Local Employment Policy Handbook - ICASS

CATEGORIES OF PERSONNEL AND THE EMPLOYMENT MECHANISM
For official definitions of these categories of personnel, see 3 FAM 7120.
1. US Citizen Eligible Family Member (USEFM) who is also an Appointment Eligible Family Member
(AEFM):
A. For State: HR uses a Family Member Appointment or Temporary Appointment for a US
Citizen EFM who is also an Appointment Eligible Family Member.
B. For Participating Agencies: HR uses a PSA to employ a US Citizen EFM, unless the
participating agency tells HR otherwise.
2. Eligible Family Member: See 14 FAM 511.3. These are individuals who do not meet the definition of
Appointment Eligible Family Member (AEFM), including EFMs who aren’t US Citizens. For State and
participating agencies, HR employs EFMs who don’t meet the definition of AEFM under a PSA.
A. Non-US Citizen EFMs must have a US Social Security Number before employment as a NOR
with compensation from an American pay plan.
B. HR must employ a non-US Citizen EFM who is a citizen of the host country (country of
assignment of the Foreign, Civil, or uniformed service member) as OR with compensation from
the LCP.
3. EFM Receiving a USG Foreign or Civil Service Annuity: HR employs an EFM receiving a USG
Foreign or Civil Service pension or annuity under a PSA.
4. Member of Household: An individual residing at post with a direct hire Foreign, Civil, or uniformed
service member permanently assigned to the Mission and under Chief of Mission authority, or at an office
of the American Institute in Taiwan. The sponsoring employee must officially declare the MOH to the
Chief of Mission as part of his/her household. The MOH is not an EFM and not on the travel orders of
the sponsoring employee. MOHs must be legally eligible to work in country, which often means having a
work permit, residency permit, or both the work and residency permits. MOHs do not have to be US
Citizens. For employment purposes, MOHs are Ordinarily Resident in most countries and compensated
under the Local Compensation Plan.
HR employs MOHs under a PSA for State and participating agencies that have signed the MOA to use
State’s PSA authority.