List of countries accepted towards issuing a UK FSE

In accordance with STCW Convention Regulation I/10 and MSN 1867 Amendment 1, the UK requires foreign seafarers to obtain a UK Flag State Endorsement (FSE) to work onboard a UK registered vessel. Please see the table below for merchant STCW CoCs that can be used to apply for a UK FSE.

We only accept yacht CoCs issued by France, Italy, Netherlands and New Zealand - please see Annex A of MSN 1867 Amendment 1 for more details. We will also accept some yacht CoCs issued by Malta. Please email [email protected] for further details.

We only accept fishing CoCs issued by EU Member States, Iceland and Norway. We do not accept substitute skippers.

Where a CoC contains near-coastal limitations, these are included on the FSE as near-coastal to the country that issued the CoC (in line with the terms of the STCW Convention).

We also accept GMDSS as GOC from: Albania; Andorra; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Bosnia & Herzegovina; Liechtenstein; Luxembourg; Moldova; Monaco; North Macedonia; San Marino; Slovakia; Switzerland; Taiwan; Trinidad & Tobago; Vatican City.