selfin,
Is this the process to which you refer above ?:
https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/.../AC_61-143.pdf
I notice in another document, which I assume also details the process, that a flight review is required of an EU applicant in order to apply for an FAA PPL ?:
3.1.4. The applicant shall complete a flight review with an FAA certified flight instructor who
holds appropriate FAA examining authority, as detailed in the TIP-L.
https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cer...EU_annex_3.pdf
Not being much of a legal mind, I quickly get bogged down in the verbage.