work permit

noun

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

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He’s applied for asylum, secured his work permit and registered a small construction business. Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Denver Post, 6 July 2025 A day before his arrest, Y-Z-L-H was granted a five-year work permit — a result of an October 2023 policy change by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which extended the validity period of employment authorization for asylum seekers. Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025 According to one of his lawyers, Giovanni Díaz, he was granted a temporary work permit. Graciela Mochkofsky, New Yorker, 28 June 2025 The immigration policy allows some children of immigrants brought to the U.S. to receive a renewable, two-year period of deferred action from deportation and be eligible for a work permit. Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 15 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for work permit

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“Work permit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20permit. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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