Foreign graduates in the UK who had job offers revoked by HSBC after the government tightened visa rules have been told that they could be offered roles in mainland China, India and Poland.
HSBC told affected overseas graduates last week that it would “explore opportunities” to employ them on similar schemes in the three countries after blaming changes to visa rules for rescinding their UK offers, according to documents reviewed by the Financial Times.
The decision to withdraw the offers for roughly two dozen graduates highlights how employers are grappling with the government’s decision to raise the salary threshold for skilled worker visas. Big Four accounting firms KPMG and Deloitte have also revoked offers in recent weeks.