Coming Here
The Partners Office for International Professionals and Students (PIPS) is pleased to have you join our premier health care system. If you received an offer to participate at a Partners HealthCare hospital and are working on your application, please review the information below.
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An H-1B visa provides temporary, specialty worker status to professionals who are coming to the United States to perform services in a specialty occupation.
J-1 visas and H-1B visas are the most common, but there are other visa types for professionals and students coming to Partners.
Side-by-side comparison of J-1 and H-1B visas. J-1 is the most flexible type of visa and the most common visa used within Partners.
Unmarried partners and domestic partners are not eligible for dependent family visas. A cohabitating partner may enter the U.S. with B-2 Tourist visa status, or with his/her own independent visa status.
Social Security Numbers are widely used in the United States by citizens and other eligible immigrants and non-immigrants as “unique identifiers” for a variety of purposes.