Regionals Hiring "Foreign Nationals?"
10-22-2013 | 09:25 PM
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A "foreign national" with a "greencard" aka "Permanent Residency card" is allowed to work and live in the US. I know plenty of people who have greencards, working as airline pilots, but do not have their US citizenship.
A "foreign national" with a greencard who is then naturalized as a US citizen, has the same rights as anyone born in the US. Many of these people have accents.
A "foreign national" on a visa in this country, needs to have authorization to work in the US. Without an employment authorization, they cannot work, unless an airline "sponsors" their visa.
US airlines currently do not sponsor pilots for employment visas. The process is long, it involves proving to the USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration Services) that qualified pilots are not available in the US, and foreign pilots have to be hired. Employment based H-1 visas then have to be sponsored. These visas are limited to 3 years, and the applicant has to be "re-sponsored" for another 3 years, pending USCIS approval.
A "foreign national" with a greencard who is then naturalized as a US citizen, has the same rights as anyone born in the US. Many of these people have accents.
A "foreign national" on a visa in this country, needs to have authorization to work in the US. Without an employment authorization, they cannot work, unless an airline "sponsors" their visa.
US airlines currently do not sponsor pilots for employment visas. The process is long, it involves proving to the USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration Services) that qualified pilots are not available in the US, and foreign pilots have to be hired. Employment based H-1 visas then have to be sponsored. These visas are limited to 3 years, and the applicant has to be "re-sponsored" for another 3 years, pending USCIS approval.
Wish to work in the EU ? Need a jaa license and the right to live and abode in the eu or be a eu citizen. Canada ? Canadian license and the right to live and work there permanently (landed immigrant status or citizenship. ).
Exceptions are mostly 3rd world countries where there is an actual shortage (ie china UAE etc) where they will sponsor you for work permits.
God bless all those who spend years and years jumping thru the hoops. Plus their accents gets them laid. Can we end this stupid discussion now?
Last edited by 303flyboy; 10-22-2013 at 09:52 PM. Reason: Exceptions.
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