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  • The Australian government is easing work-permit requirements to attract about 125,000 skilled immigrants over the next year to fill gaps in the current work force.

    Australia's Booming Economy and Shortage of Workers Attract Greeks Geoffrey Rogow 2012

  • Worse yet, the work-permit laws say that the residents of no country can get more than 7% of the permits.

    Steve Jobs's Advice for Obama L. Gordon Crovitz 2011

  • The work-permit bill contains a legal analysis that acknowledges a "high probability" that a court would rule portions of it unconstitutional because it would infringe on federal powers.

    Utah immigration plan could stir legal storm 2011

  • It praised recent improvements, including eased entry and work-permit rules for foreign professionals and the drafting of a Financial Services Act.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Michael Turton 2008

  • Mr. Dudley had warned earlier this week that the work-permit problems might force him and other top foreign executives at the company to leave Russia by the end of this month, when their current visas expire.

    Russia to Renew Some TNK-BP Work Permits 2008

  • In Norway many businesses are very sceptical about foreign labour unless it's in construction or health care, and it's hard to get a work-permit if you come from outside the EU.

    Glimpses from Prague. magnio 2007

  • Compared to Norway it seemed pretty easy both to get a job here, and to get a work-permit to actually do the work.

    Glimpses from Prague. magnio 2007

  • But when it comes to field players, the U.S. is represented by … well, Claudio Reyna, assuming his deal to Manchester City goes through, and Birmingham City reserve Jovan Kirovski, whose career never fully recovered from a poor decision by the work-permit overlords many years ago.

    USATODAY.com - Note to England's Home Office: Let Bobby play 2003

  • John Poindexter, seeks to scan information about passport, visa, and work-permit applications, plus information about purchases of airline tickets, hotel rooms, over-the-counter drugs, and chemicals--both here and abroad--to discern "signature" patterns of terrorist behavior.

    Cat Rambo catrambo 2003

  • The Israelis, on January 17, notified four foreign lecturers at Hebron University in the West Bank that they must cease teaching immediately unless they signed a new work-permit application that included an anti-PLO declaration.

    Turmoil and Triumph George P. Shultz 1993

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