ELIGIBILITY AND AMOUNTS OF OVERSEAS ALLOWANCES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00530R000501120002-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2013
• Sequence Number: 2
• Content Type: MISC

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Eligibility and Amounts of Overseas Allowances
Eligibility
Advance of Pay: For employees assigned
to posts in a foreign
estimated departure or up
to 2 months after arrival.
Consumables Employees posted to
Shipments: designated countries.
Movement and Employees posted in
Storage HHG: foreign areas. Upon
initial appointment
and upon transfer/
separation.
Employees posted in
Amounts Rationale
Up to 3 months' pay To defray expenses associated
with PCS overseas.
Trans. expense for To make certain commodities
100-300 pounds. available.
Expense for storage To set up housekeeping.
and/or shipment MAX
18,000 pounds.
$60+ per day depending To cover necessary predeparture
on number of dependents living expenses.
(see JTR VOL. 2,
C13007-2).
Allowance: foreign areas,
up to 10 days before
leaving U.S. (See JTR
Vol. 2, C13001-2).
Transfer Travel Employees posted in
and Per Diem: foreign areas and under
travel agreement.
Temporary Lodging Employees posted in
Allowances: foreign areas, up to
3 month after first
arrival or 1 month
prior to departure.
Supplementary Employee who is LQA
Post Allowance: eligible plus family
members.
Actual travel expense To cover cost of moving an employee
plus daily allowance for and dependents to overseas post.
employee (See JTR, VOL.
2).
Actual expenses up to max Reimbursement for quarters expense
amounts published in State coming/going post.
Post Classification and
Payment Tables.
Rates vary according to To defray post costs resulting from
table published in Section residing in transient quarters
235.1 of DSSR. without cooking facilities.
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Transport of Auto: Employees posted overseas
when in the "interest of
the Government" determini-
ation made.
Employees posted in foreign
areas for permanent duty.
Lost or Damaged
Property:
Customs
Privileges:
Family Orientation
Training:
Employees posted in foreign
area for permanent duty.
Employees posted in foreign
areas.
Spouse or other dependent
18 years of age or older
who will accompany employee
to foreign area within the
DAS/DIAL organizations.
Employees posted in foreign
areas.
Employees and dependents
posted in foreign areas.
Full-time employees posted
in foreign areas.
Expenses for transportion,
not more than 20 measure-
ment tons, overwater,
port to port. (DIA author-
ity PT. of origin to PT. of
destination for DAS/DIAL
employee only).
All additional Federal,
State and local income
taxes incurred due to
PCS (See JTR, Vol. 2,
chapter 16).
Depreciated replacement
value of item.
Varies by country.
All training course costs
to include language
instruction.
No cost to employee.
No cost to employee.
Rates vary depending on
family status, salary and
country of assignment (See
DSSR sections 226 and 920).
POV will contribute to effectiveness
on job and be used for transport in
under served areas.
To reimburse employee for additional
tax due to PCS in the interest of
Government.
But for PCS, loss would not have
occurred.
Reciprocal diplomatic arrangement.
To prepare family members for
overseas assignment in a diplomatic
arena.
To establish qualifications and
medical baselines.
To meet public health and country
of assignment medical requirements
for OCONUS employment.
To offset living costs which are
higher than those in Washington,
DC.
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Separate
Maintenance
Allowance:
Basic Living
Quarters
Allowance:
Government
Housing:
Full-time employees posted
in foreign areas who meet
requirements for LQA.
Full-time employees posted
in foreign areas.
Employees recruited in the
U.S. and certain outside
U.S. (DSSR sections 031.11
and 031.12).
Employees recruited in the
U.S. and certain employees
recruited outside U.S.
(DSSR sections 031.11 and
031.12).
Rates vary from 0 to 25
percent of basic compensat-
ion depending on country
(See DSSR section 510).
Fixed rate depending on
number of dependents from
$2600 to $9,800. (See DSSR
section 267).
Rates vary depending on
employee's grade, duty
station, and number of
family members (See DSSR
section 920).
Additional compensation to recruit
and retain employees for service at
OCONUS stations with environments
substantially different than the
U.S.
To offset additional expenses of
maintaining a separate family
residence due to personal hardship
or for convenience of Government.
To provide suitable housing when
Government quarters are not
available in foreign areas.
Commissary:
Military
Clubs:
Duty Free
Goods:
Local Holidays:
Income Tax
Exemptions:
Full expenses for furnished
quarters, utilities and
maintenance.
To provide suitable housing to
employees stationed in foreign
areas.
Employees posted in foreign Reduced expenses for food, To provide suitable shopping
areas according to local clothing and other merchand- facilities to employees in
command rules. ise. foreign areas.
Employees posted in foreign Reduced expenses for meals To provide suitable outside
areas according to local and recreation. dinning and recreational
command rules. opportunities.
Employees posted in foreign Benefits vary by country. Reciprocal arrangement.
areas.
Full-time and regular- A days'salary without charge Pay continues while office is
scheduled employees in to leave. closed to observe local holiday.
foreign areas.
Employees posted in foreign Exempt from all foreign Status of Forces Agreements.
areas. income taxes.
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Loan of House-
hold Goods:
Education
Allowance:
Education
Travel
Allowance:
Emergency
Visitation
Travel:
Health Care
Travel:
Emergency
Evacuation:
Rest and
Recuperation:
Danger Pay:
Employees posted in foreign Benefits vary by country.
areas who are eligible for
LQA.
Employees post in
foreign areas who are
eligible for LQA.
Education provided in
DoD-operated overseas
schools. All transport-
ion costs reimbursed.
Employees posted in foreign
areas who are eligible for
LQA.
Employees posted in foreign
areas.
DAS/DIAL employees posted
in foreign areas and their
dependents.
Employees posted in foreign
areas ordered to evacuate
by State.
DAS/DIAL employees at
eligible locations in
foreign areas and their
dependents.
Employees posted at
designated danger posts.
Cost of round trip travel
to a U.S. school each year.
Space available MAC Air
Transportation to CONUS at
nominal cost. Space
required at Government rate.
Transportation to CONUS and
return at no cost to
employee.
Transportation of employee,
dependents and household
goods at no cost to
employee. Advances and
Evacuation payments as
specific in DSSR.
Transporation to a designat-
ed EML location at no cost
to employee.
25 percent of basic
compensation (See DSSR,
chapter 650).
To provide furnishings-in certain
areas (Block countries).
To provide a U.S. education to
dependents of employees who are
posted in foreign areas.
To provide a U.S. secondary or
college education to dependents
of employees posted to foreign
areas.
To assist employees experiencing
hardships at little or no
additional cost to Government.
To assist employees with medical
problems that cannot be treated
on station.
To provide safehaven when employee
and family is ordered to evacuate
station.
To restore an employee's efficency
and morale.
Additional compensation for service
in a high-risk area.
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Family
Visitation
Travel:
Death
Gratuity:
Transfer
Allowance-
Home:
Deceased
Employee:
DAS/DIAL employees Transportation of employee To compensation employee when
at eligible locations at no cost. Two round trips dependents are not authorized
in foreign areas. during a 12-month period to on station by official order
dependent's residence. because of immient danger.
Employees posted in foreign One (1) year of basic pay. To compensate family for loss
areas and performing clande- of family member due to hostile
stine intelligence activities. or terrorist activities.
Employees and their
dependents returning
from foreign area posts
under a written trans-
portation agreement.
Employees posted in
foreign areas.
Dependent DAS/DIAL employees posted
Travel Connected in foreign areas.
with En Route TDY:
Removal of
Dependents-
Imminent
Danger:
DAS/DIAL employees
posted in foreign areas.
Subsistence expenses for 60 To defray cost of establishing
days. Additional 60 days residence connected with the
unusual circumstances (JTR PCS.
Vol 2, Chapter 13).
Miscellaneous expenses (JTR
Vol 2, Chapter 9).
Expenses for preparation To assist in returning a
and transport of remains, deceased employee to the U.S.
transportation of surviv-
ing dependents and house-
hold goods.
All travel and travel To permit dependents to accompany
expenses, including per precede or follow employee when
diem (40% rate for depend- employee is ordered to TDY en route.
ents age 11 and over, 20%
rate for under age 11) for
periods of delay not exceed-
ing 5 days.
Evacuation expenses (Trans- To allow DR to evacuate employees
port of employee, dependents independent of an order by U.S.
and household goods), Chief of Mission.
advances and evacuation
payments as specified in JTR,
Vol 2, Chapter 12 and 6 FAM
181.1 (7).
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Representational DAS/DIAL employees posted Travel and travel expenses To establish and maintain
Travel-Dependents: in foreign areas. including per diem (JTR Vol relationships of value to DIA/DoD
2, C6002). as part of employee's representa-
tional mission.
Dependent Care DAS/DIAL employees posted Dependent care payments To permit adult dependent(s) to take
Connected with in foreign areas. lesser of actual cost or orientation and/or language training
Training of $25 per day per dependent necessary to assist employee posted
Dependents: including transportation in foreign area.
costs.
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