FAA to EASA conversion

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captainhawk

There are three separate issues: taking the exams, converting the licence and converting a type rating.

Exams: You need to attend an approved ATO either full time or distance learning (costing $$$) UNLESS you hold an ICAO ATP, in which case you can self certify (saving $$$) So if you're close to ATP minimums it's probably better to get that first and self certify. In all cases you still have to take the exams.

Licence: You need to have the ATPL minimums, chiefly 1500 hours and 500 multi crew It's not like the US where you can get an ATP on a single pilot aircraft - this is the licence you need to command multi pilot aircraft so you need at least 500 hours multi crew and a Type Rating.
If you don't have the minimums you get a CPL/IR.

Type rating: To get a multi crew type rating you need to do a full TR course and license skills test LST, unless you have an ICAO type rating and 500 hours on that type. If you have 500 hours on type, you can simply take the LST in a SIM.

So depending on whether you have an ATP or not, 500 multi crew or not and 500 all on one type or not, as far as the theory course and type rating courses go - you might need one or the other or none or both!