FR-VISA-L1.3

Which titles and functions need a visa

FR-VISA-M1 · Recognition basics · FR-VISA-M1-A What the visa de reconnaissance is, which States France recognises and which titles need endorsing.

Only certain foreign titles need endorsing: officer CoCs, tanker cargo certificates and GMDSS radio titles. Support-level and most proficiency certificates are used **as they are**.

Independent study. xplor is not affiliated with the French maritime administration (DGAMPA), the ENSM or any préfecture maritime, is not an approved bateau-école or training centre, and awards no title, permit, certificate or endorsement. Only the RIF guichet unique or the competent DIRM can issue a visa de reconnaissance, a dispensation or a command attestation, and nothing here prepares you for, or counts towards, the jury national d'évaluation. AI-drafted content pending subject-matter-expert review.