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unusual facts about Work permit


Cui Yingjie

Cui became the source of national attention when on August 11, 2006, a Beijing City Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau official or Chengguan (城管), Li Zhiqiang (李志强), attempted to confiscate Cui's bicycle cart because Cui had no license to work or live in Beijing.


Brad Guzan

On August 1, 2008, Guzan was granted a work permit by the Home Office, allowing him to complete his move to Aston Villa.

Jerome Corsi

On October 7, 2008, Corsi and his media consultant Tim Bueler were detained by immigration authorities in Kenya while doing further research related to the book, allegedly for failure to have a work permit.

Koki Mizuno

Celtic's interest was confirmed by chief executive Peter Lawwell in January 2008 who explained that the club planned on signing Mizuno, if he was granted a work permit.

The Roadrunners

As a US citizen, he had been working in the UK without a work permit and was advised not to attempt returning to Liverpool with the other members of the band.


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Alessandro Santos

But he was denied a work permit by the Home Office because he had not made the minimum number of national team appearances required for players from outside the European Union and returned to Shimizu for the remainder of the season.

Assem Jarrah

His work permit was found in the smouldering remains of United Airlines Flight 93 along with Ziad's charred passport.

Chil Rajchman

With the work-permit issued by the Judenrat on German orders, Rajchman went to live and work in Ostrów Lubelski.

Christian Talevski

Until December 2012 he played trial matches and he looked set to sign for the Skånes Fotbollförbund club but work permit issues held up the deal .

Dane Sharp

He then spent 9 months with Plymouth Argyle until running into work permit problems which eventually forced a return to Australia.

Darrell Anderson

Anderson spent nearly two years in Canada where he unsuccessfully applied for political refugee status and was unable to obtain a work permit despite being one of about a dozen or so who have fled to Canada and sought the assistance of Toronto attorney Jeffry House, who is representing them.

Eddie May

He quit the Bucks on 14 November, the reason cited being problems with his work permit, although it followed a confrontation with his assistant Mlungisi Ngubane which led to Ngubane resigning.

Ekushey Television

After being in operation for two years, on August 29, 2002, Managing Director Simon Dring and three other executives had their work permit cancelled and the station was taken off-air.

John Jympson

Director George Lucas had wanted to use Richard Chew, but Jympson was a cheaper, local option who would not require a work permit for the film's England shoot.

Philippe Coutinho

On 26 January 2013, Liverpool reportedly agreed a £8.5m fee with Internazionale for Coutinho, although at that time he was almost a Chelsea player, he was also linked with Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Manchester City, but the player chose Liverpool and was soon pending a medical exam and a work permit from the Home Office as he did not have enough international appearances to qualify automatically.

The Quakes

Paul Roman returned to England, this time with a work permit, but found that his plans with a record label had fallen through to record a solo record.By chance Paul met Ant Thomas, a member of English psychobilly band Demented Are Go, in a laundromat and learned they lived in the same neighbourhood.

Yolande Donlan

Donlan was initially denied a work permit to star in the lead in Peter Pan due to complaints from Actors Equity who felt that a British star should have the lead.