You must be successfully selected on to the India Young Professional Scheme ballot to enable you to progress with your application. You can enter at any time while the ballot is open, and this will not affect your chances of selection as successful entries are selected at random. Results of a successful entry will be provided to the entree within 2 weeks of the ballot closing (any time before 7th March 2024).
Ballots only open for a certain period, typically only 48 hours, so Paragon Law advise all entrants to have their information ready to submit as soon as the link goes live. The next ballot will open at 2:30pm India Standard Time on 20 February 2024, and closes at 2:30pm India Standard Time on 22 February 2024. The link to enter will be on this Gov.uk page.
It is free to enter the ballot, although you should only enter the ballot if you are serious about applying for the visa, which ultimately costs £298 for the application submission. There are 3,000 available places for the Indian Young Professional Scheme Visa in 2024, with most places being made available within the initial February 2024 ballot. The remaining places are scheduled to be made available throughout the July 2024 ballot (entry date period yet to be announced).
You can only submit one entry per person for each ballot, any other attempt to enter will not be counted. Information required to enter the ballot:
If you are successful, you will be informed by email and invited to apply for a visa.