Green Card Holders, please reply!!
05-22-2006, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by BURflyer
What if you're from a country where the passport is not so popular with other countires? Don't you need a visa?
A greencard isn't really a visa, greencard holders basically have the same rights to work as a US citizen. However when you want to enroll in flight training be it 61 or 121 etc you have to get a background check done, that is accomplished by TSA and the company you work for. TSA relays your info to you and your company and all your company has to do is approve you for work, and state that they are indeed hiring you to fly for them.
So to kind of answer your question (or at least I hope to have) regardless of what country your from you need a visa.
05-23-2006, 06:26 PM
#14
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Originally Posted by BURflyer
What if you're from a country where the passport is not so popular with other countires? Don't you need a visa?
Originally Posted by etops777
I'm not sure if I understand your question correctly, you need a visa to remain in the United States, if it's for a year or 10 years whatever the occasion is there are special visas.
A greencard isn't really a visa, greencard holders basically have the same rights to work as a US citizen. However when you want to enroll in flight training be it 61 or 121 etc you have to get a background check done, that is accomplished by TSA and the company you work for. TSA relays your info to you and your company and all your company has to do is approve you for work, and state that they are indeed hiring you to fly for them.
So to kind of answer your question (or at least I hope to have) regardless of what country your from you need a visa.
A greencard isn't really a visa, greencard holders basically have the same rights to work as a US citizen. However when you want to enroll in flight training be it 61 or 121 etc you have to get a background check done, that is accomplished by TSA and the company you work for. TSA relays your info to you and your company and all your company has to do is approve you for work, and state that they are indeed hiring you to fly for them.
So to kind of answer your question (or at least I hope to have) regardless of what country your from you need a visa.
05-23-2006, 08:23 PM
#15
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Originally Posted by skyluvr00
Has anyone had problems holding a Green Card and getting interviews, and even training dates anywhere recently? If so what regionals are big on that and stay away from green card holders...Thanks to anyone who can give me more info...
Now...that is for regionals...Majors.......95% they want you to be USA citizen...the reason is that in some countrys you need visa in order to go there so...being a citizen kind of eliminates the paperwork for issuing the visa
As far as the TSA clearance it took me 2 weeks to get clear to start with my CL-65 training.
good Luck
06-08-2006, 07:53 AM
#20
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Posts: 75
Yes! sgrd0q got the point. Unfortunately, no answer to the problem yet. So pilotara, are you saying that regional airlines don't go anywhere that requires visas for non-citizens, but majors do? I understand that anyone would need a passport to go international, and green card holders would need their green card and passport, but don't any pilots need a visa to get into the non USA country? Is there some kind of exemption for the crew members?
The more I think about this, the more confused I get..
The more I think about this, the more confused I get..
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