UK Expands Global Talent Visa for Top Researchers

More than 100 innovative research companies can now support the world's brightest researchers to come and work in the UK through the Global Talent visa. Global names like AstraZeneca and JLR, as well as fast-growing innovators, will benefit from a bigger pool of leading scientists and engineers. Global names like AstraZeneca and JLR, as well as fast-growing innovators, will benefit from a bigger pool of leading scientists and engineers. Move cements Britain as top destination for the world's best talent, enabling innovative businesses to scale and stay in the UK, and laying the foundations for skilled jobs and economic growth in every postcode. Move cements Britain as top destination for the world's best talent, enabling innovative businesses to scale and stay in the UK, and laying the foundations for skilled jobs and economic growth in every postcode. An expansion of the Global Talent visa announced today (Thursday 6 August) will give more than 100 of the UK's most innovative companies the ability to support some of the world's best scientists and engineers to come to live and work in the UK, unlocking a wave of international talent. The move will help secure the arrival of some of the world's best…