work permit

noun

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

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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 Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the DHS, said Soliman filed for asylum in September 2022 and was granted a work permit in March 2023 but that has also expired. Sonam Sheth hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025 He was granted a work permit, but that had also expired in March. Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 5 June 2025 In response, the Biden Administration gave him a work permit. Louis Casiano , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 2 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 3 Jul. 2025.

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