Originally Posted by Hodja
Note, in case you're a non-US citizen & require a student visa, only a handful of Hawaii pilot schools are SEVIS approved...
I am not US citizen but I definitly do not need student or any visa.
Originally Posted by englishal
Just to clarify...... if you have a pilot certificate you don't need visa. And you don't need TSA for a BFR.
I have one. I am aware I do not need TSA clearance.
Originally Posted by pboyall
If you have a based-on 61.75 certificate, do you need TSA to do the flight test to make it a permanent one? Just a thought if you're flying a BFR anyway ...
I am licensed.
Originally Posted by 172driver
Droste, do you hold an FAA license? If so, you don't need an examiner for a BFR, any instructor can do it. You also don't need a student visa or TSA clearance, the BFR is not classed as flight training.
I am holder of FAA license. I am fully aware of the above.
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My reason to request BFR with an FAA Examiner/Inspector as follow:
Stupid ICAO insist all applicants to have a proficiency check (
within 12 calendar months) before requesting for foreign license conversion.
How I wish any CFI can do it but
strict foreign aviation authority requires all applicants to have a flight with an FAA examiner or Inspector. (It is the stupid ICAO ruling).
Many US flight schools NOT aware of this! If a flight school has Indian students, the school will know Indian student
requires proficiency check (
within 12 calendar months) before requesting for foreign license conversion.
E.g. if an applicant has a FAA PPL in 30 Jan 2010, he must have a proficiency check lastest by 29 Jan 2011 inorder to apply for foreign licence conversion.
E.g. if an applicant has an FAA ATP in 30 Jan 1999, he must have a proficiency check within 12 calendar months inorder to apply for foreign licence conversion. Even if he is current and flying B747 as a Captain, he requires a proficiency check by FAA!
By the way, I am not an Indian and I am not flying in India.
I am in Southeast-Asia now and the nearest I can go is Hawaii or Guam.
Please advise if there is any school in Hawaii can arrange one? Or can anybody recommend one? I can pay any fee to the FAA Examiner.