June 2024

The National Maritime Center (NMC) has advised against sending emails with duplicate information for the same Merchant Mariner Medical Certificate application. This duplicity has created more than a 25% growth in email volume, creating delays in processing for all applications.

In addition to requiring only completed medical applications, NMC has provided the following guidelines for mitigating processing delays:

• Review your application to ensure it is COMPLETE prior to submission. Please review our website to
  avoid common medical certificate application errors.
• Check your medical certificate expiration date and apply 90 days before it expires.
• E-mail medical certificate applications (CG-719K or K/E) directly to MEDAIP@uscg.mil. (Other
  submission options include sending to an REC, fax or U.S. mail, but these options are not processed as
  quickly as direct submission to MEDAIP@uscg.mil.)
• Enter the e-mail subject line in the following format: LAST NAME_FIRST NAME_MARINER
  REFERENCE NUMBER.
• Name your PDF file in the following format: LAST NAME_FIRST NAME_REFERENCE NUMBER.
• Medical certificate applications (CG-719K) should be submitted as one PDF.
• JPEG and other formats are not accepted.
• Do not send drug test results with your medical certificate applications (CG-719K). Drug testing results
  should be sent with your MMC application to MMCApplications@uscg.mil.
• If necessary, e-mail medical-related documentation other than medical certificate applications
  (i.e., additional information) to NMCMedicalClerks@uscg.mil.

Visit the U.S. Coast Guard website for more details.

Source: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/NMC/pdfs/announcements/2024/med_cert_app_backlog_062624.pdf?ver=mUkj0JBZuaDSOe6j5-aB8w%3D%3D&timestamp=1719421938760

If you  need assistance with submission of your NMC MMC application, contact MI’s credential services team now to get guidance through the process.

 

-Maritime Institute Team