Model for seafarers' identity document
ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I Model for seafarers' identity document The seafarers' identity document, whose form and content are set out below, shall consist of good-quality materials which, as far as practicable, having regard to considerations such as cost, are not easily accessible to the general public. The document shall have no more space than is necessary to contain the information provided for by the Convention. It shall contain the name of the issuing State and the following statement: ‘This document is a seafarers' identity document for the purpose of the Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003, of the International Labour Organisation. This document is a stand-alone document and not a passport.’ The data page(s) of the document indicated in bold below shall be protected by a laminate or overlay, or by applying an imaging technology and substrate material that provide an equivalent resistance to substitution of the portrait and other biographical data. The materials used, dimensions and placement of data shall conform to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) specifications as contained in Document 9303 part 3 (second edition, 2002) or Document 9303 part 1 (fifth edition, 2003). Other security features shall include at least one of the following features: watermarks, ultraviolet security features, use of special inks, special colour designs, perforated images, holograms, laser engraving, micro-printing, and heat-sealed lamination. Data to be entered on the data page(s) of the seafarers' identity document shall be restricted to: I. Issuing authority: II. Telephone number(s), e-mail and website of the authority: III. Date and place of issue: Digital or original photograph of seafarer (a) Full name of seafarer: (b) Sex: (c) Date and place of birth: (d) Nationality: (e) Any special physical characteristics of seafarer that may assist identification: (f) Signature: (g) Date of expiry: (h) Type or designation of document: (i) Unique document number: (j) Personal identification number (optional): (k) Biometric template based on a fingerprint printed as numbers in a bar code conforming to a standard to be developed: (l) A machine-readable zone conforming to ICAO specifications in Document 9303 specified above. IV. Official seal or stamp of the issuing authority Explanation of data The captions on fields on the data page(s) above may be translated into the language(s) of the issuing State. If the national language is other than English, French or Spanish, the captions shall also be entered in one of these languages. The Roman alphabet should be used for all entries in this document. The information listed above shall have the following characteristics: I. Issuing authority: ISO code for the issuing State and the name and full address of the office issuing the seafarers' identity document as well as the name and position of the person authorising the issue. II. The telephone number, e-mail and website shall correspond to the links to the focal point referred to in the Convention. III. Date and place of issue: the date shall be written in two-digit Arabic numerals in the form day/month/year – e.g. 31/12/03; the place shall be written in the same way as on the national passport. Size of the portrait photograph: as in ICAO Document 9303 specified above (a) Full name of seafarer: where applicable, family name shall be written first, followed by the seafarer’s other names. (b) Sex: specify ‘M’ for male or ‘F’ for female. (c) Date and place of birth: the date shall be written in two-digit Arabic numerals in the form day/month/year; the place shall be written in the same way as on the national passport. (d) Statement of nationality: specify nationality. (e) Special physical characteristics: any evident characteristics assisting identification. (f) Signature of seafarer. (g) Date of expiry: in two-digit Arabic numerals in the form day/month/year. (h) Type or designation of document: character code for document type, written in capitals in the Roman alphabet (S). (i) Unique document number: country code (see I above) followed by an alphanumeric book inventory number of no more than nine characters. (j) Personal identification number: optional personal identification number of the seafarer; identification number of no more than 14 alphanumeric characters. (k) Biometric template: precise specification to be developed. (l) Machine-readable zone: according to ICAO Document 9303 specified above.