Originally Posted by
2Donkeys
A licence issued under 61.75 is a perfectly valid licence in its own right. Where a 61.75 licence holder passes a US IR Check Ride and completes the US IR written, the 61.75 will be endorsed with the phrase "INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE U.S. TEST PASSED".
Where the 61.75 licence holder has an ICAO instrument rating on his underlying licence, he can also validate that onto his he US licence by passing a cut-down version of the US IR written aimed at foreign pilots (known as the IFP). Whilst there is a little inconsistency on licence endorsements, the standard licence endorsement goes along the lines INSTRUMENT FOREIGN PILOT TEST PASSED
Absolutely correct! An FAA PLL 61.75 is a license on its own and handled as such. Some more:
If you validate an ICAO license to get an FAA 61.75 license, the only thing granted is PPL rights.
You add additional ratings and endorsements on the FAA 61.75 as if it would be a new license.
Experience from you foreign license will be evaluated and you may get easier access or waivers of exams for certain parts, i.e. for an ICAO IR to do a fast track FAA IR test.
Sometimes they grant fast track evaluation on first validation if your ICAO license already has additional ratings, i.e. IR, but this is not for sure.
A FAA 61.75 based on foreign license is not compatible with a 3rd class Medical, as the US easy access medical is non-ICAO standard, the pilot needs a valid ICAO medical on hisherit original license to fly.