Bose
Just checked my log book and I definatley have 2 hours with an instructor and 3 hours solo....the CAA seemed happy with it, so I can't grumble
Merrit
Sounds ok to me. Not sure how it would stand with the TSA and VISA regs though, as it will officialy be classed as training which would require an M1 VISA, wich you will need an I-20 comlpleted which can only be done by an authorised FTO. You would also need to nrol with SEVIS. the whole VISA/TSA/SEVIS process takes about 3 months to do.
But like I say I am not sure how the NQ would stands when it comes to that lot.