Originally Posted by LastDon
Can a student pilot fly into the USA?
Short answer:
Licence-wise, all Canadian aviation documents meet ICAO standards, and are recognized by all ICAO signatory countries, including the USA.
Long answer:
1. Why would you want to? Take the bus, drive or buy an airline ticket instead. Much, much less problematic. An approved training course is for training, not adventure.
2. It is unlikely that any Canadian flying school would permit a student pilot to deviate from the geographical and technical limits of their training programs by allowing the student to operate their aircraft across the border, even assuming that the aircraft carried insurance to do so.
3. All entrants to the USA must satisfy the legal entry requirements, including a valid visa for citizens of countries for which the USA requires a visa--the mode of arrival into the country is irrelevant; and
4. There are flight planning notification requirements (minimum 24 hour advance notice via approved filed documentation) to operate an aircraft across the border into USA airspace.