work papers Meaning of "work papers"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a legal document giving information required for employment of certain people in certain countries

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  1. She would be detained because she traveled to Kunming, capital of China's Yunnan province, without the required work papers.
  2. After getting his right-to-work papers in 1986, Abouhalima got a chauffeur's license and proceeded to drive taxicabs in New York for the next five years.
  3. What tens of thousands of European nannies fail to come with, however, is proper work papers.
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