REVISED SCHEDULE OF RELEASE FOR REGULAR APPLICATIONS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE SEAFARERS IDENTIFICATION AND RECORD BOOK (SIRB)
deliveries of SIRB booklets due to the observance of the rules on
public bidding under RA 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations,
and considering that the present stock of SIRBs is calculated to be
insufficient to supply the normal demands for the same, and for purposes
of addressing the pressing need of seafarers who are due for immediate
deployment to overseas vessels and in order to mitigate the adverse effects of the above circumstances, the MARINA Board passed Resolution
No. 2009-34 directing the following:
1. Temporary suspension of the Standard Processing Time (SPT) for
the processing and issuance of SIRB for both regular and expedite modes
under MC 2009-10 from 17 August 2009 to 28 September 2009;2. The processing and release of SIRBs on the same day, only for
seafarers scheduled to depart from the country within two (2) days from
application, and upon presentation of their confirmed plane tickets and
their duly approved POEA contracts;3. For all other seafarers, the release/issuance of SIRBs will be
on a graduated schedule, the maximum of which is one (1) month from date
of application. A copy of the schedule is hereto attached as Annex “A”[*].4. Suspension of the operation of the SIRB Express Application System (SEAS) until further notice.
The above rules shall be strictly observed by all MARINA Offices including Regional Offices.
For guidance and compliance.
Adopted: 11 Aug. 2009
(SGD.) MARIA ELENA H. BAUTISTA
Administrator
[*] Text Available at Office of the National Administrative Register, U. P. Law Complex, Diliman, Quezon City.