0 an official document that gives permission to someone who is foreign to work in a country
1 an official document that allows a foreigner to work in a country for a particular period:
get/have/need a work permit I did not need a work permit as I was born in the UK.
Skilled workers have long been able to apply for work permits.
This law would allow immigrants to come into the U.S. on a work permit for a period of years.
He had been able to meet his labor needs only by using temporary work permits.
The government refused to extend his work permit.
The woman had no residence or work permit.
Many countries will take no one for settlement without a work permit.
It is easy for a qualified doctor or nurse to acquire a work permit.
Is it not time that we introduced some work permit control for these people?
There is no differential between nationalities when considering a work permit application.
In the 2000 calendar year, a total of 102,174 work permit applications were approved.
However, applications to change employers are routinely refused on the basis that no work permit was held on entry.
There is no record of a work permit being issued for this person.
