Yet Syria offered them no prospect of earning a living: few Iraqis could get work permits.
They would benefit from George Bush's proposal unveiled earlier this month to grant temporary work permits.
Given that few Afghans have work permits, implementing the annexe could have catastrophic results.
Instead, they will be allowed to remain in the country indefinitely and to apply for work permits.
Her department then freed and gave work permits to twenty-seven of those previously arrested on her watch.
It was on the onus of each individual to ensure that their work permits were up to date.
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Up to 6m work permits are to be available this year for migrants from the poor ex-Soviet republics.
Last year, according to the federal migration service, 750, 000 work permits were issued for foreigners to work in Russia.
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Because work permits are rarely issued to the unskilled, such people generally have no legal way of migrating to find work.
The removal of work permits dramatically reduced asylum claims but, says Susan Martin of Georgetown University, approval rates also rose sharply.
The former are, by their nature, beyond control, while the number of work permits has increased as a result of deliberate policy.
For senior managerial or technical jobs, if an employer can prove that no local has the skills required, work permits are grudgingly granted.
You will also need an international work visa and work permits, which can be obtained personally or through the school that employs you.
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He said using work permits would have risked pushing migrants onto the black market, where they would pay neither tax nor national insurance.
Under a new directive, Russian, Belarussian and Ukrainian farm workers will no longer require work permits for seasonal jobs of up to three months.
Once in Belgium players are able to apply for EC citizenship, removing the need for work permits before transferring to bigger clubs around Europe.
He also calls for creating work permits for foreign entrepreneurs who have secured U.S. financing and for specialized foreign workers in national-security science and technology labs.
They said all they wanted was enough time to obtain work permits (not available until 4 May), find jobs and secure new homes for their families.
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For example, the National Foundation for American Policy has proposed establishing fully portable work permits as part of bilateral agreements with Mexico and Central American countries.
Turkish citizens who have lived in Poland for at least five years and legally worked there for four years will no longer have to renew their work permits.
Immigration has risen because of foreign wars and work permits.
Their lack of passports and work permits has been tolerated.
The relaxation also covers foreign language teachers, business executives, media correspondents, researchers and employees transferred to Poland by their companies, who will not need to apply for work permits.
The Russian investors, unhappy at the way the company has been run by Bob Dudley, an American appointed by BP, blocked the renewal of work permits for many foreign staff.
Most of them work in a single Hong Kong-owned factory in the garment district next to Kingston's port, which has 3, 000 Jamaican staff and work permits for 400 Asian supervisors.
Senators Ted Kennedy and John McCain have proposed recognising the economic reality behind this issue, allowing employers to hire immigrants on temporary work permits if locals don't want the job.
Unlike the more politically powerful Cuban refugees, the Nicaraguans for years lived in a limbo-like status: not given political asylum, yet regularly granted work permits and made to feel welcome.
An annexe to Iran's current development plan instructs the government to expel all foreigners who do not have work permits, except for those who fear persecution in their country of origin.
Immigrants account for 19.3% of the country's 7.2m inhabitants, a proportion that is among the highest in Western Europe, and the number is rising steadily despite strict requirements for work permits.
About 123, 000 successfully obtained work permits, the UK said.
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