..first of all thank you for you replies. Have called the CAA, was told to make a written request, 4 weeks ago. No word since. Thanks Phil, I thought it was 7 years as well, if you continue to fly on an ICAO ATP in the meantime. Now it appears that it not only has to be an ICAO, but also JAA issued license. Getting your IR within 3 years extends the validity to 7 years to get your ATP. My reference three years ago just stated that if I would continue flying on my FAA ATP, I should be good for 7 years. I still hope that there is some way to justify an extension, or that the 7 year rule simply applies in my case. I continue to fly airplanes registered in JAR complying countries, get my recurrent classes and skill tests done by JAR rules and TRE and TRI s, to keep my validation. Please let me know if you have any further ideas.