Update on immigration controls on seafarers in Brazil

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The UK Club has received the following update from correspondents, Proinde, regarding immigration controls on seafarers in Brazil.

On 23 July 2020, the National Immigration Council issued Resolutions CNig The Federal Police issued a notice exceptionally and temporarily accepting, until at least 15 June 2021, seafarers' identity document (SID) issued under the format of ILO Convention C108, provided it is from member states to the ILO Convention C185, which is the case of India, among other nations. 

 

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