Interesting,..and curios on a few levels.
I've jumped thru the hoops for a US passport (with pic on file)...ditto for a
Master 100 ton lic. (including fingerprints) Do these folks not talk to each
other?
...Ok I'll do this again...what's in it for me?
Can I pass thru ALL airport security in an express lane, since I am now
security invincible, that I will qualify for a TWIC card? (or just ports and
routine inspections)
I'll give something (though needless)..but I WANT something (for the
inefficiency and my cost)..This has ALL the markings of a like FEMA
inefficiency.
Good post Ed,...thanks for sharing with the list (liveaboardnow.org)
Capt. Patrick
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 1:06 pm
Subject: [Liveaboard] NEW DHS & USCG requirement if you have a personal USCG
license
I am posting this to several cruising lists I read where cruisers lurk:
USCG & DHS have announced that if you hold any USCG license (including a Coast
Guard 6 pack or any Masters license) you have just 6 months left to get a new
piece of plastic or your license will be invalidated.
Your license will be invalid after Sept 2008 if you do not get a TWIC Card
(Transportation Worker Identity Card) from Homeland Security.
To get it you have to go personally to their satellite offices and apply for
and pay approx. $130 and produce id, and they will take your personal
information to have their contractor, Lockheed, prepare and produce a new
biometric id card for you to carry. ?It can be read by automated readers and
USCG personnel with wands in the future if they board your vessel. ?They are
into checking ids now and this is part of the plan for the future to protect
our waterways. ?If you lose your card it costs $60 for a new one. ?You have to
apply for it in person, and then wait one or two months and return to the
identical satellite office where you applied to pick up your new TWIC card.
They cannot mail or deliver it and if you are traveling, you are out of luck
and need to fly back to where you applied. ?They are issued by each office
separately. If you want to schedule an appointment or ask a question you can
contact them by phone on their single national site. ?No local phones to enquir!
e at. ?They can deal with you in either Spanish or English when you call.
They have a web site explaining it:
www.twicinformation.com
Future boardings by the USCG will not only check your boat but also your ID.
We would not mind except Sue and I both just got our USCG ?6-pack licenses
within the last month (including fingerprinting and data on us placed in USCG
files). ?It's now a bit of an aggravation to have to go jumping through a bunch
of new hoops all over again. ?
By the way, if you pre-register for a TWIC online. They make you have a
complicated secure password to check your status & assign a confidential bar
coded ID paper afterwards. ?My wife applied separately and later found we had
the identical 8 digit alpha-numeric password assigned to each of us!
Ed
Ed Kelly (& Sue Kelly)
USSV Angel Louise - lying Brunswick, GA
Our Skype Phone (202) 657-6357
Email:? EdKelly ("at" symbol) netins.net
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