Seafarers’ identity document Under Brazilian immigration regulations, a seafarers’ identity document (SID), often colloquially – and misleadingly – referred to as a “seaman’s book” (seafarer discharge book/seaman’s service book), is accepted as a stand-alone travel document with the same standing as a passport, laissez-passer, and other forms of personal identification. In 2010, Brazil ratified Convention 185 of 2003 (C185) of the International Labor Organization (ILO) on SIDs, which resulted in the automatic denunciation of ILO Convention 108 of 1958 (C108). … Continue reading Immigration authority cracks down on seafarers’ identity documents