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Quite often at maritime forums, questions are asked that relate to the exceptional situation that some seafarers face. The above question can also be attributed to such a question: "Is it possible to work with a foreign passport of one country and a seaman's passport of another country?" Let's try to figure it out. Legal conflict First of all, one should understand why such a question could arise at all. It should be noted that the emergence of such a question is typical only for the post-Soviet space, when situations related to territorial characteristics began to arise. For example, there were frequent cases when a seafarer could live on the territory of a state from the CIS, have the citizenship of a conditional Azerbaijan, but have time to issue a seafarer's passport on the territory of Ukraine. In essence, what does such a legal conflict mean? And nothing special, just a person lived on the territory of Ukraine, studied and received an education in Ukraine, and then returned to his homeland. Could this be a reason for him to have problems with further work at sea? There is no definite answer. According to Ukrainian seamen, collisions can arise in a situation if a seaman has a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, and a seaman's passport is Ukrainian, and such a seaman enters a Russian port. Here, according to the testimony of our seafarers, there may be negative situations, up to and including being removed from the ship. However, there is also evidence to the contrary. This can only mean that there can be no definite answer here and, in many respects, the development of events depends on the workers of the border service of this or that state. Given the current relationship between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, negative development becomes very likely The other side of the issue is the likelihood of obtaining EU citizenship and the presence of a Ukrainian seafarer's passport. Here, too, the situation is twofold. Why should a seafarer in general obtain EU citizenship? So that they can initially qualify for wages in accordance with the norms of the European Union. This is a key indicator why many of our seafarers are now considering the possibility of obtaining the conditional citizenship of Romania, Bulgaria and others like them. However, there is another side here - many shipowners, in order to save money, naturally, do not want to get involved with such seafarers, because they need to pay more and make a choice in favor of cheaper labor. Therefore, here you need to weigh the pros and cons. The issue of different citizenships Another point that makes it possible to consider the issue of different citizenships in a seafarer's passport and international passport is to obtain a residence permit in another country. This, so to speak, is the most legitimate and convenient option for those seafarers who plan to change their citizenship as a result, or those who cannot now change their maritime documents. A residence permit, in fact, removes from the border services all related questions regarding the difference in citizenship, according to the documents. With this formulation of the issue of citizenship, in fact, they cannot present any claims to you, since, de jure, you are in a "suspended state" and there should be a simplified attitude towards you. Summarizing all of the above, we can note that situations with different citizenship are not so rare and not so negative for seafarers. However, it should be remembered that in some cases this can lead to problems with the border service. We, for our part, recommend that you protect yourself from such a situation as much as possible, or initially bring your documents to an international standard.
