I personally think they need to close these loop holes and take peoples licences retroactivly, I understand there is a loop hole that allows you to get a PE without even having a degree in some states, granted the time requirement is very long but that option should not even exist. Sorry I dont have much sympathy for 2nd and 3rd world nation educations and I very much hope ALL state boards feel the same, your BS from pakistan may not even count to take the FE as it must be ABET accreditied so you may end up retaking alot of courses, a masters is cool but if its based on top of a 3rd world degree it may not mean much. I am very happy these barriers are in place to protect US jobs and the professional credibility of engineering to ensure that the title PE still means something and that you dident get your BS in mexico and work filling in EMR's for 20 years and all of a sudden you get to call yourself a PE. I understand there are intellegent people from everywhere but if thats the case validating your BS, taking the FE and the PE should not be a big deal. Like that guy from Russia that developed the equations which lead to the development of the stealth.