Work Permit Visa

Category	Form	Fee	Validity
Work Permit	VAF1 non-settlement (See Annexure UK-I)	Refer to visa fee earlier	Employer dependent

Who Can Apply?
Work permits are issued by Work Permits (UK), part of the Home Office's Immigration and Nationality Directorate. A work permit relates to a specific, person and a specific job. The applicant cannot apply directly for a work permit. The employer In the UK who wants to employ the applicant must apply for a work permit for the applicant.
The employer recruiting the applicant should send the filled-in application form eight weeks before the date he needs to start work.

Applicant must hold a valid TWES work permit and be able to carry out the training or work experience it applies to. Applicant must intend to have the UK after the training or work experience.
Applicant must be aged between 16 and 65.
Applicant must not intend to take employment except as set out on the permit.
Applicant must be able to support himself and his dependants, and live without needing any help from public funds.

Note: If applicant has been in the UK on a TWES permit for more than 12 months, he will not normally be eligible for another TWES permit until he has spent 24 months outside .the UK. If the applicant has been in the UK on a TWES permit for less than 12 months, he will not normally be eligible for another TWES permit until he has spent 12 months outside the UK.

Note: Letters of approval can be used in place of individual work permits when a large group of applicants (20 or more) is travelling together.

Conditions
Conditions governing work permits or TWES are that:
The applicant is able to do the work referred to in his work permit.
The applicant should not intend to take any other employment, except as described in the work permit.
The applicant intends to leave the UK when the work permit expires (where it is due to expire within 12 months).
The applicant is able to support him and any dependents, and live without needing any help from public funds.