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CHAPTER 10 - TABLE OF CONTENTS
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MILITARY FOREIGN SERVICE INSTRUCTIONS
 
SECTION 1 – INTERPRETATION
 
10.1.01  -  DEFINITIONS
 
SECTION 2 – GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
10.2.01  -  INTENT OF MILITARY FOREIGN SERVICE INSTRUCTIONS
10.2.02  -  APPLICATION OF FSD
10.2.03  -  COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY
10.2.04  -  UNACCOMPANIED MEMBER
10.2.05  -  ENTITLEMENT OF A MEMBER DEPLOYED OR ASSIGNED
10.2.06  -  MEMBERS ENROLLED OR RE-ENROLLED OUTSIDE CANADA
10.2.07  -  RELEASE OUTSIDE CANADA
10.2.08  -  LEAVE WITHOUT PAY
10.2.09  -  MATERNITY OR PARENTAL ALLOWANCE
10.2.10  -  TRAVEL POINTS
10.2.11  -  REMUNERATION PAID BY A THIRD PARTY
10.2.12  -  EXCHANGE RATES
10.2.13  -  SEPARATION EXPENSE
10.2.14  -  ANNUAL REPORT
 
SECTION 3 – OPERATION ALLOWANCES
 
10.3.01  -  GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.3.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.3.03  -  APPLICATION BY DEPLOYMENT STATUS
10.3.04  -  OPERATIONS FOREIGN SERVICE PREMIUM
10.3.05  -  HARDSHIP ALLOWANCE
10.3.06  -  HARDSHIP ALLOWANCE BONUS
10.3.07  -  RISK ALLOWANCE
10.3.08  -  ENVIRONMENTAL ALLOWANCES
10.3.09  -  POST-COMBAT REINTEGRATION ALLOWANCE
10.3.10  -  LEAVE DENIED DURING NONCOMBAT OPERATIONS
10.3.11  -  TRANSPORTATION ON SPECIAL LEAVE
10.3.12  -  TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE TO A REST AND RELAXATION CENTRE
 
SECTION 4 – MEAL ALLOWANCE
 
10.4.01  -  GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.4.02  -  ELIGIBILITY
10.4.03  -  DAILY MEAL ALLOWANCE
 
SECTION 5 – SHELTER AND RELATED PROVISIONS
 
10.5.01  -  DEFINITIONS
10.5.02  -  INTENT
10.5.03  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.5.04  -  SECTION 5 NOT APPLICABLE
10.5.05  -  GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.5.06  -  CROWN-HELD ACCOMMODATION
10.5.07  -  ALLIED NATION ACCOMMODATION
10.5.08  -  RENT CEILING
10.5.09  -  RENT ALLOWANCE
10.5.10  -  RENT SHARE
10.5.11  -  WAIVER OF RENT SHARE
10.5.12  -  ACCOMMODATION PAYMENTS, ADVANCES AND RECOVERY
10.5.13  -  UTILITY SHARE
10.5.14  -  UTILITY ALLOWANCE
10.5.15  -  FURNITURE AND APPLIANCE RENTAL
10.5.16  -  PURCHASE OF FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES
10.5.17  -  PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FEES
10.5.18  -  ACCOMMODATION DEFICIENCY ADJUSTMENTS
10.5.19  -  MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR COSTS
10.5.20  -  GROUNDS MAINTENANCE ASSISTANCE
10.5.21  -  RENT OR LEASE LIABILITY
10.5.22  -  EXPENSES TO SETTLE DISPUTE
10.5.23  -  EXPENSES FOR LEASED ACCOMMODATION
10.5.24  -  LOCAL MOVE
10.5.25  -  LAUNDRY ALLOWANCE
 
SECTION 6 – TRAVELLING EXPENSES FOR DEPENDANTS ON BRIEFING PROGRAMS
 
10.6.01  -  INTENT
10.6.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.6.03  -  ENTITLEMENT
 
SECTION 7 – CHILD-CARE EXPENSES FOR DEPENDANTS ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING
 
10.7.01  -  INTENT
10.7.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.7.03  -  ENTITLEMENT
 
SECTION 8 – DEPENDANT’S HEALTH CARE EXPENSES
 
10.8.01  -  INTENT
10.8.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.8.03  -  ENTITLEMENT
 
SECTION 9 – SPECIAL DEPENDANTS
 
10.9.01  -  INTENT
10.9.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.9.03  -  GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.9.04  -  MEDICAL COVERAGE OF SPECIAL DEPENDANT
10.9.05  -  REQUEST PROCEDURE
 
SECTION 10 – RELOCATION EXPENSES FOR A PERSON QUALIFYING AS A DEPENDANT OR SPECIAL DEPENDANT DURING POSTING
 
10.10.01  -  INTENT
10.10.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.10.03  -  ENTITLEMENT
 
SECTION 11 – DAYCARE ASSISTANCE
 
10.11.01  -  GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.11.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.11.03  -  ENTITLEMENT
10.11.04  -  REPRESENTATIVE DAY-CARE CEILING
10.11.05  -  ESTABLISHED AMOUNTS
10.11.06  -  NON-ELIGIBLE COSTS
10.11.07  -  PAYMENT CONDITIONS
10.11.08  -  VERIFICATION
10.11.09  -  ADMINISTRATION OF CLAIMS
10.11.A1  -  APPENDIX 1
 
SECTION 12 – EDUCATION AND RELATED CARE OF DEPENDENT CHILDREN
 
10.12.01  -  INTENT
10.12.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.12.03  -  ENTITLEMENT
 
SECTION 13 – EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR SPOUSES AND COMMON-LAW PARTNERS
 
10.13.01  -  INTENT
10.13.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.13.03  -  ENTITLEMENT
 
SECTION 14 – FOREIGN SERVICE ALLOWANCES
 
10.14.01  -  GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.14.02  -  FOREIGN SERVICE PREMIUM
10.14.03  -  POST SPECIFIC ALLOWANCE
 
SECTION 15 - POST LIVING ALLOWANCE
 
10.15.01  -  GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.15.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.15.03  -  ENTITLEMENT
 
SECTION 16 – POST DIFFERENTIAL ALLOWANCE
 
10.16.01  -  GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.16.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.16.03  -  ENTITLEMENT
 
SECTION 17 – TELEPHONE CALLS
 
10.17.01  -  INTENT
10.17.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.17.03  -  TIME ALLOTMENT FOR CALLS
10.17.04  -  TELEPHONE SERVICES
10.17.05  -  TELEPHONE CALL ALLOWANCE
10.17.06  -  CLAIM PROCESSING
10.17.07  -  VERIFICATION
 
SECTION 18 – POST TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED EXPENSES
 
10.18.01  -  INTENT
10.18.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.18.03  -  LEASED AUTOMOBILES
10.18.04  -  OTHER TRANSPORTATION EXPENSE ALLOWANCES
10.18.05  -  COMMUTING ASSISTANCE
10.18.06  -  PMV SHIPMENT FROM OTHER THAN PREVIOUS PLACE OF DUTY
 
SECTION 19 – GYMNASIUM OR HEALTH CLUB FEES
 
10.19.01  -  INTENT
10.19.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.19.03  -  ENTITLEMENT
10.19.04  -  FACILITY AND CLUB FEES
 
SECTION 20 – POSTING LOAN
 
10.20.01  -  INTENT
10.20.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.20.03  -  ENTITLEMENT
10.20.04  -  APPROVAL
10.20.05  -  SUPPLEMENTARY LOAN AND NEW LOAN
10.20.06  -  INTEREST RATE
10.20.07  -  REPAYMENT
 
SECTION 21 – HOME LEAVE TRAVEL ASSISTANCE
 
10.21.01  -  DEFINITIONS
10.21.02  -  INTENT
10.21.03  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.21.04  -  ENTITLEMENT
10.21.05  -  HLTA FOR TRAVEL TO HOME OR PREVIOUS PLACE OF DUTY
10.21.06  -  HLTA FOR TRAVEL TO A THIRD LOCATION
10.21.07  -  HLTA FOR REVERSE HOME LEAVE TRAVEL
10.21.08  -  HLTA FOR MEMBER OF SHIP’S COMPANY
10.21.09  -  MEAL AND RENT ALLOWANCES
10.21.10  -  HLTA REQUEST PROCEDURE
10.21.11  -  CHANGE IN TRAVEL PLAN
 
SECTION 22 – VACATION TRAVEL ALLOWANCE
 
10.22.01  -  INTENT
10.22.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.22.03  -  ENTITLEMENT
10.22.04  -  VERIFICATION
 
SECTION 23 – COMPASSIONATE TRAVEL
 
10.23.01  -  INTENT
10.23.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.23.03  -  ENTITLEMENT
 
SECTION 24 – SAFE STORAGE EXPENSE BENEFIT
 
10.24.01  -  INTENT
10.24.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.24.03  -  ENTITLEMENT
 
SECTION 25 – EMERGENCY EVACUATION AND LOSS
 
10.25.01  -  INTENT
10.25.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.25.03  -  ENTITLEMENT
 
SECTION 26 – COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE OR LOSS OF FURNITURE AND EFFECTS
 
10.26.01  -  GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.26.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.26.03  -  ENTITLEMENT
 
SECTION 27 – INHERITANCE
 
10.27.01  -  INTENT
10.27.02  -  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
10.27.03  -  ENTITLEMENT

 

 

 

SECTION 14 - FOREIGN SERVICE ALLOWANCES
10.14.01 – GENERAL PROVISIONS
(1) (Allowances) The Foreign Service Allowances consist of the following allowances:
(a) the Foreign Service Premium; and

(b) the Post Specific Allowance.
(2) (Remuneration paid by third party) If a third party pays remuneration to a member, the benefits and allowances to which the member is entitled under this section are reduced in accordance with CBI 10.2.11 (Remuneration Paid by a Third Party).

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10.14.02 – FOREIGN SERVICE PREMIUM
(1) (Intent) The Foreign Service Premium (FSP) is an allowance payable to a member:
(a) in recognition of foreign service and, as such, recognizes that there are disutilities and disincentives, some of which may be financial, resulting from service outside Canada; and

(b) to cover expenses not specifically covered by other allowances and benefits.
(2) (Eligible members) This instruction applies to a member who is on assignment.
(3) (Service couple) Each member of a service couple is entitled to FSP at the appropriate rate, except that if there are dependants residing with the service couple, one member designated by the service couple, is considered to be an accompanied member for the purpose of calculating FSP.
(4) (Single member) A member who is not married or in a common-law partnership, but has one or more dependent student, is entitled to FSP calculated on the monthly amount at the appropriate rate to include any dependant student.
(5) (Amount of FSP) The FSP is paid at a monthly rate, for the status and premium level that applies to the member as follows:

FOREIGN SERVICE PREMIUM Rates effective 1 April 2003
(in Canadian dollars)
LEVEL POINTS 1 PERSON 2 PERSONS 3 PERSONS OR MORE
I 0 to 24 points (0 - 2 years) 411 565 694
II 25 to 60 points (2 - 5 years) 616 847 1039
III 61 to 96 points (5 - 8 years) 821 1129 1385
IV 97 to 132 points (8 - 11 years) 903 1226 1524
V 133 to 168 points (11 - 14 years) 985 1355 1664
VI 169 points or more (over 14 years) 1067 1469 1801
(6) (Annual FSP Adjustments) The FSP is adjusted annually by the same percentage change, if any, set by the Treasury Board.
(7) (Accumulation of points) Points shall be accumulated for service outside Canada at the rate of one point per month of service.
(8) (Calculation of points) For the purpose of calculating points under this instruction, a member shall be considered to have a completed month of service where there is an entitlement to ten compensation days of FSP in a calendar month except that during a crossposting to another assignment, a member cannot accumulate two points for two periods of ten compensation days within the same calendar month.
(9) (Partial months) Partial months are counted only during the first and last calendar months of an assignment. All other months are calculated from the first to the last day of a calendar month.
(10) (Cross-posting) A member who is crossposted on another assignment and due to service reasons is not accompanied by their dependants at the new post, will continue to receive FSP at rate which the member was entitled to at the previous post.
(11) (Consecutive years at post) Unless the Chief of the Defence Staff approves the continued payment of FSP, a member who has served seven or more consecutive years at the same post is no longer entitled to receive FSP.
(12) (No point accumulation) If payment of FSP has been terminated under paragraph (11), the member ceases to accumulate qualifying points during the period in which payment of the FSP is terminated.
(13) (Change In Family Size) If the member precedes the dependants to the post, or where a dependant or dependants precedes the member on departure from the post, the rate of FSP is to be adjusted, if applicable, to reflect the actual family size at the post, effective the date of the change in family size at the post.
(14) (Member absent from post) A member who is absent from the post in excess of 25 compensation days:
(a) continues to receive FSP if the member is on temporary duty;

(b) for other than temporary duty and who has no dependants residing at the post, ceases to receive FSP on the 26th compensation day of the absence and resumes receiving FSP on the first compensation day following the return of the member to the post; or

(c) for other than temporary duty and who has dependants residing at the post, will receive an adjusted FSP payment to reflect the family size residing at the post, commencing on the 26th compensation day of the absence, with the previous rate resuming on the first compensation day following the return of the member to the post.
(15) (Dependant absent from post) If a dependant of a member in receipt of FSP, other than a dependent student in paragraph (4):
(a) is temporarily absent from the member's post for more than 25 compensation days, the FSP will be adjusted to reflect the family size residing at the post, commencing on the 26th compensation day of the absence, with the previous rate resuming on the first compensation day following the return of the dependant to the post; or

(b) is at the post for less than 25 compensation days from the commencement of the FSP, the FSP will be adjusted to reflect the family size from the day on which the dependant left the post.
(16) (Points not interchangeable) Points accumulated under this instruction are not interchangeable with OPS FSP points accumulated under CBI 10.3.04 (Operations Foreign Service Premium).
(17) (Concurrent accumulation of points) A member who is posted to a place of duty outside Canada and is subsequently attached posted or attached posted (temporary) to an operation continues to accumulate points under this instruction while also accumulating OPS FSP points under CBI 10.3.04.
(18) (Points accumulated previously) Any points accumulated under section 12 of the Military Foreign Service Regulations are considered to be points accumulated under this instruction.

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10.14.03 – POST SPECIFIC ALLOWANCE
(1) (Intent) The intent of Post Specific Allowance (PSA) is to assist a member in travelling from the post.
(2) (Eligible members) This instruction applies to a member who is deployed or assigned:
(a) on a posting for 12 months or more;

(b) on a posting for a continuous period greater than seven months but less than 12 months;

(c) on an attached posting, and as a result of an extension of the tour expiry date, will be at the post for a continuous period greater than seven months.
(3) (Service couple) Each member of a service couple is entitled to PSA.
(4) (Continued entitlement) A member who is deployed or assigned to a post continues, even if the member is subsequently attached posted or attached posted (temporary) to another post, to receive PSA, established in accordance with the member’s original deployment or assignment outside Canada.
(5) (Amount of PSA) PSA is paid to a member at a monthly rate, updated annually by the Director Compensation and Benefits Administration which reflects:
(a) 80% of return full economy (Y) air fare from the post to Ottawa; or

(b) 100% of the return (Y2) fare from the post to Ottawa, if a (Y) fare is not available for a specific post.
(6) (Exception) A member to whom subparagraph (2)(b) or (c) applies only receives the first payment of PSA on the first day of the eighth month, and this payment includes the PSA for the seventh and eighth month.