The Companies and concessionaires require passports and visas from the crew with, at least, one year of validity from the day you embark. A Green Card or a work permit is not necessary to work on board, since the ships are registered in a foreign country and you'll be working in international waters.
The document issued by the Company's interviewer coming from abroad, surrendered at the end of the contract;
A letter from where you are currently working, when it's the case;
Passport;
Photos: 5 cm x 7 cm;
Among others.
Visas: C1-D Crew and Crew in transit and B2 Visitor. In case you wish to stay in the United States, you need a student or working permit. More information may be obtained in the: Immigration and Work Permits in the USA and the Green Card lottery. Here's a tip: get a B2 tourist visa together with your crew visa.
United Kingdom work permit. Read more on this in the link: http://www.workperm.com/immigration-uk.php
Greek, Norwegian, German or French ship flags:
Work permit. Read more on this in the link: http://www.workperm.com/.
The agencies are used to the process of obtaining visas, and as the Company has hired you and you have accepted to work for them, certainly there won't be any problem.
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