CHOP sponsors foreign national employees for permanent resident status on a case-by-case basis based on objective factors to determine if sponsorship is appropriate. Some general criteria for CHOP sponsorship is below.

• The employee must have completed one full year of service at CHOP
• The employee must be in a full-time, non-temporary position
• The employee must have no disciplinary action in his or her employment file
• If the position is dependent on grant funding, a minimum of three years of funding must be available at the time of recommendation. If the position is Hospital-funded, the sponsoring department must foresee a need for the position that will continue at least 3 years in the future from the time of recommendation.
• The employee’s position must require a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in addition to 2 years of relevant experience for consideration
• The employee’s position must be considered difficult to fill (i.e. skills required for the position are not readily available in the US job market)
• A verbal commitment from the employee to remain at CHOP for 3 years

See policy 2-19, Sponsorship of permanent resident status here; 2-19a, Sponsorship of Foreign National Employees Procedure; 2-19b, Sponsorship Cost Responsibility. You must be connected to the CHOP Network to view this policy via PolicyManager.