H1B Quota Limitation

[easytrak]

H1B VISA for doctors come under the same H1B quota limitations for engineers or do they have separate quota?

[vinsus]

If your question is about the quota for Medicine Residents, then it does not come under the employment based H1-B visa quota.

[DENTEYE]

For Foriegn dentists who studied here- do the H1b dental jobs come under the 20000 advanced degree cap or is it like the medical residencies -independant?

If it is independant - does it mean that one can apply any time without a time frame like April/? every year for that FY.

pl clarify.

[txh1b]

Depends on the employer.

[DENTEYE]

Does it mean who ever the employer is like- if not for profit - no cap/ For profit organisation- comes under cap ?

[txh1b]

Wish it was easy like you said. Unfortunately, it isn't.

http://www.immihelp.com/visas/h1b/h1b-cap-petition.html

Google for the laws and you will run into lots of information.

[DENTEYE]

Thanx for the info link. That was more constructive. I wasnt enquiring about the procedural difficulties as much as the policies that apply.

[txh1b]

:confused: about what you want to know

[DENTEYE]

I just wanted to know - whether dentist jobs (having done DDS from USA) come under 20000 H1Bcap or cap exempt. Any way ur reply with the web link helped.I had a doubt b'cos medical residencies i think are exempt.
Thanx.

[txh1b]

In general, dentists hired by XYZ dental associates are mostly private and for profit and they do not come under cap exemption.

There is a possibility for the position to be cap-exempt if a hospital hires a dentist to take care of accidents and trauma patients or if the person works for a University that teaches dentistry in some form and similar positions.

Even for doctors, not all positions are cap-exempt.

[DENTEYE]

Thanks for the info.