work permit

noun

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

Example Sentences

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Then in 2018, a breakthrough: Mr. Alshawamreh won a three-month internship at an Israeli company building cancer-screening technology — and, with it, a work permit. —Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023

While his immigration case was making its way through court, Rodríguez couldn’t get a work permit. —Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 23 Feb. 2023

While his immigration case was making its way through court, Rodríguez couldn’t get a work permit. —Melissa Sanchez And Maryam Jameel, Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2023

At 14, a work permit was out of the question, but a local stylist made space for Addo and her natural talent in her neighborhood salon, where Addo charged $20 a head. —Bianca Lambert, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023