Don't pop the champagne yet. I just realised that the 28 CFR Part 105 has not been fully approved/implementet yet and only people that qualify for expedited processing can currently be cleared by DOJ. Non US Citizens with no prior experience on a/c above 12.500 can still not get approved/train. Hopefully this is just a matter of time.
I talked a Washington FAA guy who claimed to know what he was talking about