For people moving abroad: the windows that close while you wait
The UK offers 3,000 places a year to young Indians by ballot, and only until you turn 31. Many doors abroad close with age, and test scores expire, so the timing matters.
UK India Young Professionals Scheme, via Business Standard (2026)
What people moving abroad often put off
- IELTS, TOEFL, PTE, GRE and GMAT score validity: when yours runs outEnglish test scores usually last 2 years, and GRE and GMAT scores 5. See how long your score has left before your applications need a new one.
- Canada Express Entry: what each birthday costs in pointsSee your CRS age points now, what your next birthday costs, and how waiting has changed your score.
- Germany's Opportunity Card: your age points and what you needSee your age points for Germany's Opportunity Card (Chancenkarte) and the 6 points you need in all.
- Australia skilled visa: how your age points changeSee your age points for Australia's points-tested skilled visas, when they drop, and when the door closes at 45.
- UK Young Professionals Scheme for Indians: ballots left before 31See how many UK India Young Professionals Scheme ballots you have left. It's for Indian citizens aged 18 to 30, with two ballots a year.
- Australia's Work and Holiday visa for Indians: ballots leftSee how many yearly ballots you have left for Australia's Work and Holiday visa, open to Indian citizens aged 18 to 30.
- Learn a new language: the hours it takes, and the hours you've missedSee how many hours of practice you'd have by now, against the 600 to 750 hours a language close to English can take.
- Education loan interest while you study: what builds upSee how much interest builds on your education loan before you start repaying, and what it adds each day, from your own loan letter.
- What waiting to start saving costs youSee what a late start costs your own monthly saving plan, in today's money after tax, on low, middle and high growth paths.
- How many days you have left with your parentsCount the days together at your current pace, and how many more your plan would add. Gentle maths, from Tim Urban's The Tail End.
Everyone's basics
Health, money and the people you love, at every age.
- Free health check-up in India at 30 and overIndia screens everyone 30 and over for blood pressure, diabetes and three common cancers for free. See how long it's been since your last check-up.
- Sleep debt: how many hours of sleep you've missedCount the hours of sleep you've missed against your aim, and the 7 or more hours a night that sleep doctors say adults need.
- What putting off exercise costs you, in hoursSee the hours of movement you've missed against your own weekly aim, and WHO's 150 minutes a week.
- Screen time calculator: your phone hours in days a yearTurn your daily phone hours into full days a year, and see how many days your own aim would give back.
- Reconnect with an old friend: how much it weighs on youWeigh how much a friendship you've let drift matters to you, and find one easy first message to send today.
- Talk to someone about how you feel: free help in India (Tele-MANAS 14416)If you've been meaning to talk to someone about how you feel, India's free Tele-MANAS helpline is on 14416, any time. Weigh how much it's been on your mind.
Meet someone like you
Kabir, 26
Applying for a master's in Germany. An example, not a real person.
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Questions people ask
Will you tell me which country to pick?
No. We show how the windows you're already weighing are closing, so you can choose with the dates in front of you.
Where do my answers go?
Nowhere. They stay in the link on your phone, like every answer on this site. Only people you share the link with can see them.
Source
UK India Young Professionals Scheme, via Business Standard (2026): Being picked isn't the visa. You still have to meet the other rules, like a degree and savings. Check GOV.UK.
We show what waiting costs on your own plans. We never tell you what to buy or invest in.