• Must hold a current private pilot certificate
• Must be able to speak, read, write, and understand the English language
• Receive Flight and Ground instruction with appropriate sign-offs
• Pass the written exam and the practical.

Experience requirements FAR 61.65(d):

• 40 hours of instrument time
  •  15 hours instrument instruction
• 50 hours of cross country flight time as PIC
  •  10 hours must be in airplanes
• 3 hours of instrument flight training from an authorized instructor within 2 calendar months before the date of the practical test
• One cross country flight in an airplane of at least:
  •  250 nautical miles along airways or by direct routing from air traffic control.
  •  An instrument approach at each airport.
  •  3 different kinds of approaches with the use of navigation systems