Third Country Licensee ICAO

ICAO Third Country Licence Verification/verification letter

The aeronautical authorities may request the verification of licenses issued by AESA by making their request through the email address licpiloto.aesa@seguroaerea.es.

Acceptance of type or class ratings annotated in an ICAO Third Country licence

If you are exercising flight privileges of a rating annotated on a valid ICAO Third Country license, you can annotate it on your PART FCL license.

You currently have the following options to annotate it on your PART FCL license:

• With restriction to registration of Third Country ICAO
  In this case it will be appropriate to send to AESA the following application formats duly completed and signed together with the documentation indicated in it:
  
  LIC-FCL-P01-F01 Application Procedures associated with professional licenses.
   
• Request for prior authorization for the future entry of the qualification without restriction to registration of Third Country ICAO
  In this case and provided that the requirements for this are met and accredited, you can request prior and express authorization to perform the skill test for the future entry of the qualification, using the corresponding application format, together with the list of documentation indicated in it:
  
  Application for authorisation to take the skill test for the acceptance of type rating annotated in a licence issued by a third country.
  
  The rating acceptance skill test can be combined with obtaining ATPL. In this case, proof of compliance with the ATPL requirements described here must be provided.

The documentation will be sent through one of the options contemplated for this purpose. You can check the options here.

In case of doubt about the documentation to be provided in the options described in this section please contact us.

Credit Obtaining ATPL Third Country

Credit recognition for ATPL training requirement

In accordance with Article 3(c) of Delegated Regulation 2020/723, EASA may grant full credit, as regards the requirements to conduct a training course before passing the theoretical knowledge examinations and aptitude test, to holders of an ATPL licence issued by or on behalf of a third country in accordance with Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention, provided that the holders have completed the experience requirements for the issuance of an ATPL in the relevant aircraft category set out in Subpart F of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011, and provided that the third country licence contains a valid type rating for the aircraft used for the ATPL proficiency test.

To obtain the aforementioned credit recognition, you must send AESA the following application format, providing the documentation indicated in it:

• Application for the granting of credit. Article 3(c) of Delegated Regulation 2020/723. (Airplane)
• Application for the granting of credit. Article 3(c) of Delegated Regulation 723/2020. (Helicopter)

The documentation will be sent through one of the options contemplated for this purpose. You can check the options here.

License Conversion - BASA

If you are an FAA-issued licensee, you can obtain the PPL(A) license under the BASA agreement. You can consult the published guide for this Disclosure
Guide - Conversion of airplane pilot license and or ratings issued by the FAA.

To request the issuance of a license under the BASA agreement, you will proceed to send us the request and documentation instance indicated in the same
Application for Conversion of Third Country License EU-USA BASA.

The documentation will be sent through one of the options contemplated for this purpose. You can check the options here.

Validation of license issued in ICAO Third Country

Validation is an authorisation granted in a document issued by EASA allowing, after fulfilment of certain requirements, holders of a pilot licence issued in accordance with Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention by a third country to exercise, for a specified period of time, the same privileges as if they were holders of an EASA pilot licence. This figure is regulated by Section 2 of Delegated Regulation 2020/723, which sets out the different cases and requirements for obtaining that authorisation. Validation.

It should be noted that, in certain cases, in order to apply for the validation of a licence, it is necessary to carry out a flight test, which in the case of holders of CPL(A/H) or ATPL(A/H) licences must be authorised by AESA prior to carrying out the licence by means of an authorisation issued by AESA, in order to carry out the required flight test, necessary to obtain the validation of the licence.

To request the corresponding validation modality, you must complete the application format and provide the documentation indicated in it.

• Application for validation of pilot licenses CPL, ATPL and other commercial activities. Airplane.
• Application for validation of pilot licenses CPL, ATPL and other commercial activities. Helicopter.
• Application for validation of pilot licences for non-commercial activities with and without IR.
• Application for validation of pilot licences for specific tasks of limited duration.
• Application for validation of pilot licences for specific non-commercial tasks (maximum 28 natural days/year).
• Application for extension of third country ICAO licence validation.

The documentation will be sent through one of the options contemplated for it and never via email. You can check the options to present the documentation here.