I recently got my cpl here in the US and I am a citizen. I began looking for work after that and quickly found out having a fresh cpl isn't much of a qualification at all. Really your only prospects are as a sky dive pilot, but even they want experience. Also, I think there is one alternative option for getting a work permit, but if I am wrong someone correct me. If you get a student visa and attend a university, they allow you to work at one job. My instructor was doing it that way, he was an Indian citizen.