Delays in Mariner licenses

News from one of the NMC's Marine Credentialing Agents states that there are significant delays in the medical review area of the License processing.

According to Mr. Rivera there is a backlog in review in the medical area at NMC resulting IN DELAYS CURRENTLY RUNNING 78 days or longer. This is just for the medical portion of the application.

This delay in processing applications is virtually eliminated for mariners provided there are ABSOLUTELY NO issues with an applicant's medical (719-K) portion as an application devoid of any medical condition will be picked up in pre-screening at NMC and circumvents the medical review requirement.

This is done once your completed batch file arrives at NMC and is reviewed by the pre-screener. Again, in order for this to happen, an applicant's "K" form has to be completely clear of any medical issues with absolutely no medical conditions reported or medications taken - not even over the counter. As an example, if the mariner lists that he or she takes vitamins or supplements of any kind, then all bets are off and the application would go to the bottom of the medical pile awaiting assignment.



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