Hey guys, not sure if anyone had to deal with this before...I am a dual citizen and have been exploring some opportunities over seas. I keep bumping into a requirement to provide a letter that I am free of Incidents and Accidents from the Authority. I spoke to TC and they said no such letter can be given....now this put a stop on the application process with one carrier for me. This was from the Licensing department...anyone had this issue before and can be may be recommend something. The company needs some sort of letter to proceed.

Write your own letter and have a notary sign it?

I've have to provide this before.

It's just a simple license verification letter from Transport Canada.

Call TC, ask them to provide you with a letter that verifies you hold "X" license with "X" qualifications. Tell them it's for an overseas job application.

The letter basically says that TC confirms you hold a CDN CPL or ATPL, with the following ratings / qualifications, valid until a certain date. Also confirms your last reported medical class.

Last, if I remember correctly, it specifically states that your license is NOT suspended and in good standing. Something like that.

If you get a "no can do" answer, hang up and call someone else at TC. Unfortunately not every administrative person answering the phones at TC will be familiar with this.

Oscar...

Thanks for the response. That letter I do have, and it is in fact a license verification. Now what I need as Accident and Incident Letter, stating that I have not been involved in one. That is the one that nobody wants to provide....

Ok.

Other than the verification of license, there's no such letter that exists in the world of Transport Canada for accidents.

Just do as Altiplano has suggested and make your own legal looking self profession of no accidents or incidents and have a notary public sign and stamp it.

I did something similar years ago for proof of experience in the logbook after there was no way I could get one specific block of experience verified from way back when. I just signed it off myself via professional looking letter and had it notorized. No issues.

People / companies just like paperwork. The more official looking, the better. Especially outside North America. Don't worry too much about it.

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You get the letter from the TSB.

+1 on that, I got a letter same day after calling.

Another bit of related advice, a lot of foreign operations expect each page of your logbook be signed and stamped by some authority. before you go see if you can get all your old employers to stamp for you.

pelmet wrote:You get the letter from the TSB.

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Thank you guys for the responses and help! My letter is being written as we speak by TSB. Very simple process after all, call in and leave a voice mail. Next business day I had someone return my call and provide me with an email address where my request should be directed. Within minutes of sending an email request, I got a form emailed back which is an official Personal Information Request form. Filled it out, scanned and emailed. Within five minutes I got another email saying they will try to get me a letter by the end of the week. TSB is very helpful.