Verification of UK Certificates of Competency and Flag State Endorsements (Certificates of Equivalent Competency)

If you are a foreign maritime agency or an employer that needs to verify UK issued Certificates of Competency or Flag State Endorsement (Certificates of Equivalent Competency) you can do this online through our designated verification page.

If you are unable to verify through the online verification website, please contact the exams team for verification on exams@mcga.gov.uk 

Please note the following:

• A full scan of the certificate is required for verification. This includes pages 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13 of the old UK CoC book or both sides of the new UK Certificate of Competency (CoC) card licence.
• Please ensure it is the most recent certificate. We cannot verify a certificate if a new endorsement has been issued.
• We cannot verify to individuals; a company or Institution will need to email us with full scanned copies of the relevant documents/certificates to receive verification.