Vietnam: Shore pass of seaman is valid for only one voyage of the vessel

Specifically, according to Article 23 of the Decree No. 77/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, foreign seamen working on the Vietnamese or foreign vessel and completing entry procedures or procedures for entering a Vietnamese port checkpoint from another and wishing to go ashore while their vessel is anchored at the port checkpoint. Thus, validity of shore passes is specified as follows:

- The shore pass is valid for only one voyage of the vessel;

- In case of a foreign seaman going on a vessel with daily voyage and the vessel operating at the territorial waters beyond the waters of the port checkpoint, at the request of the shipmaster, the port border guard shall allow the seaman to use the shore pass for multiple voyages with the maximum duration of 1 month from the day on which the shore pass is issued;

- The person responsible for carrying out procedures shall revoke expired shore passes to transfer them to the port border guard.

Concurrently, procedures for issuance of shore passes are prescribed as follows:

- The person responsible for carrying out procedures shall register the shore pass for the seaman in the remarks of the general declaration. If the seaman's information has not been registered in the general declaration but the seaman wishes to go ashore, the shipmaster shall make a request to the port border guard;

- As soon as the request to allow the seaman to go ashore is received, the port border guard shall grant the shore pass to the seaman at the port border guard's headquarters;

- The charge for granting the seaman’s shore pass shall be subject to regulations of law on fees and charges.

View more details at the Decree No. 77/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from August 20, 2017.

Ty Na

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