Canadian Dental Hygienist

[Cndn 98]

16 minutes ago, Boiler said:

In the context of a H1b a Degree is a 4 year degree.

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Laws/Memoranda/2015-0218_EIR_Nursing_PM_Effective.pdf

you were right. Unless you are an “advanced practical registered nurse”, which requires a bachelor’s degree, you likely wouldn’t qualify. It seems h1b occupations definitely need to be ones that require a bachelor’s. That’s shocking to me. I’ve always though an RN can easily get work in the states. 

 

[Cndn 98]

How are we able to find out which occupations qualify a person for an h1b visa? I’m just curious to see which occupations are in high demand. 

[Boiler 46,109]

1 minute ago, Cndn said:

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Laws/Memoranda/2015-0218_EIR_Nursing_PM_Effective.pdf

you were right. Unless you are an “advanced practical registered nurse”, which requires a bachelor’s degree, you likely wouldn’t qualify. It seems h1b occupations definitely need to be ones that require a bachelor’s. That’s shocking to me. I’ve always though an RN can easily get work in the states. 

 

Actually I know someone who did meet the requirements, she was what I would call a Matron, but the exception, there used to be a Nurse category many years ago.

[Boiler 46,109]

1 minute ago, Cndn said:

How are we able to find out which occupations qualify a person for an h1b visa? I’m just curious to see which occupations are in high demand. 

Qualifications not occupations, inevitably the most common ones tend to be IT focused, the Employers will play the game and can apply for enough applicants to be sure of some joy in the lottery.

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

1 hour ago, Cndn said:

That’s shocking to me. I’ve always though an RN can easily get work in the states. 

 

It has usually been, but via Eb3 green card sponsors* rather than H1B (generally, not Canada specific). Which is (possibly) of more interest to the OP than H1 which apparently is not relevant to her. 
 

* I had a friend who I thought was falling for a scam but it was genuine, agency helped her with the us nursing exams and found an employer/sponsor for her eb3 green card. She was bound for 3 years to that employer in exchange, then free to go where she wanted. I discovered since that such agencies and placements were very common. 

Edited March 26, 2020 by SusieQQQ

[Cndn 98]

18 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

It has usually been, but via Eb3 green card sponsors* rather than H1B (generally, not Canada specific). Which is (possibly) of more interest to the OP than H1 which apparently is not relevant to her. 
 

* I had a friend who I thought was falling for a scam but it was genuine, agency helped her with the us nursing exams and found an employer/sponsor for her eb3 green card. She was bound for 3 years to that employer in exchange, then free to go where she wanted. I discovered since that such agencies and placements were very common. 

Was this recently? 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

Just now, Cndn said:

Was this recently? 

Hmm... about 3 years ago I think. Took her around a year to get through the process. 

[geowrian 22,338]

4 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

Hmm... about 3 years ago I think. Took her around a year to get through the process. 

Sounds about correct, depending on country of chargeability. My wife has a few friends going through the EB-3 process now as RNs. The 3 year commitment was the same for them, although with a buyout option if you want to leave early, depending on how long you worked there.

[Cndn 98]

2 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Sounds about correct, depending on country of chargeability. My wife has a few friends going through the EB-3 process now as RNs. The 3 year commitment was the same for them, although with a buyout option if you want to leave early, depending on how long you worked there.

Do you know how to find an agency like this? I have a cousin who is an RN and has expressed interest in moving to the states for a change. 

[geowrian 22,338]

22 minutes ago, Cndn said:

Do you know how to find an agency like this? I have a cousin who is an RN and has expressed interest in moving to the states for a change. 

I just asked my wife. She knows agencies for the Philippines, which also appear to do business in a few other countries, like Jamaica.

[Cndn 98]

8 minutes ago, geowrian said:

I just asked my wife. She knows agencies for the Philippines, which also appear to do business in a few other countries, like Jamaica.

Thank you. 

[Boiler 46,109]

There are certainly agencies that recruit in the UK, PI seems to be the most common.

 

The name I recollect for the UK is O'Grady Peyton, I assume they operate elsewhere.

 

 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

My friend used Avant healthcare.

I checked, she actually started the process around 4 years ago. (From South Africa, by the way.)
I seem to recall someone else on VJ said it doesn’t work for all countries - I think Germany was the example they used - needs to be equivalency of the underlying degree and in Germany nurses don’t need the same level of qualification or something.  But anyway I’m sure all the info is on the sites.  The company https://www.cgfns.org/services/credentials-evaluation/credentials-evaluation-service-academic-report/ is the one my friend used to check her qualifications were acceptable.

Edited March 26, 2020 by SusieQQQ

[Sara6683 3]

If coming to the US on a F-1 student visa, then staying on the OPT visa for one year, do you have to strictly work in the same field your course was completed in on the F-1?

[Boiler 46,109]

OPT compliments the course.