Originally Posted by
jaded
As with the Flight Academies, their "foreign" students can't work here unless they have a green card. In Fact those foreign students probably put the bread and butter in a lot of CFIs tables in the last 3 years.
You don't necessarily need to have a green card. You can work on a college visa to gain experience needed towards a degree. I worked as a flight instructor on a college visa to get 1000 hours as a CFI to get 36 credits towards my Bachelor's degree. The downside is that you have to go to school, pay tuition out of pocket and work as a flight instructor at the same time.