On Jan 18, 7:56*pm, brian whatcott wrote:
GM wrote:
On Jan 17, 11:21 am, brian whatcott wrote:
GM wrote:
/snip/ *It may be
much less expensive to register the glider in the US - if your
immigration status allows you to do that; you have to be a permanent
resident alien ....
Uli
Actually, you have to be a US citizen or a US entity such as a
corporation to register an aircraft with the FAA.

Brian W

Brian - nope! Please do your homework. The application for
registration asks for the I-151 number, which is the so-called 'Green-
Card' (which is actually not green).
GM

Hehe....when *I* tried to register an airplane as a resident alien, I
soon found that (for powered aircraft at least) it was necessary to be a
US citizen or US entity. It was not onerous to set up a US corporation
for the purpose at the time.

It is entirely possible that FAA registration rules have relaxed in the
intervening 25 years, but it is also possible that someone else needs to
do a little more homework?? * *:-)

Brian W

I am going to jump in here since I am a resident alien and this is a
question that concerns me...

I did the homework for us: After a quick search I found that as a
resident alien I can own an airplane:

49 USC Sec. 44102
01/08/2008

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION
SUBTITLE VII - AVIATION PROGRAMS
PART A - AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
subpart iii - safety
CHAPTER 441 - REGISTRATION AND RECORDATION OF AIRCRAFT

-HEAD-
Sec. 44102. Registration requirements

-STATUTE-
(a) Eligibility. - An aircraft may be registered under section
44103 of this title only when the aircraft is -
(1) not registered under the laws of a foreign country and is
owned by -
(A) a citizen of the United States;
(B) an individual citizen of a foreign country lawfully
admitted for permanent residence in the United States; or
(C) a corporation not a citizen of the United States when
the
corporation is organized and doing business under the laws of
the United States or a State, and the aircraft is based and
primarily used in the United States; or ...


(From http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/49C441.txt )

It can actually get more complicated to register an airplane as a
corporation or partnership ... best to follow the link to read up on
that (way too much to cut and paste).

I hope this clarifies things ...