Originally Posted by Panama Jack
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Private Licences are pretty much similar from one state to another, as ICAO establishes the standards for them for the most part. Once you get one in one country, more often than not, it is an administrative procedure to get your licences validated (recognized) for private flying purposes in other countries.
Yes this is the case in Argentina, some paperwork, a pysical and a check ride are required to validate a foreign license. That brings a curiosity, a person flying his own airplane or an executive pilot, would be technically illegal arriving straight in these countries before doing the validation ?