel restrictions.
Applicants who began their studies in Autumn 2020 will now have until June 21, 2021, to enter the UK (updated from April 6, 2021) to be eligible for the Graduate route. Students who began their studies in January or February 2021 will need to be in the UK by September 27, 2021.
The Graduate route comes as the government unveiled plans to launch another new immigration route that will help start-ups and fast-growing firms recruit the talent they need to innovate and grow.
Also, highly skilled migrants with a job offer from a recognised high-growth firm will qualify for a visa without the need for sponsorship or third-party endorsement.
If you are in the UK and like to benefit from these generous immigration routes or you are outside of the UK but wishes to study in the UK but need quality immigration advise:
Please contact our UK Immigration Lawyers at worldwide Law by visiting us at www.widelaws.com or call us on +44 (0) 2078681667 or WhatsApp +447982915910 or +447533371155.
We are happy to assist you all the way.
