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How to apply for a revalidation of a Certificate of Competency

Application form for revalidating an existing STCW deck or engineering officer Certificate of Competency (MSF 4201).

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MSF 4201 - Application to revalidate a UK CoC

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Details

Please email your application and supporting documents to revalidation@mcga.gov.uk

Please ensure your documents are included as attachments or within a .zip folder. Unfortunately, we cannot open .rar extensions or links to file-sharing services (e.g. OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox etc).

If you have any queries, please see our detailed guidance on how to revalidate a UK CoC.

If you are revalidating only your GMDSS Certificate, please use form MSF 4354 instead.

Published 17 April 2014
Last updated 22 December 2023 + show all updates
  1. Important information added to the payment section.

  2. Updated form (added GMDSS box)

  3. This form now makes reference to MSN 1861 Amendment 1, along with other updated notices

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  6. New form - updated signature section

  7. COVID-19 update (unable to accept applications by post)

  8. Updated information in the COVID-19 section.

  9. Added information regarding COVID-19 and MIN 611

  10. Updated version of form

  11. Application form updated with fee change.

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