m1 visa ppl states - required or not .... i ididnt bother .....
reading this thread yonks back , i was concerned about going to the states to train for a ppl ....
i had got my tsa clearance ,, and the school ( actually its more like a club) which trained me was ready to teach me...
some weeks before flying out , by chance i came across this thread - "m1 visa required" ,,,,
the school which i got tsa clearance is not on servis or sevis - more importantly theyd never even heard of sevis/ servis - and definatley could nt issue me the i 20 form ....
feeling that id just chucked the best part of £250-£300 down the drain on a useless tsa clearance - i bought a plane ticket and went away ......
going wvs all the way !
2 and half months later - ive got my ppl ,,,
i did worry at first ,but as the hrs built up , i soon stopped ,,,
if i could have got an m1 visa - i would have done ,,,- but since the school was in the strange position of being on the tsa books ( registered provider) , but yet unable to do m1 visas - i had no choice ....plus ,, i really liked the look of the school (and the hrs were cheap)
interested to know of others with same experience....