"Phil Kane" wrote in
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On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 12:25:38 GMT, Leo wrote:

Which seems like a pretty cumbersome process - I wonder why the
citizenship rules were placed in the US/Canada agreement? One would
think that the licence would be sufficient to prove competence, and
residency to prove QTH...

Th4 U S cannot enter into a treaty that gives citizens of a third
country privileges irregardless of whether they are permanent US
residents or not. The treaty affects citizens of the two countries
alone, CEPT notwithstanding.

Become a US citizen and the problem goes away.

--
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane




That's odd, Phil, because a licence issued in another CEPT country will be
valid anywhere but the US, conditional only not being a resident of the
country you are in, and on it being in the CEPT agreement, regardless of
what your citizenship is. As in many things, the US viewpoint is in a
minority of one. Strange that.

It's no problem, though. All I have to do is get my G licence re-issued,
and unlike the US there is no 2-year time limit to worry about.

73 de Alun, N3KIP