DGCA Licence Conversion
After Training Abroad:
The Complete Timeline
Plan your conversion flying, documentation and application. Understand what the academy can coordinate and what depends on DGCA assessment.
Aerogenesis plans approximately 1–2 months for conversion flying and documentation only. Give 3 months’ advance notice for a logbook, aircraft and flying-hours compliance assessment. This notice is advance planning, not an extra conversion phase. Outstanding medicals, examinations, documents or flying requirements can affect the individual plan. DGCA assessment and licence issuance follow separately; their timing is not guaranteed.
Why Conversion Is Required
A foreign CPL does not automatically give you the privileges of an Indian licence. If your goal is an Indian CPL, plan for DGCA’s foreign-licence conversion requirements and the ratings and privileges needed for your intended flying.
Check the current foreign-licence conversion requirements in DGCA’s Civil Aviation Requirements, including Section 7, Series G, Part I, together with the applicable Aircraft Rules and current licensing instructions. Your licence, ratings and experience determine the assessment.
The review can involve foreign-licence verification, flight experience and recency, medical certification, applicable examinations, radio qualifications, English-language proficiency and skill tests. Aerogenesis’s planning sequence below is not a substitute for the current official checklist for your application.
The Complete Timeline
Training stages run sequentially. Before the conversion flying and documentation stage, give 3 months’ notice so your records and outstanding requirements can be reviewed. There is no fixed month in which DGCA must issue the licence.
Have your FTO assess the applicable recent-experience requirements against your licence, ratings, logbook and planned application. A delay can change the flying you need. Do not rely on a single generic hours figure or count a recency window from your return flight to India.
Exams Required for Conversion
| Area | What to verify | Planning source |
|---|---|---|
| Theory papers | Which papers apply to your licence-conversion route, their validity and your eligibility. Do not assume one paper list covers every applicant. | Current DGCA instructions and Pariksha Flight Crew User Manual |
| RTR | The applicable examination stage, application portal, fee and any recognition decision for your existing qualification. | Current DGCA/Pariksha notices; separate licensing and recognition instructions |
| Aircraft-specific requirements | Any examination or skill-test requirements for the requested aircraft/rating. Aerogenesis does not teach Technical Specific. | Current DGCA checklist and assessment by the relevant FTO |
DGCA announced RTR (Restricted) examinations through Pariksha from the December 2025 session onward. Check current notices and the applicable stage instructions before applying. Examination administration, certificate/licence issuance and recognition of a foreign qualification are separate matters. Do not assume an exemption from the country of training; obtain confirmation for your particular qualification.
Documents to Prepare
Use this as a preparation list. The current official application checklist decides what is mandatory for your case, the accepted format and any verification or authentication required.
| # | Document area | Check before submission |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foreign licence and ratings | Check validity, ratings and any authority verification requested. |
| 2 | Logbook and experience summary | Organise total, PIC, cross-country, night and instrument experience in the format required for assessment. Confirm authentication requirements. |
| 3 | Training and test records | Retain course-completion and test records; identify any additional evidence required for your route. |
| 4 | Medical assessment | Confirm the current DGCA medical requirements, validity and examiner eligibility for your case. Do not assume a foreign medical alone completes this step. |
| 5 | Examination results | Check the applicable papers and current validity rules before submission. |
| 6 | Radio qualification | Provide the qualification and any recognition or examination evidence required by the current instructions. |
| 7 | Skill-test reports | Confirm the tests, location, aircraft and authorised examiner required for your requested licence and ratings. |
| 8 | Education and identity records | Prepare school qualifications, Physics/Mathematics evidence where applicable, identity and travel records. Verify acceptable qualifications rather than assuming NIOS is the only route. |
| 9 | English-language proficiency | Confirm the accepted assessment, level and validity required for your case; do not assume an RTR pass replaces ELP evidence. |
| 10 | Verification and other supporting documents | Arrange board or foreign-authority verification where requested. Processing depends on the issuing body; no fixed turnaround is stated. |
Six Planning Checks
Examinations
Confirm your required papers and their validity early. Plan revision and available sessions against your return date.
Medical readiness
Seek advice from a DGCA-authorised examiner early. Do not assume foreign medical certification or exam registration settles Indian medical requirements.
Clear logbook records
Keep consistent records and obtain the authentication and summaries required for your route while the school can readily help.
Available appointments
Coordinate FTO, aircraft, examiner and medical availability before committing to a travel date.
Recent experience
Recheck the applicable recency requirements if your application or flying schedule changes.
Complete documentation
Confirm signatures, verification and the current application checklist before submission.
Cost Breakdown
Aerogenesis’s conversion estimate is approximately ₹3.5–5 lakh, subject to your logbook, aircraft requirements and flying-hours compliance or shortfall. Aerogenesis plans approximately 1–2 months for conversion flying and documentation only. Give 3 months’ advance notice for a logbook, aircraft and flying-hours compliance assessment. This notice is advance planning, not an extra conversion phase. Outstanding medicals, examinations, documents or flying requirements can affect the individual plan. DGCA assessment and licence issuance follow separately; their timing is not guaranteed. Request an itemised assessment.
₹3.5–5 lakh
An approximate individual estimate, dependent on your logbook, aircraft requirements and DGCA hours compliance or shortfall. Obtain a written quote.
Individual assessment
The required hours, aircraft and tests determine the FTO charges. No universal 10–25-hour package is promised.
Check current notices
Use the current examination-stage instructions and official payment portal. External charges must be itemised in your quote.
Confirm current charges
Ask the authorised examiner about assessment and diagnostic charges; budget for travel separately where required.
Check the portal
Confirm the current fees for the specific licence and rating application before payment.
Choose required subjects
Ground training is a separate stage. The ₹1.8 lakh package has four components; Technical General is ₹60,000 extra and Technical Specific is not taught.
Aerogenesis’s conversion estimate is approximately ₹3.5–5 lakh, subject to your logbook, aircraft requirements and flying-hours compliance or shortfall. Aerogenesis plans approximately 1–2 months for conversion flying and documentation only. Give 3 months’ advance notice for a logbook, aircraft and flying-hours compliance assessment. This notice is advance planning, not an extra conversion phase. Outstanding medicals, examinations, documents or flying requirements can affect the individual plan. DGCA assessment and licence issuance follow separately; their timing is not guaranteed. Request an itemised assessment.
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