In article , Steve
Foley wrote:
A friend of mine with an FAA certificate based on his UK certificate was
told that his certificate had been revoked as a result of 9/11. He was not
permitted to get an instrument rating. He had to get a private first.

He was told wrong - they never had been revoked. However, IIRC, to get
an instrument rating on a US ticket, you do need a bona-fide US ticket
to start with (I think it was Andrew Sarangan who originally discussed
this, coming to the US with a Canadian license)

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