AriBen
Well, I went to this school and got all my ME ratings there. The price is cheap, I think its about 32K, they have about 12 BE-76, kinda old, they brake down alot, but get fixed quickly. Time building is great, U get about 100hrs just to time build. In general its a very cheap and fast way to way to get ME time.
About the Visa, I think with the J1 u have a total of 2 years that ur allowed to stay there, thats including the time u take to get ur licences, most people go from Privalte to MEI in about 14 moths, u can get it done faster if ur willing.