[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR12.02-14]

[Page 207]
 
                           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. 12.02-14  Nationality of aliens.

    (a) Any alien making application for a continuous discharge book or 
certificate of identification or merchant mariner's document 
representing a certificate of identification shall present acceptable 
evidence of nationality at the time of making application. No original 
document shall be issued to any alien until nationality is established 
by acceptable evidence.
    (b) Any document of an official character showing the country of 
which the alien is a citizen or subject may be accepted as acceptable 
evidence of an alien's nationality. The following are examples of such a 
document:
    (1) Declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United 
States made by the alien after 1929.
    (2) A travel document in the nature of a passport issued by the 
government of the country of which the alien is a citizen or subject.
    (3) A certificate issued by the consular representative of the 
country of which the alien is a citizen or subject.
    (c) Should any doubt arise as to whether or not the document 
presented may be considered as acceptable evidence of the alien's 
nationality, the matter shall be referred to the Commanding Officer, 
National Maritime Center, for decision.

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16640, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGD 95-072, 60 FR 
50460, Sept. 29, 1995; USCG-1998-4442, 63 FR 52189, Sept. 30, 1998]