Foreign pilots flying for US Carriers

[martin_cfi]

Relax!!!!

thornycactus: Take it easy pal. you won´t get anywhere with that attitude.

Regarding the work visa, yes i agree with you, NOONE will "SPONSOR" you for such visa, much less for a green card. We all know that.

However you are looking at the wrong horizon. Almost all the big academies, are authorized to issue a J-1 VISA, which as you may know, is a student visa valid for up to 2 years AND it gives you the RIGHT to WORK in the FIELD of STUDY.

In other words. you get a J-1 Visa and yes you can legally work as a flight instructor, in the school you trained or in any other(after doing a little paperwork). And no academy will tell you they won´t give you a J-1 VISA.

So what´s the catch? well pretty easy. YES you need to study during that time, maybe more ratings, maybe the university. but you can work in the same field...(the downside of that visa is you can´t renew, and you need to stay 2 years in your homecountry before reapplying, unless you want a F-1 visa for 4 years)

Now, this is the only legal way to work in USA today, because unless you marry a citizen (and sometimes that doesn´t even work) it will be hard at best, impossible at worst to get a green card.

that´s the way it is, and we all have to accept it.

here to help you..