Becoming an International Flight School Student

The first step in beginning your training as an International Flight School Student is to fill out our student registration form and send it by email to info@calgaryflight.com 

Download Student Registration Form in PDF

This deposit will go directly into your training account to be used when you start your flight training.

Once we receive deposit and registration fees, then we will send an Letter of Acceptance to your email stating which courses you will be taking, when you start and estimated cost to complete. CFTC is a Designated Learning Institute, and this letter will include our school code which will aid you in getting approved for the student visa.

• A Student Visa is required if length of a course is more than six months
• You will need an original Letter of Acceptance from a Canadian school as mentioned above to obtain a student visa

The following links provide specific information required by the student:

• Find out if you need a visa to come to Canada
• Check if you are required medical exam prior applying for a visa or other permit to reside in Canada
• About medical exams process for temporary residents
• Check if you are required to pass an aviation medical from a Canadian Civil Aviation Medical Examiner 
• Check if you need a police certificate
• Information about visas and application process
• Information from Citizenship and Immigration Canada for foreign students
• Eligibility requirements for Study Permit
• Application forms and guidelines for Study Permit
• Listing of Canadian Consulates and Embassies
• General information about application process for visiting Canada

We recommend you advise us of your arrival date by email info@calgaryflight.com so that we may plan your bookings and schedule your pick up from an airport (by your request only).

Services offered for international students above the flight training include:

• By request we can pick up a student at the airport when she/he arrive in Canada for the first time
• Student will be provided with detailed information about school and course she/he enrolled. After completion of the course student will be notified if she/he is ready to take an exam on site by Chief Flight Instructor
• Accommodations 
• Tours of Olds and Didsbury to get familiar with the local towns
• Locating personal and academic counselling services
• Every student requires to have Health Insurance for any length of stay in Canada. The Government of Canada doesn’t pay for medical costs for foreign students. Private Insurance is required. CFTC can help to find suitable Health Insurance providers; www.sunlife.ca or after staying in Alberta for more then 12 month you can apply for Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan (AHCIP)

In order to help ease the stress and confusion of coming to Canada we at the Calgary Flight Training Centre will help as much as we can once you get here. If you have questions before you arrive or that we can not answer, these services are available to you. They cover such things as:

• Newcomer’s guide
• How to obtain your study permits
• Cultural differences that you may encounter
• About Olds
• About Canada

In order to receive your pilots license you must pass the Transport Canada English Language proficiency test. 

To read about the this test required to obtain your pilots license click this link or search “The Conduct of Aviation Language Proficiency Demonstrations from Transport Canada” on your preferred internet search engine

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