From the Guardian today: The U.K. recently launched a “High Potential Individual” (HPI) visa aimed at attracting the “brightest and best” from around the world to its soggy shores. If you qualify under the scheme you are welcomed into the country for at least two years, even if you don’t have a job offer. So who counts as the brightest and best? According to the British government, an HPI is someone who has graduated from a top-50 ranked university outside of the U.K. in the past five years. You can see the list of the 37 eligible universities here. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/08/uk-government-immigration-harvard-visa My son will begin engineering studies at one of those eligible universities in the fall. I imagine employment in the U.K. would make for an interesting entry on his resume. He would also have an opportunity to experience English football firsthand. It sounds like a great adventure, but it makes me recall three 20-something English coaches my son had along the way at his soccer club. All three of them were married to yanks before my son was in high school.
Life's one great adventure, just presuming you are from here? To think someone would encourage their son to return to these shores.
Not much going on with the footy right now. I was hoping folks might share a little bit about life in England, immigration, or even better, the engineering profession in the U.K.
I can tell you for definite the engineering profession is red hot at the moment, my son’s an engineer and regularly gets job offers on the windmills for a £1,000 a day and if you are offshore you also get all your food and accommodation chucked in.
