Question regarding licensing. Please help if you have info.

[LowLevelAviator]

Good day everyone.

I hold a South African CPL and IR, with total of 220 hours.
I want to know if I go to Canada and want to obtain a Canadian license, can I just validate my hours that i have flown and apply for a some sort of "stand alone" license, meaning I just show them my validated hours and apply to write the exams and get a Canadian license? (I don;t want to convert my license because my flight test date is expired so I have to go back to South Africa and re-validate it, which is going to cost me a lot since I don't live in South Africa anymore.)

Any information would be appreciated.

[Pilot DAR]

Perhaps a review of Canadian Aviation Regulation 401.07 will answer your question:

Canadian Aviation Regulations (http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-96-433/FullText.html#s-401.07)

[+TSRA]

I would also review CAR 401.03 (just above the reference Pilot DAR provided) as well as 421.07 (Linked here: Part IV - Personnel Licensing and Training - Transport Canada (http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/regserv/cars/part4-standards-421-1086.htm#421_07) )

If the South African license requires something akin to a BFR (Biennial Flight Review) for the license to be valid, then you might not be able to meet the requirements of 421.07(a)(i), specifically the reference "...valid for the privileges requested...", without going home to do the BFR.

In some jurisdictions, this BFR requirement can be waived if you have completed training to a license, rating, or completed company mandated training (proficiency checks, line training, line checks, etc.) within the two-years the BFR covers, but that'll be located in the South African regulations.