Category 4 Medical: A Dilemma on "Transport Canada" File Numbers

[MRFarhadi1996]

Hey y'all,

I hope everybody's doing well. I was looking into converting my ICAO ATPL into TC ATPL, and first things first, I did my Category 1 Medical Certificate last week. Everything went smoothly, except for one thing: Timing.
According to the AME's experience, it would take 3 to 4 months for the initial issuance of the Category 1 Medical Certificate. As I was considering doing the trio-exams (SAMRA/SARON/INRAT) sooner than the 4-month barrier that currently sits in the way of my destiny, just to get a 5802-Nº file no., I asked the AME Doctor if I can get a semi-instantaneous Category 4 Medical while I'm waiting for my Category 1 to arrive.

The thing is, I just received "a" file number from Transport Canada the next day I filed both my Category 1 and Category 4 with the AME, but it's a six-digit standalone number starting with 9xxxxx and no 5802- in the beginning.

- Is it possible to book the trio-exams with this file number, provided by Transport Canada?
- Might it be different from the file number when getting a Category 1 issued? If any?
- Does it need to be mentioned that before this six-digit 9xxxxx file no., a "5802-" comes beforehand?

Thanks a lot, in advance, for putting me out of confusion,
Rez

[+TSRA]

1. Yes, you book everything with the number they gave you as the 9xxxxx number is your license number. The 5802 number is best thought of as an accounting number the government uses to quickly identify a civil aviation license. It's much like how a company accountant might use a 17xx code to track company property, within that code 170x tracks vehicles, and 1701 tracks a specific vehicle named Enterprise. In the case of aviation accounting, the government uses 5802 to denote a pilot or dispatcher license and 5258 to denote an air operator license. It's just a nice and quick way for civil aviation inspectors to know when they read a form that the form deals with individuals or a company. In fact, outside of your knowing to put your license number to the right of every instance you see 5802 on a TC form, you can forget it exists.

2. No. The number you received is your license number, and it shall forever be that number for as long as you live. Heck, it's yours until the heat death of the universe.

3. No. Outside of Transport Canada forms, you do not put 5802 in front of your license number. All TC forms that you submit will have a box, typically in the top right corner, that says “File Number 5802-“ with a space for you to write your license number after.