diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/seafarer-registration-review/pages/SeafarerRegistrationQueuePage.tsx b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/seafarer-registration-review/pages/SeafarerRegistrationQueuePage.tsx
index 4a3787697..7c978f38d 100644
--- a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/seafarer-registration-review/pages/SeafarerRegistrationQueuePage.tsx
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/seafarer-registration-review/pages/SeafarerRegistrationQueuePage.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function applicantName(r: Pick<SeafarerRegistration, 'firstName' | 'middl
   return [r.firstName, r.middleName, r.lastName].filter(Boolean).join(' ') || '—';
 }
 
-/** Submitted seafarer registrations, oldest first — click a row to review it. */
+/** Submitted seafarer registrations, newest first — click a row to review it. */
 export function SeafarerRegistrationQueuePage() {
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const showDate = useDateDisplayer();
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ export function SeafarerRegistrationQueuePage() {
   const { data, isLoading, isFetching, refetch } = useListSeafarerRegistrationsQuery({
     status: status ?? undefined,
     search: debouncedSearch || undefined,
+    sortBy: 'submittedAt',
+    sortDir: 'DESC',
     take: pageSize,
     skip: page * pageSize,
   });
diff --git a/libs/api/src/lib/features/seafarer-registration/seafarer-registration-api.ts b/libs/api/src/lib/features/seafarer-registration/seafarer-registration-api.ts
index 4b42681eb..87f5fef15 100644
--- a/libs/api/src/lib/features/seafarer-registration/seafarer-registration-api.ts
+++ b/libs/api/src/lib/features/seafarer-registration/seafarer-registration-api.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,17 @@ const TAG = 'SeafarerRegistration' as const;
 const LIST = { type: TAG, id: 'LIST' } as const;
 const item = (id: string) => ({ type: TAG, id }) as const;
 
+export type SeafarerRegistrationSortField =
+  | 'submittedAt'
+  | 'registrationNumber'
+  | 'lastName'
+  | 'status';
+
 export interface SeafarerRegistrationListFilter {
   status?: SeafarerRegistrationStatus;
   search?: string;
+  sortBy?: SeafarerRegistrationSortField;
+  sortDir?: 'ASC' | 'DESC';
   take?: number;
   skip?: number;
 }