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Just wondering if anyone know if it's possible to renew an ME IR in Florida. If so do I need to get visa or can I do it on the visa waiver program.
selfin
6th Nov 2011, 16:28
Generally, no dedicated vocational visa exists for short courses so use a waiver or a B visa. The level of training required is at the discretion of the FTO.
Contact details here (http://www.flyer.co.uk/overseaxm.php) for one of the overseas examiners.
Gomrath
6th Nov 2011, 17:13
Generally, no dedicated vocational visa exists for short courses so use a waiver or a B visa
I would suggest that you discuss it with the DSO (Designated School Official) at the School.
If you are planning to be there a few weeks then you may likely require a M1 visa. The school may demand that you have the visa for their own protection.
At the end of the day it is only going to cost you a couple of hundred pounds to get that visa which is not a lot in the grand scheme of things.
If you are planning to be there a few weeks then you may likely require a M1 visa. The school may demand that you have the visa for their own protection.
I doubt it. First of all you are not training for a FAA certificate or rating and besides, it is a renewal for a rating that you already hold.
Recurrency training, flight reviews, conversion training, check out for rental etc etc are all exempt from the M1 visa.
I know of a UK CAA examiner in Vero Beach, Florida.
He can be reached under the username "keygrip" on this forum.
Regards,
madlandrover
8th Nov 2011, 22:05
Out of interest, why Florida rather than the UK? Unless of course you're longhaul CC and it's convenient, had a few friends hourbuild & more in the US because it fitted in with rosters.
Gomrath
9th Nov 2011, 16:43
I doubt it. First of all you are not training for a FAA certificate or rating and besides, it is a renewal for a rating that you already hold.
Recurrency training, flight reviews, conversion training, check out for rental etc etc are all exempt from the M1 visa.
B2N2 - whether training for a FAA or a JAA certificate does not matter when it comes to requiring a visa.
I mentioned the possibility of a visa - simply because in another post the OP had suggested also getting a MCC and the ME/IR renewal was a pre-req (expired 2 years). So I was reading between the lines...! Hence why I suggested that he "may" require the visa and to check with his DSO.
BillieBob
9th Nov 2011, 17:07
I know of a UK CAA examiner in Vero Beach, Florida.
Who is, AFAIK, an FE but not an IRE
zondaracer
9th Nov 2011, 17:30
Does his name sound like Even Richer? Jk
Nope, his last name is the same as:
http://gallery.e2bn.org/assets/0903/0000/0211/a0383_mid.jpg
He shares his first name with:
http://hollywoodismyhood.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/paul-newman.jpg
zondaracer
9th Nov 2011, 22:03
Oh haha I know who he is