Documents Required For NRE Mariner Saving Account | Kotak Mahindra Bank
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  • Personal
  • Business
  • Corporate
  • Private Banking
  • Privy League
  • NRI Services
  • Investors

Require Documents

Documentation for Seafarer employed with foreign vessels, while submitting the documents at Kotak Bank Branches in India:-

  • Photocopy of Passport pages where your name, photograph, date and place of birth, specimen-signature, date of issue / expiry and address details are recorded; and
  • Copy of valid Transit / Work / C1D Visa (the visa could be either in the passport or given separately); OR Copy of Continuous Discharge Certificate (CDC). The CDC must indicate latest discharge stamp / last date of arrival in India, or a declaration that you are sailing for the first time; and
  • Valid Contract Copy OR Original letter on the letterhead from agent / principal carrying logo and address providing contract details namely: 
    • Name of the employee
    • Employment in the principal shipping company (Name of the principal where employed & Address of the overseas company)
    • Name of the vessel & flag.
    • Name of the port.
    • Commencement of contract.
    • Tenure.
    • Salary in foreign currency.
    • Passport no.; and
  • Merchant Navy Declaration - Format provided in the Account Opening Form; and
  • Proof of Mailing Address (Indian Address only); and
  • Latest colour photograph (passport sized)