Foreign Pilot Agency Promising Visas
Has anyone any more information on how these agencies are operating?
OMS PILOT RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
In 2016, Overseas Manpower Solutions (OMS) launched a foreign recruitment program designed to alleviate pilot shortages within the domestic aviation market. Recruiting both helicopter and fixed wing jet pilots, we are using our recruiting and in-house immigration expertise to deliver highly trained, experienced, fully licensed and 1-9 compliant pilots to U.S. aviation clients. Building on 15 years of experience successfully recruiting foreign healthcare workers, we developed this program to address a market need that has resulted in several high profile airline bankruptcies, a direct result of pilot shortages.
THE PROCESS
• OMS recruits, screens and checks references of foreign pilots with a minimum of 1500 documented flight hours.
• Eligible pilots must have ATP, and must have English proficiency.
• OMS manages the contracting process and ensures that all required contracts are executed properly.
• OMS arranges for interviews so each client can assess the selected pilots and make a final hiring decision.
• OMS completes all immigration processing (green card - permanent residency) on behalf of the pilot/client to ensure that each pilot meets 1-9 compliance and can legally work in the U.S.
To participate in the foreign pilot recruitment program, pilot candidates will need to complete the following steps:
Email CV for review;
Pilot must submit all requested documentation;
OMS Interview;
Interview with airline company recruiter;
If pilot is offered a position by airline, pilot signs a contract with OMS requiring an upfront payment to OMS of $3,000 followed by 48 monthly payments of $800 (total $38,400) which commence when pilot begins working for the airline.
The legal/immigration process will take approximately 12-18 months to complete.
When pilot starts work, pilot starts making the monthly payments described above to OMS.