I have sent you a private message with several contacts in Canada for your assistance.
can she can move to Canada and take up the balance of training there?
She could however there are a couple of ways to play the situation.
If she holds a first world passport your daughter may enter Canada as a visitor to train or study for up to six months without a student visa. Thereafter a student visa is needed although one may be obtained earlier and it may be advantageous to do so for the purpose of working in Canada as a flight instructor. An Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) is needed when entering Canada by air only. The US ESTA does not count towards the Canadian eTA. There is a simple online application for the eTA and approval is normally received by email within minutes. In exceptional circumstances it may take days. The eTA is valid for five years unless the passport expires beforehand so apply straight away.
Your daughter will need a Canadian medical certificate before flying solo in Canada, or before being granted a Canadian private pilot licence. Without a Canadian private pilot licence she cannot undergo training towards any other rating or licence. An appointment with a Civil Aviation Medical Examiner (CAME) can take between a fortnight and a month to secure. It can take up to an additional six weeks for Transport Canada to issue the medical certificate. If your daughter will be in Canada during the time of expected receipt then make sure the address used for the certificate is the selected flight training unit in Canada.
There are numerous Canadian CAMEs in UK. A database of CAMEs, maintained by Transport Canada, is at:
https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur....aspx?lang=eng
Arriving in Canada without a private pilot licence
Canadian Aviation Standard 421.26(9)(c) (
link) states:
An applicant who does not hold a Private or higher pilot licence–Aeroplane issued by a contracting state may be credited foreign dual and solo aeroplane flight training time and aeroplane ground school time towards the knowledge and experience requirements for the issue of a Private Pilot Licence–Aeroplane, if the applicant provides certification from the holder of a Flight Instructor Rating–Aeroplane that all ground and flight training exercises have been satisfactorily reviewed.
It will be enormously helpful if the training records can be transferred from the existing school in the US. However, if the records are unobtainable then the Canadian flight training unit can rely on the personal flying logbook to establish which experience requirements have yet to be satisfied. A typical shortfall is the instrument training which is 5 hours for a Canadian private pilot licence.
Any outstanding solo flying will need to await the medical certificate. A written exam and flight test will then be needed to obtain the Canadian private pilot licence and only then can your daughter undergo further training towards other licences and additional ratings. The Industry Canada radio operator certificate (restricted) is easily obtained by sitting a short multi-choice exam within the flight training unit.
Arriving in Canada with a private pilot licence
Your daughter, once her experience matches the experience requirements for a Canadian private pilot licence (again, the shortfall is likely to be the instrument training), may apply to Transport Canada directly for a Canadian private pilot licence (not a foreign licence validation certificate). There is no need for a flight test.
Either way, any flight training received prior to the grant (by any Contracting State) of a private pilot licence cannot be credited towards the specific experience requirements for a Canadian commercial pilot licence or instrument rating. Logged hours however will count towards the necessary total times.
Termination of SEVIS record while in the United States
The Designated School Official (DSO) at the present US flight school will need to properly close your daughter's SEVIS record. See
this document for a list of termination reasons. Your daughter must maintain status under the M1 visa until the SEVIS record is properly terminated. Then she must promptly leave the United States or apply for a change of status to a B–class visa. If she leaves the United States before taking up a job under OPT then all credit towards the practical training will be lost. Only in exceptional circumstances, after being admitted for six months, is it possible to
transfer the M1 visa to another school. The present DSO or a DSO at another US flight school can advise. Note that your daughter must carry the I-20-M-N and her passport on her person while in the US on an M1 visa. Also check whether
IRS form 8843 needs to be filed.
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Here is a searchable Flight Training Units database maintained by Transport Canada:
Flight Training Units Search
Contact details for TCCA regional offices can be found at:
https://tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/o...egions-139.htm