ILO Convention 185... Please read: Article 2 ISSUANCE OF SEAFARERS IDENTITY DOCUMENTS 1. Each Member for which this Convention is in force shall issue to each of its nationals who is a seafarer and makes an application to that effect a seafarers identity document conforming to the provisions of Article 3 of this Convention. 2. Unless otherwise provided for in this Convention, the issuance of seafarers identity documents may be subject to the same conditions as those prescribed by national laws and regulations for the issuance of travel documents. 3. Each Member may also issue seafarers identity documents referred to in paragraph 1 to seafarers who have been granted the status of permanent resident in its territory. Permanent residents shall in all cases travel in conformity with the provisions of Article 6, paragraph 7. 4. Each Member shall ensure that seafarers identity documents are issued without undue delay. 5. Seafarers shall have the right to an administrative appeal in the case of a rejection of their application. 6. This Convention shall be without prejudice to the obligations of each Member under international arrangements relating to refugees and stateless persons. Article 3 CONTENT AND FORM 1. The seafarers identity document covered by this Convention shall conform - in its content - to the model set out in Annex I hereto. The form of the document and the materials used in it shall be consistent with the general specifications set out in the model, which shall be based on the criteria set out below. Provided that any amendment is consistent with the following paragraphs, Annex I may, where necessary, be amended in accordance with Article 8 below, in particular to take account of technological developments. The decision to adopt the amendment shall specify when the amendment will enter into effect, taking account of the need to give Members sufficient time to make any necessary revisions of their national seafarers identity documents and procedures. 2. The seafarers identity document shall be designed in a simple manner, be made of durable material, with special regard to conditions at sea and be machine-readable. The materials used shall: (a) prevent tampering with the document or falsification, as far as possible, and enable easy detection of alterations; and (b) be generally accessible to governments at the lowest cost consistent with reliably achieving the purpose set out in (a) above. 3. Members shall take into account any available guidelines developed by the International Labour Organization on standards of the technology to be used which will facilitate the use of a common international standard. 4. The seafarers identity document shall be no larger than a normal passport. 5. The seafarers identity document shall contain the name of the issuing authority, indications enabling rapid contact with that authority, the date and place of issue of the document, and the following statements: (a) this document is a seafarers identity document for the purpose of the Seafarers Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003, of the International Labour Organization; and (b) this document is a stand-alone document and not a passport. 6. The maximum validity of a seafarers identity document shall be determined in accordance with the laws and regulations of the issuing State and shall in no case exceed ten years, subject to renewal after the first five years.
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