Is there a visa for dental assistants?

[Allie D 39]

19 minutes ago, Boiler said:

The question was what categories could be used, the practicality regarding a articular situation would be something to be discussed with the the Employer/Lawyer.

Fair enough. However, there's no point in mentioning the H2B and EB3 when any layman who has skimmed the USCIS website can see that they are highly unviable for a dental assistant. A lawyer is not necessary to realize this. The OP clearly asked about visas for dental assistants, which hardly qualifies for either the skilled or unskilled categories for H2B or EB3. You don't even need a BA to be a dental assistant but it's still a skilled job. How are you going to qualify for EB3?

Edited May 14, 2017 by Allie D

[Allie D 39]

From NOLO

 

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Housekeepers, nannies, janitors, garden workers, nurse’s aides, and farm workers are among the likely applicants. Of course, the worker’s own qualifications must satisfy whatever requirements the job does normally have, or the person will not be granted a green card under this EB-3 subcategory. For example, if the worker has been offered a job requiring a one-year vocational training program, he or she must finish this program before expecting to start working for the sponsoring U.S. employer.

 

 

-http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/eb-3-visa-professional-skilled-unskilled-workers.html

 

@Boiler: Ok, the OP does have a small chance.  It will be hard to find an employer, since it's unlikely that the employer isn't able to find a  qualified and able US citizen/perm resident.

[Allie D 39]

19 minutes ago, Allie D said:

You don't even need a BA to be a dental assistant but it's still a skilled job. How are you going to qualify for EB3?

One could argue that a dental assistant is an unskilled job, but that is likely to be a downfall when trying to find a visa.

Edited May 14, 2017 by Allie D

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dental assistants are no doubt, skilled....but no BA is required, and the US is chock full of dental assistants....there is no shortage of same....(but many ethically challenged immigration attorneys would draft a letter to the contrary, because,...after all, immigration attorneys are a sleazy bunch, ready to sell out the American worker for $400 an hour (in billable hours)....sorry, an H2b is for unskilled labor, an H3 is for trainees, not a visa category designed to work while allegedly being trained...(and H3 visas are virtually self-refused.....if there is no available training in the applicant's home country, then where is the job in their country? So why do they need to be trained for something that is allegedly nonexistent in their own country? Answer: baloney....they will never return....Over the span of more than 20 years, I have never approved a single H3 visa....because they make no sense....if one pays attention to the law governing these visa types...for most applicants, I posed one simple question...."have you gone to every single company in country X and asked if they would provide training?'...The answer was always 'no'...but my lawyer said.......at that point, I denied their application and told them...please provide irrefutable proof that there is no company in the entire country in this field (whatever it was) that cannot provide the training...'....often the reply was..'but that could take me years..'...true....but then, I need proof that no training is available in your country, and I do not have to take the 'word' of some ethically challenged immigration attorney as to that alleged 'fact.'...Oddly, I never encountered any H3 applicant who had knocked on the door of every company (in a particular industry) in their country who then wrote the embassy stating they could not provide training....the entire H3 program is a joke, and is often exploited to catch sleepy COs....fortunately, I was not asleep at the window....ever....