work permit

noun

: an official document that shows that a person is allowed to work

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Hernandez, a teacher who fled his home country in the 1990s, was granted legal status and a work permit under the Temporary Protection Status program. —

Nidia Cavazos, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024 The program protects people who came to the U.S. as children from deportation and gives them with a work permit. —

Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024 These players are often required to spend a period on loan at another European club or become senior internationals before earning enough points to be granted a work permit. —

Elias Burke, The Athletic, 20 Nov. 2024 As of September, there were about 1.2 million pending work permit applications, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services data, with many pending for six months or more. —

Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 26 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for work permit