As a foreigner, you would have to find a school offering flight training under an F-1 visa connected with an Academic Program. Under an F-1 visa, you can qualify for OPT, optional practical training, which allows you to stay and "work" for a limited time up to one year, but thatīs it. If you want to stay in country after that, you will have to marry an American, hehe.
Several guys and gals have done this through Aviator College in Florida. From their website:
F1 VISA Program
- F1 Visa program is for aspiring International Students who wish to enroll in our Professional Flight Training Program and then stay with us as Flight Instructors to help build their time toward the ATP Rating. (Airline Transportation Pilot Rating, 1500 hours). The Program takes 24 months for completion. Phase one of your training takes approximately nine months to complete. Phase two is the OPT program where you stay on as a flight instructor to build your time towards the 1500 hours. Our Flight Instructors typically flying 70 to 120 hours a month of which approximately half of the hours are multi-engine.
- Degree seeking students enrolled in the College will complete twelve months of instruction, 8 months of CPT (Internship), and then be offered an opportunity to stay on as an instructor in the F1 OPT Visa program.
Flight Training - Enrollment Instructions - Aviator Flight Training College