A friend of mine has lived in the US for twenty years, but held a UK PPL. He
had a US certificate 'based on' his UK PPL (his words). He decided to get an
IFR rating, and was told that All certificated based on foreign licenses
were revoked after 9/11.

He ended up taking private and instrument checkrides on the same day.

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Hi guys,

I'm in a little bit of a quandry and I'm looking for some help in
unravelling this little tapestry of trans-border red tape.

I'm a Canadian citizen living permanently in the US. I hold a Canadian
Private Pilot's license (night endorsed), and I received a US
reciprocal license in 2000 when I moved to NYC.

I have not flown since 2002 and want to get things going again. I am
therefore no longer current in either country.

My US reciprocal license says I need to have a current Canadian
license, but I don't plan on ever returning to Canada, thus how can I
get this straightened out down here? CAN I get it straightened out
down here for that matter?

Next up is the 3rd class medical. It's valid in Canada for another
month, but it's not been valid in the US for 3 years (validity is 5
years within Canada and 2 years outside the country). Can I get an FAA
medical or must I return to the Great White North and go through
everything up there?

Finally, if I get my Canadian currency/recency back, must I then go
through a BFR down here, or will a U.S. BFR satisfy the Canadians?

This is all becoming very confusing! Maybe I ought to just do the
flight test and written test down here and have done with it once and
for all!

Thanks in advance.

Blue skies and calm winds

Regards,
Peter Dougherty

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