Converstion to FAA licence
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Vector2ILS
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Converstion to FAA licence
I was wondering if it was still relatively simply to get a FAA PPL on the basis of a Canadian CPL?
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shamrock104
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TC TO FAA
Yes its easy. You can now get a FAA CPL on the basis of your Canadian Commercial. Its a form filling exercise. Hope this assists.
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Vector2ILS
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There's a few steps involved in the conversion process which luckily has gotten easier since December 2006. First, you must fill out a "Verification of Foreign License and Ratings" form with Transport Canada and the FAA. This is a form available on the FAA's website in Pdf printable format (Transport Canada also has them at the offices I believe). I did the process of submitting this form a little different then they suggest, but it ended up working out better and faster for me.
My advice is to fill out the form and take it to your local Transport Canada office yourself to verify that you indeed have the Canadian license and ratings you want to convert over and that they are not suspended or invalid in any way. Transport Canada will sign your form and print you a letter detailing your credentials. Once you have the package, you can fax it to the FAA head office in Oklahoma (Transport Canada will give you this fax #) with the location of your desired Flight Standards District Office in which you want all the paper work sent to and which you will be making the application for the actual license at. Again, the FAA website has the addresses of all the FSDO's. The process normally has you sending your verification form to the FAA first, then they send it to Transport Canada, then Transport Canada sends it back signed. You can see the logistical problem with this procedure, so I did it the other way and got everything in 2 weeks. If this works, you'll have a letter in the mail from the FAA stating that they have recieved your forms and that a copy has been forwarded to your local FSDO south of the border. You have about 6 months to appear there and make the formal application and write whichever tests you need to. I am not 100% sure about the Private but for anything higher up through the ATPL and Type Rating conversions there are "Air Law and Communication" exams. Double check for the Private. The FAA's website has sample questions for all the exams, study what applies to you and if you don't have the FAR/AIM, go buy it. There is no flight test required either unless you are looking for your ATPL, if such is the case, they can issue a "frozen ATPL" if you don't want to do the flight test. You will need a valid FAA medical (category depending on your sought after license) to recieve your license, i'm pretty sure this is standard across the board for all licenses. You can do an FAA medical exam with select medical examiners across Canada, there's at least 5 coast to coast. Or of course you can do one in the states, all the AME's including professionals based in Canada are on the FAA site.
Send in the paper work, study the material a bit, get checked out by the doctor, wait for the paper work, show up with your logbook and some money, enjoy your new license.
I hope this helps you out a bit and that I didn't confuse the matter too much.
My advice is to fill out the form and take it to your local Transport Canada office yourself to verify that you indeed have the Canadian license and ratings you want to convert over and that they are not suspended or invalid in any way. Transport Canada will sign your form and print you a letter detailing your credentials. Once you have the package, you can fax it to the FAA head office in Oklahoma (Transport Canada will give you this fax #) with the location of your desired Flight Standards District Office in which you want all the paper work sent to and which you will be making the application for the actual license at. Again, the FAA website has the addresses of all the FSDO's. The process normally has you sending your verification form to the FAA first, then they send it to Transport Canada, then Transport Canada sends it back signed. You can see the logistical problem with this procedure, so I did it the other way and got everything in 2 weeks. If this works, you'll have a letter in the mail from the FAA stating that they have recieved your forms and that a copy has been forwarded to your local FSDO south of the border. You have about 6 months to appear there and make the formal application and write whichever tests you need to. I am not 100% sure about the Private but for anything higher up through the ATPL and Type Rating conversions there are "Air Law and Communication" exams. Double check for the Private. The FAA's website has sample questions for all the exams, study what applies to you and if you don't have the FAR/AIM, go buy it. There is no flight test required either unless you are looking for your ATPL, if such is the case, they can issue a "frozen ATPL" if you don't want to do the flight test. You will need a valid FAA medical (category depending on your sought after license) to recieve your license, i'm pretty sure this is standard across the board for all licenses. You can do an FAA medical exam with select medical examiners across Canada, there's at least 5 coast to coast. Or of course you can do one in the states, all the AME's including professionals based in Canada are on the FAA site.
Send in the paper work, study the material a bit, get checked out by the doctor, wait for the paper work, show up with your logbook and some money, enjoy your new license.
I hope this helps you out a bit and that I didn't confuse the matter too much.
