Application Procedures
3.1 The applicant must submit Form DCA 605 (and DCA 218 if apply on the basis of a foreign professional pilot's licence) together with all required evidence of his identity, experience and qualifications in support of his application.
3.2. After assessing the applicant's experience and qualifications, conversion terms will be issued. Licence will be granted only if all the conditions in the conversion terms are fulfilled.
3.3 An application for professional pilot's licence will not be processed normally until the applicant can show evidence of a genuine requirement to hold a Hong Kong professional pilot's licence and exercise the privileges of the licence on a Hong Kong registered aircraft.
Contact
4.1 For application or enquiry, you can write to:
Personnel Licensing Office
Flight Standards and Airworthiness Division
Civil Aviation Department
1 Tung Fai Road
Hong Kong International Airport
Lantau, Hong Kong
Expect 6 months to get an answer on conversion terms from CAD (can be longer or short as the process involves them writing to your state which issued your licence to verify the details supplied on the application). To convert an overseas ATPL (airplane) you need a minimum of 2800 hrs.