Originally Posted by
Gomrath
If you are already well down the route to a ATPL, you are not going to be eligible for a F1 visa in the US. F1 exists for the new or very low houred PPL.
You cannot work in the US on a M1 visa as it is not an employment visa.
The chances of getting somebody to sponsor you is low. You have no residency or employment rights in the US and no FAA certs.
What about those schools who offer EASA training and have employed instructions from Europe. Many of them advertise experience needed, so how would that work.
Surely the F1 would work in terms of getting your CFI to be able to teach in the tastes followed by an OPT? Or these schools sponsor your visa?
Or would that come under a different visa?