The phrase "approve him for" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a situation in which someone is given permission to do something. For example, "The board was hesitant to approve him for the job, but ultimately decided to offer him the position."
In 2009, the task force approved him for transfer home.
A detainee task force under President Obama also approved him for transfer, Mr. Remes said.
It's 10 a.m., and Mr. Finder's doctor has approved him for discharge.
This idea gained credence when Essebsi later explained to Le Monde that he had taken his position "following a fairly frank discussion" with the General Union, after which the federation had "approved" him for the office.
The would-be underwear bomber told F.B.I. agents that after he went to Yemen and tracked down Mr. Awlaki, his online hero, the cleric had discussed "martyrdom and jihad" with him, approved him for a suicide mission, helped him prepare a martyrdom video and directed him to detonate his bomb over United States territory, according to court documents.
Also galling him, he says, is that a Lower Manhattan office of the Empire State Development Corporation, the state agency that runs the program with the city's Economic Development Corporation, had approved him for the higher level of aid, but that the decision was overruled by the agency's main office in Midtown.
Basman says she got a call today from a removals officer at CBSA, who informed her that Mohammed's deportation order had been lifted and that the federal immigration minister, John McCallum, had approved him for permanent residency based on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. .
Mr. Miraglia's waiver approved him to work part-time for private elevator inspection companies, but did not list any by name.
Daniel had been identified but it took a long time for the courts to approve for him to be placed with us".
