Visa type for type rating in the US?
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Visa type for type rating in the US?
Hello everyone, I am about doing an initial type rating in the US. It could be at CAE Dallas or Allianz training Dallas. I already have a valid B1/2 visa. I don't know if that is okay, or do I need an M1 visa. The training duration is about 22days.
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Depends on what the training provider tells you: I did the initial type rating for the Global at CAE Dallas back in 2013 under a B-1 visa, however when I underwent an upgrade recurrent in 2016 Bombardier Dallas all of a sudden insisted on an M-1 visa.
A type rating training course should not be done under a B-class visitor visa. This point was clarified some years ago by the US DOJ in the memo copied below. Instead use an M-1 visa. In some circumstances a course of study may be pursued while admitted under a different visa class. See SEVP table in the document Nonimmigrants: Who Can Study?
PDF copy of the memo.
PDF copy of the memo.
