Originally Posted by
B2N2
Start the greencard process though your brother. Use it as a backup plan.
The flight school will likely put you on a J1or F1 visa and after you have reached the ATP and officially finished your course of training you have to leave the country.
J1/F1 does not allow you to apply for a greencard as they are strictly student visas.
There is such a thing as an EB2 visa but you are not yet qualified for it.
https://www.aviationjobs.me/eb2-niw-...tm_medium=body
This means you’ll leave the US with 1500hrs and you’ll need to either do an EASA conversion or find a job with only FAA qualifications then apply for EB2 as soon as you qualify.
Alternatively look at flight training in Canada as their immigration policies are a lot friendlier.
Originally Posted by
bafanguy
Michael,
That's a tough question to answer since no one knows what any airline will be doing several years from now when you'd have your licenses and 1,500 hours. Any policy in place today can be dropped tomorrow.
Several US airlines have taken Australians on E3 visas but this doesn't help you at all. I also hear scuttlebutt about some taking pilots on H1b visas but airlines don't always publicly tell the whole story about what they're doing in terms of hiring.
Every regional has an email address on their website to contact their recruiting people. Write to every one of them and see if you can get any info that way. Good luck with your tough decision.
If you can figure out how to navigate this visa website, you might get some info here. This link is for Skywest as an example:
https://www.myvisajobs.com/Visa-Spon...es/1255100.htm
Yeah, that's exactly the problem. I've heard that Endavour and some others did sponsor work visas. I did already start the greencard process though, but workwise you are right, no one can tell. I will try my luck and write some regionals for a little bit of info. It would really be stupid to finish the 1500 hours and leaving the country. I won't be 23 anyways since I am 18 right now...
I am wondering, why are they even doing flight schools for International students when they can't work afterwards anyways..