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Old 20th Jun 2010, 16:40
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Training of less than 18 hours per week will not qualify for a M1 visa. You must undertake a full time course of study.

Not all training requires TSA approval. Excluding larger airplanes, only the initial FAA certificate, initial instrument rating and initial multiengine certificate require TSA approval. This approval is required for any training conducted toward one of these events anywhere in the world.

For example, a FAA certified private pilot (ASEL) traveling to the US on holiday, who wishes to add a seaplane rating, would require neither a visa or TSA approval.
A certified commercial pilot traveling to the US to train for a flight instructor certificate would require a visa but not TSA approval. A student pilot travelling to the US to get a private pilots certificate would require both visa and TSA approval.
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