employment visas
Foreign worker authorization
Employment visas are government documents authorizing foreign nationals to work legally in a country.
The term typically refers to the visa category rather than the physical document: She's here on an employment visa.
Countries divide these into subcategories based on skill level, industry, or duration—the U.S.
H-1B for specialty occupations, for instance.
The process usually requires employer sponsorship and proof that qualified domestic workers aren't available.
- work authorizationLegal right to employment
- lottery systemSelection by random draw
- immigration lawRules controlling foreign entry
- immigration attorneyLawyer for foreign nationals
- residency permitsAuthorization to inhabit a country
tax obligations · bilateral agreements · processing fees · appeal process · anti-discrimination policies · consular services · social security contributions · biometric data · USCIS · border control · work permit · green card · petition
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, refugee, citizenship, asylum
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
- migrant labormigrant labor, migrant workers, foreign workers, farmworkers, guest workers
- Gulf Lawsharia courts, royal decrees, Islamic finance, religious courts, fatwa
- visa quotasceiling
employment visasundocumented status
Lacking official authorization to reside
illegal immigration · unauthorized entry · deportation orders · visa overstay · immigration detention
employment visaspermanent residency
Legal right to stay indefinitely
green cards · citizenship · naturalization · birthright citizenship
employment, employ, employed, employer, employee, employees, employers, employing, employable