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Old 8th Aug 2010, 02:00
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MartinCh
 
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norgab,
you don't qualify for the aviation post-J1 F1 by any standards (although they may differ a bit between schools as I've researched). You can do academic, ie Associate degree and higher. If it's one of the aviation management at local community college and the school where you'd like to go is the practical flying provider for their programme, you could legally work part time during term and unlimited hours during vacations. You'd get some credit for FAA certs and ground you already have, but it'd not be cheap. You can do the OPT (which is the FT work 'internship' on F1 visa) after one academic year of study, even if the programme itself is two years.

The F1 which is a replacement for J1, then, the brokered deal likened the FAA ground to the academic (far-fetched, but it's reality now), so the students could still get the work visa after the ab-initio or PPL only students.

Clearer now?
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