Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?
This route concerns a crew member working aboard a ship. The first-application checklist requires a contract with the ship’s agent and proof that the captain designated that agent, plus a captain’s good-conduct declaration, a guarantee declaration signed by both agent and captain, and a muster list or joining letter showing employment aboard.
See recorded sources
- Short-stay page: maritime crew first application
Maritime crew
Maritime crew
You are eligible for this purpose of stay if you are staying on board a ship as a crew member and during the voyage you are actually charged with work that is in any way related to the ship.
The requirements for submitting the application are:
Proof of payment Fees & Retributions0 (show original for inspection);
Copy of valid passport (if several nationalities, copy of all passports);
Copy internationally recognized and valid seaman’s book;
Original guarantee declaration, fully completed and signed by the shipping agent and the captain with an adhesive stamp of XCG 10,=;
Declaration from the captain that the relevant maritime crew is of impeccable conduct;
Copy of contract with ship’s agent: ship’s agent must submit a proof that she has been contracted/designated by the captain as the ship’s agent;
Copy of muster list or “joining letter” as a proof that the maritime crew is employed on the ship.
