---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 107.63"
title: "14"
number: "107.63"
heading: "Issuance of a remote pilot certificate with a small UAS rating."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/107.63"
---

# §107.63. Issuance of a remote pilot certificate with a small UAS rating.


An applicant for a remote pilot certificate with a small UAS rating under this subpart must make the application in a form and manner acceptable to the Administrator.

- (a) The application must include either:
  - (1) **Evidence showing that the applicant passed an initial aeronautical knowledge test.** If applying using a paper application, this evidence must be an airman knowledge test report showing passage of the knowledge test; or
  - (2) If a person holds a pilot certificate (other than a student pilot certificate) issued under [part 61](/cfr/14/part61.md) of this chapter and meets the flight review requirements specified in [§ 61.56](/cfr/14/61.56.md), a certificate of completion of an initial training course under this part that covers the areas of knowledge specified in [§ 107.74](/cfr/14/107.74.md).
- (b) If the application is being made pursuant to [paragraph (a)(2)](#a-2) of this section:
  - (1) The application must be submitted to the responsible Flight Standards office, a designated pilot examiner, an airman certification representative for a pilot school, a certificated flight instructor, or other person authorized by the Administrator;
  - (2) The person accepting the application submission must verify the identity of the applicant in a manner acceptable to the Administrator; and
  - (3) The person making the application must, by logbook endorsement or other manner acceptable to the Administrator, show the applicant meets the flight review requirements specified in [§ 61.56](/cfr/14/61.56.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2015-0150, Amdt. 107-1, 81 FR 42209, June 28, 2016, as amended by Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 107-2, 83 FR 9172, Mar. 5, 2018; Amdt. 107-8, 86 FR 4382, Jan. 15, 2021] ]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101 note, 40103(b), 44701(a)(5), 46105(c), 46110, 44807.

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2015-0150, Amdt. 107-1, 81 FR 42209, June 28, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2015-0150, Amdt. 107-1, 81 FR 42209, June 28, 2016, as amended by Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 107-2, 83 FR 9172, Mar. 5, 2018; Amdt. 107-8, 86 FR 4382, Jan. 15, 2021] ]