Student who started business during Post Study Work visa in UK is today a millionaire (Video Interview)

By A Staff Reporter

LONDON March 22: Meet Febin Cyriac, who came to the UK as a student and while on Post Study Work visa he started his own business Envertiz Consultancy. Today he is a successful millionaire businessman.

In 2007 he started working at a Mumbai hospital and completed his nursing diploma. Three years later, he enrolled at the U.K.’s University of East London to study for a degree in nursing and began working in private sector nursing homes after graduating.

In 2014, while being in Post Study work visa, Febin launched his recruitment consultancy Envertiz to help fellow professionals enjoy a better career in the U.K., funding the startup from his savings. The same year he started a petition and lobbied the NMC to allow a more realistic score for English proficiency, which was eventually reduced to 6.5.

Febin also launched a campaign for ‘free nursing recruitment.’ “The culture in Kerala State at the time was for firms hiring healthcare professionals for jobs abroad to charge pre-recruitment fees for the service, so trust levels among candidates were low,” he explains. “However, with word of mouth from individuals, their families, friends and colleagues, we became a trusted go-to resource, our numbers increased organically, and in 2019 Envertiz turned a profit.”

Envertiz today is an international recruitment business with over 100 employees and an annual turnover of £50 million. Envertiz has recruited more than 10,000 nurses across over 100 NHS Trusts and opened an office in Cochin, serving as a local base for events, training, and visa processing.