Commercial pilots need to typically be sponsored by an employer for an employment visa and they can also be sponsored by an employer for a green card. Certain airlines occasionally are sponsoring foreign pilots for H1B visas through the H1B lottery.
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Commercial pilots need to typically be sponsored by an employer for an employment visa and they can also be sponsored by an employer for a green card. Certain airlines occasionally are sponsoring foreign pilots for H1B visas through the H1B lottery.
There are a variety of different airlines who use the E-3 visas to hire pilots, including CommuteAir, Mesa, SkyWest, and Frontier Airlines. However, you are not usually eligible for employment at the major airlines, as they do not hire pilots who are not US citizens or possess a green card.
If you are already a pilot in your country you may be asking yourself if you can use your pilot license in the US. The answer to this question is in short; yes.However, the US civil aviation authority, known as the FAA will only grant you a Private Pilot license based on your foreign certificate.
Depending on the airline they may choose to confirm you have the required documentation before they issue a boarding pass (which often means you will only be able to check-in for those countries at the airport if you require a visa to enter), OR they may choose to flag your booking in a way to let the staff at the gate ...