"Tony Cox" wrote in message
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"S Green" wrote in message
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"Tony Cox" wrote in message
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Where do you get the bit about recommending getting a B-2? You
realize what a complete pain in the neck this is these days, don't
you?
Why make it more complicated?

Read further up this post, the info came from the US embassy. As I say
if
in
doubt write to them yourself. The advice in the link was posted in Feb
2003,
the advice from the US embassy was January 2004

Well, that information is completely different from the info
in the link you told people to read if in doubt. There it
says "If you are coming to hour build or a flying
holiday and have a FAA Licence or an FAA licence
issued on the basis of your Foreign Licence, you
can enter the country on a Visa Waiver and fly as
long as you meet the F.A.R.s. (BFR, Medical, etc.)"

Since Nigel has an FAA license, plans to do a little
flying, and will meet the BFR/Medical requirements,
he doesn't need a visa, according to that advice.

He doesn't plan any flight training, so he doesn't need
a student visa. Still, having been myself at the wrong
end of the INS idiots from time to time, when entering
he'd be best to just say he's coming on holiday. I very
much doubt that the immigration officer would specifically
demand to know if he was planning a _flying_ holiday.
Why should they, unless he tries to clear customs with
David Clarks on his head?

Security wise, the man's got an FAA license, which means he
is 'known' to the authorities here. If he was a terrorist, he'd
have had his license suspended. Of course, the subtleties
of this are no doubt lost on the INS or whatever they are
called these days.


At the end of the day you can choose to take the advice or not it is up
to
you.

It's not clear what your advice is, since the link you provided and the
answer from the embassy disagree.

The link was Feb 2003 and said that the Feds were yhinking about changes to
the Visa waiver. The embassy advice was 2004, looks like they are beginning
to think about it a bit more.

The point is that the situation seems to be constantly changing so if in ANY
doubt, contact the embassy for the latest position.