US Visa needed for recurrency training?

[phillipsmw]

Hello all,

I've been looking into whether I need a visa to enter the U.S. for the purpose of an OPC sim recurrency. I am a British passport holder, so was wondering whether I could enter under the Visa Waiver Program - After all, it only be for a couple of days and I'm not training for any new qualification.

Does anyone have any experiences of this? I've read a lot of conflicting info.

Thanks

[ab33t]

Any flight training requires a M1 visa

[redsnail]

When I go to the US for recurrent training, I travel on a B1/B2 visa.

business (http://travel.state.gov/pdf/BusinessVisa.pdf)

[Pitch+Power]

Any flight training requires a M1 visa

Not true.. only if you are training towards a new license / certificate

:rolleyes:

[mutt]

You will find that companies such as Flight Safety do not have approval to support M1 visa applications, yet they have a huge number of Europeans doing type ratings and recurrent training.

Last time i went, it was on a visa waiver with TSA approval.


Mutt

[capt.sparrow]

All recurrent in the USA too - all done with a B1 (standard business/tourist) visa - basically the same as a visa waiver so no problem for you. As said you need the TSA clearance otherwise the 'training provider' wont be allowed to start you on the recurrent.

[mutt]

SoCal thanks for the correction.....

Last time i went, it was on a visa waiver with TSA approval. I should have said with "TSA CLEARANCE".....

Mutt