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Unit OT 18-35, Level 18, Central Park Towers, Dubai International Financial Centre, Dubai, P.O. Box 18006, United Arab Emirates
Unit OT 18-35, Level 18, Central Park Towers, Dubai International Financial Centre, Dubai, P.O. Box 18006, United Arab Emirates
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21 Jun 2019 / United States
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Field Operations New York/Newark have issued an Informational Pipeline (No.19-027-NWK dated 19 June 2019) about operational procedures and guidelines pertaining to vessels’ responsibility for the detention and maintenance of high risk crewmembers when they depart from the United States.
All crew members deemed high risk by CBP shall be safeguarded. In the event a crew member has been ordered to depart the United States under safeguard, the CBP officer will serve a CBP Form I-259 to the owner, agent, or master who is responsible to ensure the crew member’s departure under the terms and conditions prescribed on the CBP Form I-259 at the carrier’s expense. Unarmed/non-uniformed guards must be assigned to the aircraft departure gate and remain at the gate until the aircraft departs foreign.
In general, the following guard to crewmember ratios will be utilized when repatriating crewmembers:
Crew members deemed high risk by CBP including 1st contract off signers
Safe guard ratio of 2:1, 3:2, 4:3, etc.
Port parole for repatriation
Safe guard ration of 2:1, 3:2, 4:3, etc.
Medical paroles
Safe guard ratio of 1:1 or discretion of Watch Commander
The vessel agent must provide an update regarding the status of the repatriation every 12 hours until the crewmember has departed from the U.S.
In the event that any crew member deserts or absconds, the owner, agent or master is required to report immediately, by telephone, the desertion or absconding of a nonimmigrant crew member to CBP.
For information about operations in the United States contact GAC North America at [email protected]