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Ref: Section 920 Standardized Regulations (GC,fa)

 

Effective April 27, 2008, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown.  These changes will be Part B of TL:SR-689.

 

Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable.

 

Effective April 27, 2008, as part of its migration to eAllowances, the Office of Allowances will begin using the WebPASS reference tables for country/post names.  We will cease using abbreviations and short-name designations of posts in the biweekly telegram.  Complete post entries will also be shown in the full Table of Allowances DSSR Section 920.  See paragraph 10 below for a listing of those country names which will change based on WebPASS formatting.

 

Important: Read this entire message as posts may be listed more than once.  Changes are listed by allowance or differential rather than by post.

 

Taiwan has been included, when applicable, under arrangement with the American Institute in Taiwan.

 

The Post (Hardship) Differential change for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is based on a Post Differential Questionnaire submitted by Addis Ababa.

 

The Living Quarters Allowance changes for Canada, France and Japan are based on updated Living Quarters Expenditure data.  All other Living Quarters Allowance changes result from application of “footnote d” rates given the absence of Living Quarters Expenditure data.

 

The Post Allowance changes for Muscat, Oman and Udorn, Thailand are based on Retail Price Surveys submitted by Muscat and Udorn, respectively.  All Post Allowance changes are based on currency exchange rate information reported to the Office of Allowances as of the first Thursday of Pay Period 8 (April 17, 2008).

 

The Education “At-Post” Allowance rate changes are based on new information supplied by posts for the 2007-2008 school year.

 

Effective April 27, 2008, as part of the migration to eAllowances, the listings for the following countries will be amended in the DSSR 920 Table of Allowances:

 

Current Listing            New Listing

Bahamas, The               Bahamas

Burkina                    Burkina Faso

Congo                      Republic of the Congo

Congo, Democratic          Democratic Republic of

  Republic of                the Congo

Equatorial Guinea          Republic of Equatoria

Gambia, The                The Gambia

Holy See, The              Holy See

Korea, Dem. People's       Dem. People's Republic

 Rep. of                     of Korea

Palau, Republic of         Palau

Saint Lucia                St Lucia

Samoa                      Samoa Islands

Slovakia                   Slovak Republic

 

We propose deleting Quetta, Pakistan, from the DSSR 920 Table of Allowances effective May 11, 2008 with TL:SR 690A.  If any agency has civilian personnel assigned to Quetta or proposes to assign personnel to those locations, please notify the Office of Allowances, Department of State, immediately.

 

 

                                 POST DIFFERENTIAL

                              FROM                TO

ETHIOPIA

 ADDIS ABABA                    30                25

 

                        LIVING QUARTERS ALLOWANCE

                         FROM                 TO

                    2     3     4        2     3     4

AUSTRALIA

 GERALDTON     WF  9700  9200  7600    16000 14500 13100

              WOF  9200  7600  6200    15300 13100 11600

 

CANADA

 OTTAWA        WF 44300 44300 35200    47400 44500 38800

              WOF 44300 35200 32300    45300 38800 32300

 

 TORONTO       WF 47000 46500 41900    47000 46500 41900

              WOF 46800 41900 36000    46800 42100 36000

 

FRANCE

 LE HAVRE      WF 40200 36700 33400    42000 38500 34900

              WOF 36700 33400 33100    38500 34900 34500

 

JAPAN

 MISAWA        WF 27900 27900 25800    31000 30500 28200

              WOF 27900 27200 24900    30500 29500 27200

 

 

                                 POST ALLOWANCE

                              FROM                TO

AUSTRALIA

 ALICE SPRINGS                  30                35

 BRISBANE                       35                42

 CANBERRA                       35                42

 GERALDTON                      30                35

 GOLD COAST                     35                42

 MELBOURNE                      42                50

 NEWCASTLE, NSW                 30                35

 OAKEY                          35                42

 OTHER                          30                35

 PERTH                          35                42

 RICHMOND, NSW                  35                42

 SYDNEY                         42                50

 TOOWOOMBA                      35                42

 TOWNSVILLE                     35                42

 

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

 BANJA LUKA                     10                15

 OTHER                          10                15

 SARAJEVO                       10                15

 

BRAZIL

 AMAZONAS                       30                35

 BELO HORIZONTE                 30                35

 BRASILIA                       30                35

 CAMPINAS                       30                35

 FORTALEZA                      30                35

 GOIAS                          30                35

 MARANHAO MATO GROSSO & DO SUL  30                35

 OTHER AREA #1                  30                35

 OTHER AREA #2                  30                35

 PAR PIAUI                      30                35

 RECIFE, PERNAMBUCO             30                35

 RONDONIA                       30                35

 RORIAMA                        30                35

 SAO PAULO                      50                60

 

BRUNEI

 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN            25                30

 OTHER                          25                30

 

CHILE

 SANTIAGO                       25                20

 OTHER                          25                20

 

COLOMBIA

 BARRANQUILLA                   10                15

 BOGOTA                         10                15

 OTHER                          10                15

 

DENMARK

 COPENHAGEN                     80                90

 OTHER                          80                90

 

GERMANY

 GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN         50                60

 INGOLSTADT                     60                70

 MUNICH                         60                70

 OBERAMMERGAU                   50                60

 

GHANA

 ACCRA                          20                15

 OTHER                          20                15

 

JAPAN

 AKASHI                         90                80

 AKIZUKI                        50                42

 ATSUGI                         42                35

 CAMP ZAMA                      42                35

 CHIBA-KEN                      42                35

 CHITOSE                        90                80

 FUKUOKA                        70                60

 FUSSA                          42                35

 GIFU                           90                80

 HANEDA                         42                35

 HIROSHIMA                      42                35

 ITAZUKE                        70                60

 IWAKUNI                        42                35

 KANAGAWA-KEN                   42                35

 KOMAKI                         90                80

 KYOTO                          90                80

 MACHIDA-SHI                    42                35

 MISAWA                         42                35

 MIYAZAKI CITY                  70                60

 NAGOYA                         90                80

 OKINAWA PREFECTURE             42                35

 OSAKA-KOBE                     90                80

 OTHER                          42                35

 SAGAMIHARA                     42                35

 SAITAMA-KEN                    42                35

 SAPPORO                        90                80

 SASEBO                         42                35

 TACHIKAWA                      42                35

 TOKYO CITY                     70                60

 TOKYO-TO                       42                35

 YOKOHAMA                       60                50

 YOKOSUKA                       42                35

 YOKOTA                         42                35

 

KAZAKHSTAN

 ALMATY                         20                25

 ASTANA                         20                25

 OTHER                          20                25

 

KENYA

 KAHAWA                         30                35

 KIAMBU                         30                35

 KIBICHIKU                      30                35

 KIHARA                         30                35

 KIKUYU                         30                35

 NAIROBI                        30                35

 OTHER                          30                35

 RUIRU                          30                35

 THOGOTO                        30                35

 WANGIGE                        30                35

 

KOREA

 AMMO DEPOT #9                  15                10

 CAMP CARROLL                   15                10

 CAMP COLBERN                   15                10

 CAMP MARKET                    15                10

 CAMP MERCER                    15                10

 CHANGWON                       15                10

 CHINHAE                        15                10

 CHUNCHON                       15                10

 K-16                           15                10

 KIMHAE                         15                10

 KIMPO AIRFIELD                 15                10

 KUNSAN                         15                10

 KWANGJU                        15                10

 MUNSAN                         15                10

 OSAN AB                        15                10

 OTHER                          15                10

 PUSAN                          15                10

 PYONGTAEK                      15                10

 SEOUL                          15                10

 SUWON                          15                10

 TAEGU                          15                10

 TONGDUCHON                     15                10

 UIJONGBU                       15                10

 WAEGWAN                        15                10

 

MAURITIUS

 MAURITIUS                      15                20

 

MEXICO

 MONTERREY                      15                20

 

NIGER

 NIAMEY                         42                50

 OTHER                          42                50

 

OMAN

 MUSCAT                         15                20

 OTHER                          15                20

 

POLAND

 KRAKOW                         35                42

 OTHER                          35                42

 WARSAW                         50                60

 

ROMANIA

 BUCHAREST                      25                30

 

SERBIA

 BELGRADE                       10                15

 OTHER                          10                15

 

TANZANIA

 DAR ES SALAAM                  15                10

 OTHER                          15                10

 

THAILAND

 UDORN                           0                 5

 

TUNISIA

 CARTHAGE                       15                20

 OTHER                          15                20

 TUNIS                          15                20

 

 

                         EDUCATION ALLOWANCE

                      FROM                  TO

                             AWAY                  AWAY

                      AT     FROM           AT     FROM

              GRADE   POST   POST   GRADE   POST   POST

CAPE VERDE

 PRAIA         K-12   3250  51550       K   3150  51550

                                      1-5   3200  51550

                                     6-12   4250  51550

 

ITALY

 MILAN          K-2  21250  21250     K-2  21250  21250

                3-5  23350  23350     3-5  23350  23350

                6-8  25150  25150     6-8  25550  25550

               9-10  26000  26000    9-10  26400  26400

                 11  27250  27250      11  27650  27650

                 12  27600  27600      12  28000  28000

 

MOROCCO

 CASABLANCA     K-5   8900   8900     K-5  12950  12950

                6-8  10300  10300     6-8  14700  14700

               9-12  10300  46350    9-12  14700  46350

 

SINGAPORE

 SINGAPORE      K-5  16900  16900     K-5  18350  18350

                6-8  18400  18400     6-8  19950  19950

               9-12  19800  19800    9-12  21950  21950