On Apr 10, 7:20 am, Steve Freeman wrote:
I got up at 3:30 am so I could call and was told that the French
government has cracked down and that I need to send not a copy of my
pilots license but a "certified" copy which they indicated had to be
signed by a government official. I could not get a better description
of exactly what they wanted so does anyone know what they mean. I
wonder if a notarized copy would suffice?

The best thing to do is to get a notarized copy of you license to take
to your state's state department (I assume you are in the US) and have
them certify this copy with a so called Apostille:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille

This is recognized around the world as a result of an international
Hague convention and standard procedure for international legal and
public documents such as birth certificates etc. I have done this in
New Mexico for some paperwork and it was a simple process. Just had to
make some photo copies, got them notarized by a licensed New Mexico
Notary and then went to the state capitol to have them do the
Apostille on the notarized copies for a small fee in a morning.

Check the website of your state's state department, they normally have
information on their procedure etc. Hope this helps,

Markus Graeber