Section 8(4) in The Merchant Shipping (Seafarer's Bio-metric Identity Document) Rules, 2016
(4)The verification officer in the office of the issuing authority shall verify the application with the SID records available in the office of issuing authority well in advance of the assigned date of the applicant. The verification officer shall also verify the particulars received from other issuing authority with the SID records available in the former's office and communicate to the latter well in advance of the assigned date of the applicant. After collection of the biometric data, the SID document shall be printed and issued by the issuing authority. It shall be delivered to the applicant either by hand or through post.
