[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR12.02-10]

[Page 206]
 
                           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. 12.02-10  Applications for documents from aliens.

    (a) No application from an alien for a certificate of service, 
certificate of efficiency, certificate of identification, continuous 
discharge book, or merchant mariner's document shall be accepted unless 
the alien presents acceptable documentary evidence from the United 
States US Citizenship and Immigration Services that he is lawfully 
admitted to the United States for permanent residence.
    (b) This evidence may be in the form of an alien registration 
receipt card issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services 
bearing the certification that the alien was admitted to the United 
States as an immigrant, or a declaration of intention to become a 
citizen of the United States issued by a naturalization court.

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16640, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by USCG-2004-18884, 
69 FR 58343, Sept. 30, 2004]