dum-dum, are quoting -- out of context -- the special case of chartering. The
discussion was and is about a noncitizen buying a documented boat in the US and
how he might document (or register) that boat.

The reality is that he can't. He can NOT document as a noncitizen. Nor can he
control a US documented vessel, for documentation is lost immediately by him
doing so. Period.

Many countries insist on documentation of a vessel to allow it in its waters.
*some* countries will accept state registration.

To register a boat in any state requires a drivers license, or state ID card.
To get either requires an original Social Security Card or a visa.

The clown who deliberately broke the British national security law can not get
either a SS card or a visa in this country.

He is **** out of luck. As well he should be.

What is this,jaxie, you just grabbed a random section of the CFR and now
claim
its relevant? I posted the reg that explicitly says its OK to charter a
pleasure boat to a non-citizen.


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from the Code of Federal Regulations:

"q) Transfer means the passing of control of or an interest in a Documented
Vessel and includes the involuntary conveyance by a foreign judicial or
administrative tribunal of any interest in or control of a
Documented Vessel owned by a Citizen of the United States to a Noncitizen
that
is not eligible to own a Documented Vessel."