passports
iwannafly:
Everyone will need to obtain a crew visa. the company will(should) sort this out.
The crew visa will include an entry slip (like the old fashioned library card that used to be in the back of books), US immigration stamp the date upon each entry. this slip is stapled with your crew visa inside your passport, and means that you don't have to get an actual big stamp, and therefore saves your pages. They don't always stamp it though. depends on who you get. I have operated at least 50 times to the US, and today I only count 11 US date stamps from US immigration.
None of the countries I have operated have ever stamped my passport at all, some don't even look at your passport, simply the Gen Dec and your ID. The only stamps I got whilst working was if I dead headed outbound, and operated inbound.
Even the US often doesn't stamp the slip. .