Its 2023 and all is a bit easier, faster, more convenient than ever before in regards to transacting in STCW Office. Everything has gone online now including MARINA COP issuance which we will talk about in this blog.
This process can take up a few days to complete but with all comfort in your home or anywhere you are. Its because you can do this transaction online from start to finish.
Revalidating or renewing your COP instead? Click here for our complete guide.
Start with a click of a button…
First, please make sure that you already have a MISMO account. Don’t have one yet? Click here to create one.
If you already have it, then please log into your MISMO account at online-appointment.marina.gov.ph.
After signing in, review your profile if there is any changes. Make sure to input only valid and true information about yourself.
After reviewing, you can start the transaction process by selecting Select Transaction.
Select Certification. Choose Regular Application. All others have separate requirements and thus needs additional documents to process.
Tick Issuance. Select COP as Class then Function. Choose what type of COP you want to get. Let’s make an example here for Advance Fire Fighting (AFF).
If you want to process multiple COP at one, just click Add Certification. Then choose COP in Select Class, choose which COP you want in function, then so on.
The most common COP to process is the 4 STCW mandatory courses: BT, PSCRB, AFF and MEFA. You can include also SDSD.
For first time processing this, you can finish all your training first in accredited training centers. They will upload some of the requirements that is needed in processing your COP.
List of Training to be Certified as COP
- Advance Fire Fighting (AFF)
- Advance Training for Liquified Gas Tanker Cargo Operations (ATLGTCO)
- Advance Training for Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations (ATCTCO)
- Advance Training for Oil Tanker Cargo Operations (ATOTCO)
- Advance Training for Ships Operating in Polar Waters
- Advance Training for Ships Subject to the IGF Code (ATSSIC)
- Basic Training (BT)
- Basic Training for First Time Jobseekers (RA 11261)
- Basic Training for Liquified Gas Tanker Cargo Operations (BTLGTCO)
- Basic Training for Oil and Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations (BTOCTCO)
- Basic Training for Ships Operating in Polar Waters
- Basic Training for Ships Subject to the IGF Code (BTSSIC)
- Electro-Technical Ratings (ETr)
- Medical Care (MeCA)
- Medical First Aid (MeFA)
- Proficiency in Fast Rescue Boat (FRB)
- Ratings as Able Seafarer Deck (AB II/5)
- Ratings as Able Seafarer Deck (AB II/5) FOR OFFICER
- Ratings as Able Seafarer Engine (AB III/5)
- Ratings as Able Seafarer Engine (AB III/5) FOR OFFICER
- Ratings Forming Part of Navigational Watch (RFPNW II/4)
- Ratings Forming Part of Navigational Watch (RFPNW II/4) FOR OFFICER
- Ratings Forming Part of Engineering Watch (RFPEW III/4)
- Ratings Forming Part of Engineering Watch (RFPEW III/4) FOR OFFICER
- Security Awareness Training or Security Training for Seafarers with Designated Security Duties (SDSD)
- Security Awareness Training or Security Training for Seafarers with Designated Security Duties (SDSD) FOR FIRST TIME JOB SEEKERS (RA 11261)
- Ship Security Officer (SSO)
- Survival Craft and Rescue Boat Other than Fast Rescue Boat (SCRB)
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Requirements for COP Processing
When it comes to regular COP processing, the requirements have almost the same structure with each other. If you’re on advanced training, you need the basic training first or there are sea service requirement to be met at specific type of ships.
Check this article for complete COP Issuance requirements as of early 2022.
Uploading of requirements in MISMO
Once you already have a copy of the documents required or your training is complete, you can now upload this into the MISMO platform.
Please be careful when you upload the files. Make sure that you know the labels of the items beside the requirements, take a look:
APPROVED means the document has been verified by the MARINA Evaluator.
RESUBMIT means that you have to submit again the document labeled with this.
UPLOADED means that the document is uploaded & submitted successfully.
DRAFT means that the document uploaded is pending for submission
There maybe some documentary requirements that needs to be uploaded by your agency or your school or training center where you enrolled for a course. Make sure to confirm with the institution about their role in uploading such documents your MISMO profile.
Initial & Final Evaluation
Once all requirements are met, you will have to click the Submit button.
MARINA will send you a text message informing you that they have received your application. They will subsequently update you via text messages of the status of your application.
There is absolutely no need to go to a MARINA Office for this your COC renewal. Normally at best, it’ll take the agency a week to complete this process.
If there is something wrong about your application, they will also inform you via a text message.
Payment Process
After clicking the Submit button, you will now proceed to the payment portal. Pay the corresponding fees as follows:
COP: Regular – P130 ; Expedite: P330
Choose between Bayad Center or Visa/Mastercard options. As of this writing, Visa/Mastercard option does not work well. So i suggest, you use the Bayad Center option for your payment.
After choosing Bayad Center as payment method, click Proceed.
You will then be redirected to the payment window where you can see your reference number. It will also be sent via SMS.
Pay via GCash, BPI App or in Bayad Centers. After payment, you will receive an acknowledgement via SMS along with the instructions for final evaluation.
Final Evaluation & Printing of COP Certificates
As of February 2020, MARINA removed the online evaluation. Thus, making the process faster. It will directly be for the Final Evaluation. Once approved, the certificates will reflect in MISMO.
Thereafter, it can be printed into an A4 size bond paper. If you’re not approved, you will also be notified via text on what deficiencies you need to comply.
Personal appearance is not a requirement in any case unless there is some problems with your documents. Nevertheless, it will be the only time the applicant will go to nearest MARINA office.
To sum it up, the entire process can be done without going to any MARINA Offices. You can have your COP within a weeks time, far from what we have before the MISMO era.