In order for foreign dentists to be able to take up employment within the UK they must be registered with the regulatory body, which is the General Dental Council (GDC). There are also two types of registration that dentists must have prior to their UK immigration; they must either have full registration or temporary registration, the registration depends on the role and level of responsibility they will have while working in the UK.

Full Registration
In order to undertake paid unsupervised employment in the UK as a dentist, dentists from non EU countries need to gain full registration from the GDC. This involves either taking a UK dentistry qualification or passing the GDC International Qualifying Examination

Temporary Registration
This can be granted for people wishing to carry out supervised work, training, teaching or research.

It should be noted however that dentists from certain countries are automatically eligible for registration with the GDC as their qualifications are recognised as being comparable to UK counterparts. These countries are:

• Australia
• Hong Kong
• Malaysia 1950-1962 and University of Malaya 1997-2000 only
• New Zealand
• Singapore
• Most South African dental schools

If you would like more information about applying for a UK non EU dentist’s visa then contact Immigration Consult today. Our highly skilled immigration lawyers will be more than happy to help you with all of your application needs.