FAA Validation of your Foreign Pilot License Pour voir cette page en Français : FAA Pilot Certificate first issuance You license has to be a PPL, CPL or ATPL at an ICAO level. During this process, you will send a copy of your data and license to the FAA. Then the FAA will contact the authority of your country of issuance to verify the authenticity of your license. Last step, they will send you a verification letter. Once you receive the verification letter, you will need to get an appointment at a FSDO (or if available, with a designated FAA representative outside US) in order to have you FAA Certificate issued. This process is detailed on this page, and can be launched easily by email: Verify the Authenticity of a Foreign License, Rating, and Medical Certification. Back... FAA Links - Quick access... Verify the Authenticity of a Foreign License, Rating, and Medical Certification. Administrative Process for the Reissuance of FAA Pilot Certificates (EASA Member States Only) Verification of Authenticity of Foreign License - Form (PDF file, requires acrobat reader). Height and Weight Converter You will need to know you height in inches and your weight in pounds. If you are not familiar with these units, this converter from cm/kg will help you: HEIGHT cm     =>     in 1234 56 789 characters WEIGHT kg     =>     lb 1234 56 789 characters