[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of Octobery 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR12.02-13]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 12_CERTIFICATION OF SEAMEN--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart 12.02_General Requirements for Certification
 
Sec. 12.02-13  Citizenship requirements.

    (a) Any person making application for a continuous discharge book or 
a certificate of identification or a merchant mariner's document 
representing a certificate of identification and claiming to be a 
citizen of the United States shall present acceptable evidence of such 
citizenship at the time of making application. No original document 
shall be issued to any person claiming to be a citizen of the United 
States until such citizenship is established by acceptable evidence.
    (b) The OCMI may reject any evidence of citizenship that is not 
believed to be authentic. Acceptable evidence of citizenship may be an 
original or a copy certified as true by the agency responsible for 
issuing the document of the following:
    (1) Birth certificate or birth registration;
    (2) Certificate of naturalization (original must be presented; 
photocopies are unlawful);
    (3) Baptismal certificate or parish record recorded within one year 
after birth;
    (4) Statement of a practicing physician certifying the physician's 
attendance at the birth and who possesses a record showing the date and 
location at which it occurred;
    (5) State Department passport;
    (6) A merchant mariner's document issued by the Coast Guard after 
February 3, 2003, that shows that the holder is a citizen of the U.S.;
    (7) Delayed certificate of birth issued under a state seal in the 
absence of any collateral facts indicating fraud in its procurement; or
    (8) Certificate of Citizenship issued by the US Citizenship and 
Immigration

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Services or by the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services;
    (c) If the applicant can not meet the requirements set forth in 
paragraphs (b)(1) through (8) of this section, the applicant must make a 
statement to that effect, and may submit data of the following character 
for consideration:
    (1) Report of the Census Bureau showing the earliest available 
record of age or birth.
    (2) Affidavits of parents, other relative, or two or more 
responsible citizens of the U.S. stating citizenship.
    (3) School records, immigration records, or insurance policies.

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16640, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended at 60 FR 50460, 
Sept. 29, 1995; USCG-1998-4442, 63 FR 52189, Sept. 30, 1998; USCG-2001-
10224, 66 FR 48619, Sept. 21, 2001; USCG-2003-14500, 69 FR 532, Jan. 6, 
2004; USCG-2004-18884, 69 FR 58343, Sept. 30, 2004]