Immigration Rules Appendix Youth Mobility Scheme: eligible nationals

1. 1. The maximum total allocation of places available for use by nationals or citizens of countries and rightful holders of a passport issued by territories participating in the Youth Mobility Scheme in 2023, are as follows:
   1. • Australia – 35,000 places
   2. • Canada – 8,000 places
   3. • Hong Kong – 1,000 places
   4. • Iceland – 1,000 places
   5. • India – 3,000 places
   6. • Japan – 1,500 places
   7. • Monaco – 1,000 places
   8. • New Zealand – 13,000 places
   9. • Republic of Korea – 1,000 places
   10. • San Marino – 1,000 places
   11. • Taiwan – 1,000 places

1A. In order to ensure the continuity of the scheme in subsequent years, where the annual available places are yet to be updated, either 1000 or 50% of the previous year’s places, or whichever is the greater, will be made available.

1B. The maximum total allocation of places listed in paragraph 1 does not apply to New Zealand nationals already in the UK with valid permission under the Youth Mobility Scheme and who are applying for permission to stay under the scheme.

Invitation to apply arrangements

1. 2. Where places are being allocated under the Youth Mobility Schemes for the countries or territories listed below, the Home Office will apply invitation to apply arrangements :
   1. (a) Hong Kong
   2. (b) India
   3. (c) Japan
   4. (d) Republic of Korea
   5. (e) Taiwan

1. 3. Under these arrangements:
   1. (a) the Home Office may publish a request for expressions of interest from nationals or citizens of, or rightful holders of passports issued by, the countries and territories in paragraph 2, and will publish at least one annual request for expression of interest when a scheme is available for UK nationals under a reciprocal arrangement; and
   2. (b) the Home Office will determine the number of rounds of expressions of interest and the number of places available for any round, and may have regard to the implementation of the reciprocal arrangement; and
   3. (c) a prospective applicant must submit an expression of interest in accordance with the process published by the Home Office; and
   4. (d) no more than one expression of interest per person will be accepted by the Home Office during each period in which they may be submitted; and
   5. (e) the Home Office will:
      1. (i) select at random those to whom an invitation to apply for entry clearance under the Youth Mobility Scheme relevant allocation is to be issued from the pool of those who have submitted an expression of interest; and
      2. (ii) keep a record of those individuals to whom an invitation to apply is issued; and
   6. (f) the Home Office may:
      1. (i) place a time limit on the period during which an expression of interest is to be submitted; and
      2. (ii) determine the number of invitations to apply that may be issued in any calendar month; and place a time limit on the validity of an invitation to apply.                                                                                                                          Source:  https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-youth-mobility-scheme-eligible-nationals