work permit holder

Legal foreign worker

A work permit holder is someone who has official authorization to be employed in a country where they aren't a citizen or permanent resident.

The term appears in immigration contexts, employment law, and workplace policies: Work permit holders must renew their documentation annually.

The status typically comes with restrictions on which jobs can be held or how long employment may continue.

Related

job offer · expat · temporary · residency · immigration status · documentation · migrant · labor · labor market · authorized · renewal · employer · legal status · green card · quota · application · stamped · passport

Opposites
legal status/right to work

work permit holderbirthright citizen

Person with nationality from birth

citizen · naturalized citizen · full citizen · native-born · national

membership/belonging

work permit holdercitizen

Legal national member

native · local · national · insider

authorization status

work permit holderundocumented worker

Laborer without work authorization

illegal immigrant · illegal alien · undocumented immigrant · overstayer

Family

work, permit, holder, works, worked, working, worker, workers, workable

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