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Seafarer visa applicants may need to submit details of their vessel's travel history and projected route for the next six months. They should note if the vessel is new or has an irregular schedule. When completing application forms, any person assisting must sign and provide their information. Liaison officers should not alter applications without the applicant's knowledge. Applicants must fully account for their activities and employment since age 21 on the form or attached sheets. They should use passport details for sections 1-5 but may use other documents if they lack a passport. All prior visa issuances and refusals must be disclosed. Applicants should list the intended port of joining for the US address. They must disclose all US visits including stops

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Visa in Formations

Seafarer visa applicants may need to submit details of their vessel's travel history and projected route for the next six months. They should note if the vessel is new or has an irregular schedule. When completing application forms, any person assisting must sign and provide their information. Liaison officers should not alter applications without the applicant's knowledge. Applicants must fully account for their activities and employment since age 21 on the form or attached sheets. They should use passport details for sections 1-5 but may use other documents if they lack a passport. All prior visa issuances and refusals must be disclosed. Applicants should list the intended port of joining for the US address. They must disclose all US visits including stops

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Visa informations

Seafarer applicants may be requested to submit a complete itinerary for the vessel they will be joining
or a ship clearance letter if one has been issued. This includes dates for all ports visited in the past
twelve months, and projected dates for all ports to be visited in the next six months. The country of
each port must be listed. In the event the vessel is a new ship with no sailing history or a ship without a
fixed future schedule due to ‘tramping’ that should be noted.

Tips in completing the application form (DS-156/DS-157):


1. If a manning agency staff assists a seafarer in completing a visa application, the staff person must also
sign the application and must indicate his/her name, address and relationship to the applicant under
Section 40 of the application.

2. Liaison officers, or other manning agency staff, must never change or alter a seafarer’s application
once the application has been signed by the seafarer. If an incomplete application is not accepted at the
drop box window, the application must be returned for the applicant to correct. It is completely
inappropriate for liaison officers to add information to incomplete applications without the knowledge
of the applicant, and such action may result in punitive action against the manning agency.

3. In lieu of the information being asked in Section 12 of the DS-157, seafarer applicants must list on
their application everything they have been doing since they reached the age of 21, complete with
relevant dates. This includes school, self-employment, helping with the family business or farm, and
employment with an organization or business. For any periods of unemployment, applicants must
describe how they supported themselves. Use an additional sheet of paper if necessary. Example is
illustrated below:
1995-1996 Helped in family-owned fish farm in Cebu
1997 Unemployed (supported by spouse)
1998-to Present Worked as seafarer

4. Sections 1-5 of the visa application form ask for the applicant’s passport number and information
related to the issuance of the passport. The information requested under these sections specifically
relates to the travel document in which the visa will be placed. As of August 1, 2003, the U.S. visa will be
placed in the Seafarer’s passport. Please use the information from the passport to fill in those sections.
However, if the seafarer does not possess a valid passport, he/she may use the SIRB instead.

5. Under Sections 30 and 31 of the visa application, all applicants must list each time they have had a
visa issued, and each visa refusal.

6. Section 24 of the visa application asks for the address at which the applicant will be staying in the U.S.
Under this section, seafarer applicants should list the port (city and state) where they will join the vessel.

7. Section 29 of the visa application asks if the applicant has ever been to the United States. This
question is frequently not answered correctly. All applicants must list any/all visits to the U.S., including
transit stops and port visits.

Tips in making an interview appointment:


1. MRV fee payment should be paid before making an appointment.
2. Passport must be handy, as all information on the passport will be requested.
3. Application form must be completed, as most of the information on the first page will be requested.
4. Information provided by the manning agency to the call center should match the information found in
the passport and information provided by the applicant in his/her application form.
5. Manning agency should call the call center to change the information provided earlier to reflect
accurate information. The change should be done before the applicant’s interview appointment.

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