What is UK-India Young Professionals Scheme?

About Young Professional Scheme:

• It was conceived as part of an India-U.K. Migration and Mobility MoU signed in May 2021 and was announced in November at the G20 summit in Bali.
• It was formally launched in February 2023.
• It will permit up to 3,000 of their degree-holding citizens aged between 18 and 30 to live and work in each other’s countries for two years.
• This scheme makes India the first visa-national country to benefit from the scheme.
• Features of India Young Professionals Scheme visa:
  • It allows Indian citizens between 18 and 30years old to live and work in the UK for up to 2 years.
  • It will enable candidates to enter the UK at any timewhile their visa is valid and leave and return anytime during their stay.
• To be eligiblefor the India Young Professionals Scheme visa,
  • You have to be an Indian nationalaged between 18 and 30 years.
  • You must have a bachelor’s degree or above.
  • You must have 2,530 pounds in savings.
  • You must not have any children under the age of 18who live with you or whom you are financially supporting.
• A person must be selected in the India Young Professionals Scheme ballot before they can apply for a Young Professionals Scheme visa.
• You cannot apply if you’ve already been in the UK under this scheme or the Youth Mobility Scheme visa.
• In case the applicant is issued a visa, they must enter the UK within six months of the date on which the visa was issued.
• Once in the UK, the applicant can:
  • Study -for certain degree programs, such as post-graduation or research in sensitive subjects in the UK, an additional certificate under the Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) needs to be applied before starting the course or research.
  • Work in most jobs.
  • Be self-employed and set up a company- as long as your premises are rented, your equipment is not worth more than £5,000 and you do not have any employees.