How to Use work permit in a Sentence

work permit

noun
  • By the time the next 60 days were up, his work permit would be on the way.
    Olivia Bensimon Todd Heisler, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Anyone under the age of 16 must have a work permit to be employed.
    Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2023
  • In recent weeks, with the help of a lawyer, Ramirez Lomeli was able to obtain a federal work permit.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The fee includes the cost of fingerprinting, a background check and a work permit.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Of course, people from around the world are going to want an American work permit to show up.
    CBS News, 28 Jan. 2024
  • He’s obtained a work permit and found work as a caregiver.
    Eric Tucker, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The Barrys applied for asylum and are waiting for a work permit.
    Olivia Bensimon Todd Heisler, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
  • As an asylum-seeker, Rodríguez did not have a work permit.
    Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Approved applicants will receive an open work permit for up to three years.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023
  • After 150 days, an asylum seeker can apply for a work permit.
    Jeong Park, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
  • While his immigration case was making its way through court, Rodríguez couldn’t get a work permit.
    Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 23 Feb. 2023
  • For the first time, Magana was able to obtain a work permit without fear of being deported.
    WIRED, 19 Oct. 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
  • José, who preferred that his full name not be used due to privacy and safety concerns, has already applied for asylum and received his work permit.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Step 2: Earning money For most migrants, the waiting period for a legal work permit is long, sometimes years.
    Keith Collins, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Under federal law, U.S. asylum seekers must wait six months to apply for a work permit after filing an asylum claim.
    Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Employment agencies can provide a gig at a restaurant, a warehouse or a marijuana farm — no work permit needed.
    Jeong Park, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
  • Are there consequences for working without a federal work permit?
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • Those applying for asylum must wait 180 days before becoming eligible for a work permit.
    Quinn Owen, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Arkansas recently passed a law removing work permit requirements and age verification for teenagers, and bills in other states are being proposed to extend working hours for teenagers during the school year, among other rules.
    Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
  • In November 2020, the Indonesian government enacted a job creation law, allowing the employment of foreign workers at its tech startups for a certain period of time without a work permit.
    Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 7 June 2023
  • Most students entering college these days don’t qualify for the program, which gives recipients a work permit and a temporary reprieve from deportation, making their cases more complex, Davenport added.
    Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024

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