Canadian Class 1 medical

[haihio]

I am in the process of converting my FAA license to a TCCA license. I did my medical examination with a TCCA doctor and I was surprised to see that you don't get any certificate, he told me it's all online.

Now I need the medical license number they call it (TCCA pilot file 5802 number) to complete my application but I don't have any.

How do I proceed?

Thanks for the info

[+TSRA]

I was surprised to see that you don't get any certificate, he told me it's all online.

Well, yes and no. Yes in that it is online for the doctors to see. But no, in that the pilot is issued a document which has the medical printed on the inside for the first issue, after which a stamp is placed for subsequent medicals.

Now I need the medical license number they call it (TCCA pilot file 5802 number) to complete my application but I don't have any.

The 5802 number is simply your license number (well, actually the numbers after 5802 is your license number); however, because everyone involved at Transport uses this number for various things, it ends up having multiple names like "medical number," "license number, "file number," "5802 number," etc.

It is a six-digit number that will follow 5802 (e.g., 5802-123456) and that will be printed on all official documents you receive from Transport, normally after your name and address and either in the top left or top right of the first page.

How do I proceed?

If you can't find the number on any documents you've been sent after completion of your medical, you can always call the local Transport office that you're using to convert the license, and they can let you know what the number is, assuming the paperwork from your medical was submitted and processed already.

In your case, the license number will be generated as a result of your medical, so if it has only been a day or two since you saw the doctor, it may still be making its way through the system.

Remember too that it is still close enough to Christmas and New Years that many government employees are only just starting to come back from their holidays. Indeed, the 18th of January is typically taken as being the first day of the year where Transport is back to full strength, so if you did your medical quite recently, the paperwork might still be sitting on someone's desk(top).

[haihio]

Thanks +TSRA.

Now the process is a bit clearer but I'm still going to follow up with the doctor because he didn't seem very competent and furthermore we are in a foreign country in SE Asia and I'm wondering if he is up to date with the Canadian medical regs.

But basically without that TCCA number I cannot submit my application so for now I'm stuck.

[+TSRA]

I wouldn't say stuck; try calling or e-mailing one of the options shown on the page linked here: Flight Crew Licensing Office Contacts.

Your best bet would be to contact headquarters in Ottawa, but any of the local regions can also be of assistance. If nothing else, they can tell you whether the paperwork was received by them from the doctor in question.

Now, I'd only say you're only stuck if the doctor did not send in the paperwork. In that case, you're doing the right thing by following up with the doctor.

Good luck!