In order to validate your ICAO licence you just need to complete the req 12 exams. However if you wish to validate your IR as well you are required to complete the ENTIRE IR training syllabus from scratch.
Unless you meet the req for a JAA ATPL issue which include along with the standard 1500 hours total etc etc which most ICAO countries have, a req for 500 hour in a multi crew aircraft.
It seem to be this requirment where alot of guys and girls are comming unstuck. The schools I have asked about this seem to dance around the subject.
This req is new and seems to have jumped out of no where.
Now if I am wrong or have missed a vital piece of info I would dearly love to be put wrong.
Cyco