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LOL Pennie, same here with the US.......

This whole issue with the wok permit is a dilemma.
When I first came back to Turkey after being married to my turkish husband for 18 yrs, I was not too hppy to find out that I coulnt just walts out and get a job and work legally, as he was able to the minute he came to the states....
I had to get my turkish citizenship (whereas he didnt have to get his US itizneship right away to be able to work) and if you look at the itizenship laws here, you have to be married for a certain time before you can apply and also living in the country for a certain amount of years before you can apply, and no laws for the interim time. I was lucky in that i was able to slash the time factor before I was eligible for citizenship in two ways, one I was born here, and two I was married to a Turkish citizen, and i had spent over 20 yrs in turkey it dint take me very long at all to get it, but my point is that, in the my country, you are given the creen card the minute you marry and are allowed to work right away, here you have to wait for your citizenship to come thru, what if you needed the income you generate to live>? no thought to that....
and I remember all the turks living in the states working illegally (not to mention the other million or two illegals..........but for some reason, i just couldnt bring myself to do that.

anyway, Starman's advice is always right on, so heed his advice.