Originally Posted by
chronos1701
Hi James. It's good to know that the DPE can issue a new certificate if the old one expires. The problem came about because I took the instrument checkride 2 weeks before taking the commercial checkride. So the DPE couldn't issue a commercial certificate with an instrument rating because IACRA shows that I didn't have an instrument rating. Latest news is that the DPE and the school have contacted the local FSDO and they're trying to look for the paper 8710 that the DPE submitted 2 months ago.
Just curious, when you did your application for the commercial, did you input into IACRA that you had your instrument rating? There's an option to edit your certificate to change what it says you already have.