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An agreement between United States and Canada has been recently signed concerning the conversion of the « professional pilot and airline pilot » licences.

The terms of the agreement are largerly simplified, to have the official text, you may consult the following link from Transport Canada:

http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/general/circulars/gaac0601.htm#5_0
and the following link from the FAA:

Conversion Procedures and Processes for FAA Pilot Certificates and TCCA Pilot Licenses
In brief, it says:

• Submit a Verification of Authenticity request form to the FAA Airmen Certification Branch, AFS 760;
• Have in his possession a valid medical certificate class 2 in order to have the privileges of the FAA professional pilot certificate;
• Totalize a minimum of 250 flight time hours;
• Must successfully pass a written FAA knowledge test, appropriate to the FAA pilot certificate or rating, on the areas of air law and communications. An acceptable passing score is answering 70 percent of all questions correctly;
• Should be bilingual.

To get the Verification of Authenticity request form click on the folowing link:

http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/airmen_certification/media/verify61-75.pdf
To prepare yourself for the written examination, click on the following link and consult chapiter 12 and 13 of the FAA-H-8083-25 document:

http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/
For the medical examination with a FAA doctor, you will find in the area of Montreal, Doctor Pearlman in Dollars-des-Ormeaux near Dorval (514) 683-6799, then go to the nearest FSDO office with your American medical certificate, your Canadian licence and passport. Click on the following link to get the list of the FSDO offices:

http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/field_offices/fsdo/
Make sure to have the information on where and when to pass the written FAA knowledge test on the areas of air law and communications.

Hoping this is useful to you, have a good flight.