Local Employment Policy Handbook - ICASS

NON-US CITIZEN ELIGIBLE FAMILY MEMBERS
For purposes of employment, a non-US Citizen EFM is the non-US Citizen spouse or unmarried child age
18 or older who is on the travel orders of a direct hire Foreign, Civil, or uniformed service member
officially assigned to the Mission and under Chief of Mission authority or at an office at AIT who is
residing at the Mission with the sponsoring employee.
HR employs non-US Citizen EFMs under a PSA.
Residency Determination
1. A non-US Citizen EFM is Not Ordinarily Resident (NOR) for purposes of employment, if s/he has
a US Social Security Number (US SSN). A Non-US Citizen EFM with a US SSN is compensated
under an American pay plan.
2. A non-US Citizen EFM who accompanies the sponsoring employee to his/her country of
citizenship is Ordinarily Resident for purposes of employment during that sponsoring employee’s
tour of duty. Compensation is under the Local Compensation Plan.
Probationary Period
A non-US Citizen EFM with a US Social Security Number doesn’t serve a probationary period when
hired as NOR under a PSA and compensated under an American pay plan.
Eligibility to Apply for Mission Positions While Working under a PSA as NOR
A non-US Citizen EFM with a US SSN hired under a PSA must serve 90 calendar days in the position
before being eligible to apply and be selected for other positions advertised at the Mission.
The exceptions are when the non-US Citizen EFM with a US Social Security Number is:
1. Currently filling a fixed-term position of less one year under a PSA; or
2. Currently filling a position under a PSA with a When Actually Employed (WAE) work
schedule.
In these cases, the non-US Citizen EFM may immediately apply and be selected for other positions
advertised at the Mission.