Nov 14, 2014 if i need 1 yr sea time in 5 yrs can I sail for 6 months and still be able to renew my license to continue sailing? Expiring USCG License. The expiration date and period of validity of the credential will be. If the expiration date of the mariner’s current credential is beyond 8 months from the date that the. Coast Guard accepts a.
Here’s my situation:I held a 3rd Mate Unlimited Oceans and Master 100 ton Oceans license that expired too long ago to renew (my fault, I stopped sailing and didn’t keep track of the expiration dates). I’d like to get at least a 25 ton Near Coastal (or greater tonnage if possible).
I have more than the required 90 days recency but on a 16 ton auxiliary sailing vessel.I’ve called NMC three times and have gotten 3 different answers. The first said I needed to “start all over” and submit a new license application.
The second said she wasn’t sure and to submit an application and they would sort it out. And the third said that I needed to request to have my 100 ton license “reinstated”.I have a TWIC card, and plan on getting my physical, first aid, CPR and drug screening program sorted before submitting my application. I also requested (and received) a copy of what NMC has on record for my sea-time and licenses.My questions are:. Who at NMC was right?
Has anyone ever heard of “reinstating” a license before?. Can I take a local OUPV/100 ton master’s course locally in lieu of driving 12 hours to the nearest REC to take the test?. Will I be able to “reinstate” my 100 ton license except limited to Near Coastal if I take that course?Thanks! quote=“profmariner, post:1, topic:45425, full:true”Here’s my situation:I held a 3rd Mate Unlimited Oceans and Master 100 ton Oceans license that expired too long ago to renew (my fault, I stopped sailing and didn’t keep track of the expiration dates).
I’d like to get at least a 25 ton Near Coastal (or greater tonnage if possible). I have more than the required 90 days recency but on a 16 ton auxiliary sailing vessel.I’ve called NMC three times and have gotten 3 different answers. The first said I needed to “start all over” and submit a new license application.
The second said she wasn’t sure and to submit an application and they would sort it out. And the third said that I needed to request to have my 100 ton license “reinstated”./quoteThey are all right (sort of) since you have asked more than one question and the answers for each are different.To “reinstate” a license that’s been expired for more than a year, see. You’ll have to re-take the full exam for the endorsement(s).If you want anything other than what you had, you will need to apply for it as an original. You can use the sea time to get your old licenses, subject to recency requirements.
But since Master 25 is a sub-set of Master 100, it would be easier to just re-instate the Master 100 endorsement.You can take a Coast Guard approved course to substitute fort the Master 100 exam. I suggest applying first and not committing to a course until NMC approves you to test fro the endorsement. Hi jdcavo, appreciate your helpful responses.In following your link to 46 CFR 10 I see the below:(i) Re-issuance of expired credentials. (1) If an applicant applies for re-issuance of an endorsement as deck officer, engineer officer, or qualified rating more than 12 months after its expiration, instead of the requirements of paragraph (e) of this section, the applicant must demonstrate continued professional knowledge by completing a course approved for this purpose, or by passing the complete examination for original issue of the endorsement.
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The examination may be oral-assisted if the expired credential was awarded based on the results of an oral exam. The fees set forth in §10.219 of this part apply to these examinations. In the case of an expired radio officer’s endorsement, the endorsement may be issued upon presentation of a valid first- or second-class radiotelegraph operator license issued by the Federal Communications Commission.In the case of someone seeking to renew a 3rd mate unlimited which has passed the 1 year grace period, are you aware of any “course approved for this purpose” as per the CFR, or is “passing the complete examination for original issue of the endorsement” the only option on the market currently for this? The open book is for the license. To maintain STCW, you will need the refresher/revalidation courses. Which ones will depend on what you hold. It sounds like your colleague got lucky.
You get the open book if you don’t have one year of seas time to renew the license. So if they did not have that, they also did not have the one year of time needed to renew STCW prior to 2017. If this was after 2017, they definitely got lucky, even persons with one year of sea time now need some “revalidation” training to renew STCW.
Thanks jdcavo,apologies I probably wasn’t clear. My colleague definitely had to take the “refresher” courses, so no gap there.What I was curious about was the concept of “open book”. For my own reinstatement of US license w/STCW endorsements, I am having to take the standard suite of 2m/3m exam modules, along with the refresher courses.I was wondering if there was a simpler option such as, take refresher courses + “open book” as my colleague did. (I’m just not sure what “open book” consists of it’s a new term to me)thanks in advance. I’m still not getting what you are asking.Open book is what it sounds like.
They mail you a test and you complete using any reference publication you want, and mail it back.
Facing processing delays due to a high volume of requests for Merchant Mariner Credentials, the U.S. Coast Guard has for those with expiring documents.The extension affects mariners whose MMC expires on or after Dec. 1, 2016, and is effective through Sept. In order to continue sailing with expired credentials under the extension, mariners must documenting the extension to carry with them for presentation to Coast Guard or other officials.Maritime employers and owner/operators are also encouraged to print and retain a copy of the letter for record-keeping purposes.The extension does not apply to Mariner Medical Certificates or International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) endorsements. Send my medical renewal to St.
Louis, MO REC in early Dec.’16, it was sent on to the VA NMC in mid-Jan.’17 and rcvd an “additional info needed from Dr.” letter late January. I thought I was being pro-active because my medical expires in mid-March’17. I still don’t know if it’ll be ok’d ‘cuz I have no part of the additional info to supply myself, it’s all on the Dr. Denied job last week ‘cuz my medical isn’t good for the whole voyage assignment. Haven’t worked since last June so it’s VERY frustrating.