(1) Any person willing to obtain Seamans Passport pursuant to sub-sections (1) and (2) of Section 18 of the Act shall submit an application to the Department or Mission in a format as referred to in Schedule-2 along with the following documents and the fee as referred to in Schedule-4: -
(a) Original Citizenship certificate or Original and a copy of National Identity Card, if obtained,
(b) Original and a copy of Ordinary Passport having validity period remained,
(c) Letter of a company where the applicant is working and a copy of his or her identity card,
(d) Original and a copy of Seamans Passport, if obtained before,
(e) Copy of the certificate of training received for the post at which the applicant is working.
(2) The Department or Mission shall issue the Seamans Passport upon inquiry of the application received pursuant to sub-rule (1)
(3) The valid period of the Seamans Passport to be issued pursuant to sub-rule (2) shall be maximum of ten years in consideration of his or her service period and age.
(4) The Mission shall forward the details of the Seamans Passports issued by the Mission pursuant to sub-rule (2) to the Department on a monthly basis.
(5) The Department or Mission shall, upon inquiry of the application pursuant to sub-rule (2), if it deems not appropriate to issue the Seamans Passport as a result of not completion of the procedure or non- submission of the required documents, specify the same in the application and notify to the applicant. The fees deposited with the application shall not be reimbursed if the Seamans Passport cannot be issued by such a reason.