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Coast Guard: Mariners may pay user fees online (1/10)

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued the following news release concerning a government web site through which mariners may pay user fees for the evaluation of applications, examinations, issuance of licenses and merchant mariner documents. The press release also is available on the Coast Guard web site HERE The web address listed in the press release (http://www.pay.gov/) is for a general page provided by the Treasury Department explaining the “pay.gov” system. It includes an internal link to a list of participating federal agencies, and from there it takes a few more clicks to reach the Coast Guard’s “merchant mariner user fee payment” entry page. Once you’ve opened the page with the list of agencies, start by clicking on “D” for Department of Homeland Security, then click on Coast Guard, then click on the merchant mariner page. To go straight to the merchant mariner page, click HERE or copy and paste the following URL: https://www.pay.gov/paygov/forms/formInstance.html?agencyFormId=4795779 Press Release MARINERS NOW ABLE TO PAY USER FEES ONLINE WASHINGTON - Merchant mariners are now able to pay user fees for the evaluation of applications, examinations, issuance of licenses and merchant mariner documents online at http://www.pay.gov/ Pay.gov allows secure electronic payments to federal government agencies. Payments can be made directly from an individual's bank account or by credit or debit card, enabling mariners to quickly pay user fees and have proof of payment. This new method of paying user fees is part of the Coast Guard's National Maritime Center (NMC) restructuring and centralization project to improve service to mariners and to increase the efficiency of the application review and approval process. Mariners may continue to pay user fees in person at Coast Guard Regional Examination Centers. Regional Examination Centers also offer assistance in using pay.gov. ###