US Visa required for FAA Seaplane Rating?
1. Does anyone have a definitive source to answer whether a US student visa is required solely to get an FAA single-engine seaplane rating? This consists of 5 hours plus test. There have been postings here previously, suggesting that less than 18 hours per week is not a "training course".
My question here is not about TSA requirements nor about getting an FAA licence (which I have already). I am asking solely about the visa question.
2. I have not found a US seaplane course which deals with the visa issue, so as a fallback does anyone know of a Canadian school that can do the FAA seaplane rating and FAA test?
Getting a Canadian seaplane rating is not the answer as it would require me to maintain a Canadian licence.
All advice gratefully received.