He identifies me, gives me a squawk, then says, 34 Charlie, maintain heading 260, descent to and maintain 6,000 for an ILS to 26R."



You're still VFR.


What would have to be different to make me IFR?

"Cleared present position to the Ontario airport..."

I don't have a reference. I was in NorCal VFR and needed an ILS into
Santa Rosa, I got radar contact, a heading, and an indication that they
will work me into the system. I got several more vectors in
anticipation of the clearance, the controller saying he'll get me a
"hard IFR altitude" shortly. Later on, when he got me into the system
he said something like "You're IFR now".

Jose
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