Thank you all for the responses.
@BigGrecian I haven't yet booked anything. I've always been looking at a particular school not far from San Diego(not sure if I should name names), which is in fact EASA approved. Thanks for the heads up though.
@Prop Swinger, I have read that somewhere but didn't quite read it as having to do all exams under the same state. I guess that makes sense.
I'll have a good think about what I need to do and how to go about doing it.
Thanks