Flight School in the US with J1 VISA
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Sorry, but could someone explain to me what is the difference between two-years J1 and two-years F1? For me it's almost the same: one year of training and one year of instructing. Also, as I undersand it, when going on F1 visa you are allowed to do your OPT in any school which wants to hire you.
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If you do J1 from zero flight time, yes, not as big difference.
If you have your PPL plus minus some hours, F1 is hassle.
(the possibility of having CPL/CFI finished within 6 months of J1 after returning post-M1 within allowed TT/training, offered more leeway in terms of looking for job and competitiveness for CFI jobs)
OR, a school may decide you're not worth it as you'd be supposed to do the whole program.
Upside, is, there is at least this F1 patch, better than nothing.
Downside is less flexibility. Not sure, from what I've been emailed by coordinator/manager of one of the schools, the max hours to get in (mind you, to their program) is still the same.
The thing with F1 is that getting onto F1 does not guarantee OPT, has to be applied in advance before finishing. Can be outside school per se, but with some, could cause friction potentially. So long it's in 'field of study', which shouldn't be problem to anyone.
It's fairly new thing to all schools with previous J1 rights.
I'm more into rotary F1 later on, so I can't give all the relevant info for FW only schools with F1.
I'm not sure one's allowed to get fulltime job authorisation before one academic year (read 9 months) of training.
Also, to comply with one of the F1 requirements, one has to finish the approved course of study, so may include CFII etc, not strictly vital for PPL instruction. Or whatever else one is supposed to do.
I didn't expect even this, so it's all good.
If you have your PPL plus minus some hours, F1 is hassle.
(the possibility of having CPL/CFI finished within 6 months of J1 after returning post-M1 within allowed TT/training, offered more leeway in terms of looking for job and competitiveness for CFI jobs)
OR, a school may decide you're not worth it as you'd be supposed to do the whole program.
Upside, is, there is at least this F1 patch, better than nothing.
Downside is less flexibility. Not sure, from what I've been emailed by coordinator/manager of one of the schools, the max hours to get in (mind you, to their program) is still the same.
The thing with F1 is that getting onto F1 does not guarantee OPT, has to be applied in advance before finishing. Can be outside school per se, but with some, could cause friction potentially. So long it's in 'field of study', which shouldn't be problem to anyone.
It's fairly new thing to all schools with previous J1 rights.
I'm more into rotary F1 later on, so I can't give all the relevant info for FW only schools with F1.
I'm not sure one's allowed to get fulltime job authorisation before one academic year (read 9 months) of training.
Also, to comply with one of the F1 requirements, one has to finish the approved course of study, so may include CFII etc, not strictly vital for PPL instruction. Or whatever else one is supposed to do.
I didn't expect even this, so it's all good.
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Does anyone have any developments on this issue with the right VISA requirements for taking up practical training as a CFI at a US flight school ? Anything with SEVIS ? Read there were 8 flight schools in it but then this was discontinued
Im about to complete my initial CFI, got my multi and single commercial and the same flight school and the owner is keen on hiring me but they are unfamiliar with the process ! It be a great opportunity. Anyone can shed any light please.
Im about to complete my initial CFI, got my multi and single commercial and the same flight school and the owner is keen on hiring me but they are unfamiliar with the process ! It be a great opportunity. Anyone can shed any light please.
