Britain Approves Three Thousand Work Visas for Indian Professionals

New Delhi: The United Kingdom government has given approval for three thousand visas for young professionals from India to work in the country each year.

Highlighting the strength of the UK-India migration and mobility partnership agreed upon last year, the UK government said, India is the first visa-national country to benefit from such a scheme.

The UK Prime Minister’s Office said the government has approved the UK-India Young Professionals Scheme that offers 3 thousand visas to 18-30-year-old degree-educated Indian nationals to come to the UK to live and work for up to two years.

The announcement came hours after UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the 17th edition of the G20 Summit at Bali.

This was their first meeting after the first Indian-origin UK  Prime Minister assumed office last month.