work permit

work permit

English

Noun

work permit (plural work permits)

1. A legal authorization which allows a person to take employment in a country other than that in which he/she holds citizenship.
   • 2014, Jamie Jackson, "Ángel di María says Manchester United were the ‘only club’ after Real", The Guardian, 26 August 2014:

     United hope to confirm Di María’s work permit in time for Saturday’s match at Burnley. If granted – and that should be a formality with his status as an Argentina international – he should be selected for the match-day squad at Turf Moor and could make a full debut.

Translations

authorization to work in a foreign country

Chinese: Mandarin: 工作許可／工作许可 (gōngzuò xǔkě) Danish: arbejdstilladelse c Dutch: arbeidsvergunning (nl) f, werkvergunning (nl) f Faroese: arbeiðsloyvi n Finnish: työskentelylupa (law), työlupa (fi) French: permis de travail m German: Arbeitserlaubnis (de) f Greek: άδεια εργασίας f (ádeia ergasías) Hungarian: munkavállalási engedély (hu) Icelandic: atvinnuleyfi n Japanese: 労働許可 (ろうどうきょか, rōdō kyoka) Luxembourgish: Aarbechtserlabnes f Norwegian: Bokmål: arbeidstillatelse Nynorsk: arbeidsløyve Russian: разреше́ние на рабо́ту n (razrešénije na rabótu), РНР n (RNR) Spanish: permiso de trabajo m Swedish: arbetstillstånd (sv) n Vietnamese: phép lao động

See also

• blue card
• green card