> [!tip] For more information on [[TSA]]'s Flight Training Security Program ([[FTSP]]), see [citizen](https://www.aopa.org/advocacy/pilots/alien-flight-training-program/us-citizens-seeking-flight-training)/[non-citizen](https://www.aopa.org/advocacy/pilots/alien-flight-training-program/aliens-and-non-us-citizens-seeking-flight-training) from [[AOPA]] **A.14 Endorsement of U.S. citizenship recommended by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA): Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (49 CFR) § [[FAR 1552.3 Flight Training]](h).** *The flight instructor must keep a copy of the documents used to provide proof of citizenship for 5 years or make the following endorsement in the student’s logbook and the instructor’s logbook or other record used to record flight student endorsements with the following:* I certify that \[First name, MI, Last name\] has presented me a \[type of document presented, such as a U.S. birth certificate or U.S. passport, and the relevant control or sequential number on the document, if any\] establishing that \[he or she\] is a U.S. citizen or national in accordance with 49 CFR § 1552.3(h). ***Source***: [[AC 61-65]] #endorsement