To be eligible for your certificate you must:

Hold at least a Private Pilot Certificate

Be able to read, speak, write, and understand the English language

Hold an FAA issued medical certificate

Pass a knowledge test (CATS)

Pass a practical test (a one-on-one oral quiz and flight test with an FAA designated examiner)

Have accrued 50 hours of Cross Country flights as Pilot in Command

Minimum flight training requirements:

40 total hours actual or simulated instrument flight time.

Additional items:

Ground instruction

Books and charts