What is the Home office Training and Work Experience Scheme (TWES)?

The Training and Work Experience Scheme (TWES) arrangements enable companies (employer) to take employees from outside the European Economic Area to undertake work-based training for a professional or specialist qualification, or a period of work experience.

The TWES is to enable people to gain skills and experience through work-based learning which they can then use back in their own country. Home office UK issue TWES permits if a person needs to do:

1. work-based training for a professional or specialist qualification;
2. or a period of work experience