Dear CFIs,

I don't know about you, but I have renewed my cfi for over 10 years, and 5 times with American Flyer, and they have accepted any non US notarized signatures so far.
I think there is a grey law in the FAA system. Don't tell, don't ask!
Would be nice to have a clear answer from the FAA but I worry they enforce this law(requiring a US stamp) which make problematic for some of us to drive(or to fly) to a US embassy, US embassies are not in all countries.


I will make it clear:

go to FSDO, FAA,...
go to US embassy
go to a foreign notary if not in the States
go to a US army, air force, whatever...

if not in the burger country ,get your paper done, and send them REGISTERED with your notarized stamp to American flyer( they have an assistance program which cost 50$), and they will process your cfi ticket in 2 weeks and send you back your temporary CFI.

done it for 20 bucks by a european notaire, did that many time, no problem...
plus 50 $ for american flyer.

total cost 70$ plus stamp for 2 years CFI.
35$ a year.