According to the Notice on Matters Related to Personal Application for Seafarer's Certificate issued by the Maritime Safety Administration of the Ministry of Transport, from March 0 15 to March 0 1 year, crew members of seagoing ships on international routes, crew members on Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan routes and crew members on international inland river routes can apply for seafarers' certificates from any seafarer's certificate issuing authority authorized by the Maritime Safety Administration of the Ministry of Transport; It can also be entrusted by the crew to apply for seafarers' overseas agencies, Class A seafarers' service agencies and seafarers' certificate application units.