This is a discussion with Dr Vihanga Munasinghe about new routes to get UK settlement (in a relatively short time period) status including High Potential Individual Visa, and Global Talent Visa. She studied for her Bachelors at the University of Colombo Sri Lanka and went on to complete her PhD at the prestigious University of Oxford as well as attended the University of Cambridge for her postdoctoral studies. She received her Global Talent Visa during her final year of her PhD at Oxford.

Timestamps

00:00 | Introduction
01:10 | Challenges of Student Visa in obtaining ILR
01:30 | Different ways to get settlement status in the UK: ILR routes
03:38 | High potential Individual Visa (NEW) Visa granted up to 23 Years
05:38 | Graduate Visa Visa granted up to 2 Years
07:54 | Global Talent Visa (NEW) Visa granted up to 5 years and ILR in 3 Years
14:50 | Visa Cost (Application Fee + Health Surcharge)
16:30 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) endorsed funders
17:00 | Should you apply visa for 3 years or 5 years?
17:37 | Benefits of Global Talent Visa vs Skilled Worker Visa
20:55 | How to get more information
22:11 | Endorsement process
22:47 | When should you apply for Global Talent Visa?
26:05 | Application tips and advice

Importance Links:

1. High Potential Individual (HPI) visa: https://www.gov.uk/highpotentialind...
2. Graduate route visa: https://www.gov.uk/graduatevisa
3. Global talent visa : https://www.hr.admin.cam.ac.uk/hrser...
4. UKRI endorsed funders : https://www.gov.uk/government/publica...


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