work permit
noun [ C ]
LAW, HR ukusan 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.