"Chris" writes:
Non US students need a visa to train and there is only a small number of
flight schools around able to issue form I-20 needed to get a M1 visa.
Without this form and the visa, students will not get past immigration.

Therefore there should not be many CFIs with non resident alien students
unless they are in a M1 approved flight school. These schools are used to
handling the necessary paperwork and this only represents a bit more.

What about students who are here in the US to go to college? I am a
F1 student in Pittsburgh, going to grad school full time. Is it no
longer possible for me to learn to fly in my free time? Or do I need
to get special permission from the government?

Chris
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