Medical Technologist seeking employment

[MedTech 0]

Hello. I am a Medical Technologist in Australia who is seeking employment in America.

So far, I know that in order to seek employment, my job has to have a shortage or not enough citizens in America to fill the job. Where can I go to find out if my job has a shortage?

Also, where can I go to see the requirements for my job in different cities/states? I've tried to google it but nothing worthy came up that answered my question.

Also, as a foreigner, would I have to have my credits evaluated and have a certificate of the U.S. Equivalence of my education or is that not needed?

Is being ASCP certified a must and would I need to take a visascreen?

If I do get accepted to a visa, is it easy to change the status to a green card? What are the procedures and would employers do it easily or is there something that needs to be done?

Additional Information: I have a boyfriend overseas and I am wondering which visa to get to get to America. I am seeking work to get a visa/green card but I am also going to get married to my boyfriend soon so I just would like to know if I should try for a fiance visa or a work visa?

Also, if anyone here is looking to hire me, please message me. Thank you for all your help and support!

[Bsze 50]

Medical technologists (or most careers in the medical field) are in high demand right now. I have several friends and relatives who are in the field or will be entering the field and the general consensus is that med techs will always be needed.

However, I do not have and cannot find any information on the job requirements from state to state (might have to call or email around to find out) or what needs to be done to ensure you are certified to work in the States. This article might hopefully help.

Since you and your boyfriend are planning to get married, that might be an easier and more straight forward route to a green card if you can't get a work visa.

[MedTech 0]

Medical technologists (or most careers in the medical field) are in high demand right now. I have several friends and relatives who are in the field or will be entering the field and the general consensus is that med techs will always be needed.

However, I do not have and cannot find any information on the job requirements from state to state (might have to call or email around to find out) or what needs to be done to ensure you are certified to work in the States. This article might hopefully help.

Since you and your boyfriend are planning to get married, that might be an easier and more straight forward route to a green card if you can't get a work visa.

Well although we will get married soon, I wanted to have a job there first so I can get 1 worry out of the way. So do you think that I will have a good chance of receiving a visa/green card for being a Medical Technologist?

[SapphireDreams 71]

You want to try and make outreach to companies/organizations that you're interested in working for to gauge whether they have a high demand and are looking for candidates. My husband works in HR at a hospital and unfortunately with the economy the way that it is and the expense that employers make to hire candidates that require a visa, they don't offer visa sponsorship often, if ever.

Greencard sponsorship is a whole other ballgame, and I wouldn't even consider that until you'd received interest in an employer for a work visa sponsorship.

To figure out if your field in in need try looking for job postings and ads for your profession to get a general idea.

Ultimately, it will probably be easier to do a family-based visa as opposed to finding a work visa sponsorship in this economy. Basically you're competing for jobs with many others who have legal workng status and will need to be very diligent in following up and doing your research.

[MedTech 0]

You want to try and make outreach to companies/organizations that you're interested in working for to gauge whether they have a high demand and are looking for candidates. My husband works in HR at a hospital and unfortunately with the economy the way that it is and the expense that employers make to hire candidates that require a visa, they don't offer visa sponsorship often, if ever.

Greencard sponsorship is a whole other ballgame, and I wouldn't even consider that until you'd received interest in an employer for a work visa sponsorship.

To figure out if your field in in need try looking for job postings and ads for your profession to get a general idea.

Ultimately, it will probably be easier to do a family-based visa as opposed to finding a work visa sponsorship in this economy. Basically you're competing for jobs with many others who have legal workng status and will need to be very diligent in following up and doing your research.

If I pay for the visa costs and costs of green card, would that give me a higher chance?

[kzielu 1,149]

Well although we will get married soon, I wanted to have a job there first so I can get 1 worry out of the way. So do you think that I will have a good chance of receiving a visa/green card for being a Medical Technologist?

Recognize that work visas are temporary (H-1B has even temporary in its name). They are nowhere close to green card. If you really plan to get married to US citizen, go ahead and do it - green card through work will be 1000 times more difficult if possible at all.

[bella82 0]

Get married, mate. I'd do anything to be able to marry my partner in the U.S. as my getting sponsored is nigh on impossible. But the law prevents us, and we would do anything to be able to go via the marriage route. Do it skip! You can figure out work things, which sound promising anyway, later on once you're there. Good luck

[MedTech 0]

Why is it that hard to get a green card through work? I am planning on marrying but I would like a steady job and everything settled down first in America before I marry so there are no surprises or worries. What are the procedures I would have to go through to receive a green card through work? Is it the employers decision?

[kzielu 1,149]

Why is it that hard to get a green card through work? I am planning on marrying but I would like a steady job and everything settled down first in America before I marry so there are no surprises or worries. What are the procedures I would have to go through to receive a green card through work? Is it the employers decision?

Why do you think it is hard ? There millions of people that would like to get a steady job, settle down in America and get a green card through work. Yes, it is employer decision to sponsor a person for a green card and employer needs to meet certain conditions to be able to sponsor at all. Read about EB-3 visa and its priority dates...

If you are posting here, thinking that someone will offer you employment and GC sponsorship good luck. If you want to move to US and have a boyfriend there - go for a K1 - again it will be many many times easier than gaining permanent residence through work.

[SapphireDreams 71]

Why is it that hard to get a green card through work? I am planning on marrying but I would like a steady job and everything settled down first in America before I marry so there are no surprises or worries. What are the procedures I would have to go through to receive a green card through work? Is it the employers decision?

Of course, I can probably say without a doubt that EVERYONE looking to immigrate to the US would love to move here on a work visa and get settled down first before marriage. And we're not trying to be negative, we're just trying to be realistic. You don't sound like you have done much research at all into the various work visas available, what they require, what's going on in your industry etc. Please do some research, it will help to validate what we are saying. I would've loved to move here first, work for a bit, get settled and THEN thought about marriage and there are people who have done that in my field, but ultimately, the US makes it very difficult to get a work visa, so it just wasn't realistic.

Sponsoring someone for employment is a HUGE hassle for an employer. It costs them a lot of time and money and paperwork, which doesn't really make sense anymore since there are thousands of people living legally in the US that are qualified for jobs. Sure there are some people with unique circumstances that get work visas, but it is becoming less and less common. Like I said before, my husband works in human resources at a hospital and 4-5 years ago they were more than willing to sponsor people, but in this current economy it is just not possible anymore.

And no, you cannot pay the fees for an employee-based work visa.

Also, no company is going to sponsor you for a greencard until you get a work visa first, and then MAYBE after many years of working for them, and this is a big MAYBE, will they sponsor you for a greencard. And, when they do, they have to do even more paperwork and pay even more fees. So, you need to stop asking about a work sponsored greencard. You need to focus on getting a work visa first and foremost.

You really need to do some more research. We can tell you over and over again that what you're trying to do is very difficult, but until you do the research and try to make it happen will you see just what we mean.

Best of luck!

[Boiler 45,527]

Why is it that hard to get a green card through work? I am planning on marrying but I would like a steady job and everything settled down first in America before I marry so there are no surprises or worries. What are the procedures I would have to go through to receive a green card through work? Is it the employers decision?

You need a job first, do you have an offer?

[MedTech 0]

I've read from another forum that said the employee can offer to pay the fees for the visa. On this forum, SaphireDreams said I can't so I don't know the truth now on that. I'm looking at the moment but I just don't know where to look. All the sites like monster.com and jobs.com don't come up with anything.

[Boiler 45,527]

No job then it is all irrelevant.

The Employers Immigration Lawyer handles the paper work.

[LiveLaughLove 2]

Why is it that hard to get a green card through work? I am planning on marrying but I would like a steady job and everything settled down first in America before I marry so there are no surprises or worries. What are the procedures I would have to go through to receive a green card through work? Is it the employers decision?

Perhaps this website will help you better understand and answer some of your questions. It gives you an idea of what's really been going on, the last 4 to 5 years here in the USA.

http://www.layoffwatch.com/

[Bsze 50]

Boiler is right. You need a job before you can proceed with that route.

You could submit your resume to hospitals in your boyfriend's city (or wherever you guys want to be when you are together) or look on their websites for employment opportunities. Local newspapers might have online job postings too.

Edited August 4, 2011 by Bsze