June 1, 2012
POLICY NOTICE
Foreign Service Directives
1. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs has been delegated to revise Appendix B of FSD 56, on the recommendation of the appropriate foreign service interdepartmental coordinating committee, in accordance with the methodology agreed to in the National Joint Council Committee on Foreign Service Directives.
2. As per FSD 56.11.2, Appendix B has been updated, reflecting 80% of return full (Y) economy air fare from the post to the employee's headquarters city. Where a Y fare is not available for a specific post, 100% of the Y2 fare is used for that post.
3. The table below reflects these PSA rates effective June 1, 2012. The rates are based on return travel to Ottawa.
Appendix B - Post Specific Allowance (PSA)
The Table below reflects the PSA rates effective June 1, 2012. (Canadian Dollars Per Annum)
Post (alphabetical order) |
PSA 2012 |
---|---|
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire | 5699 |
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 4022 |
Abuja, Nigeria | 4250 |
Accra, Ghana | 4234 |
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 3578 |
Algiers, Algeria | 3988 |
Almaty, Kazakhstan | 3820 |
Amman, Jordan | 4148 |
Anchorage, Alaska, USA | 3561 |
Ankara, Turkey | 5046 |
Astana, Kazakhstan | 3817 |
Athens, Greece | 4482 |
Atlanta, Georgia, USA | 3010 |
Auckland, New Zealand | 7079 |
Baghdad, Iraq | 4148 |
Bamako, Mali | 5062 |
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam | 6680 |
Bangkok, Thailand | 5992 |
Barcelona, Spain | 4613 |
Beijing, China | 5602 |
Beirut, Lebanon | 3323 |
Belgrade, Serbia | 4702 |
Berlin, Germany | 4223 |
Berne, Switzerland | 6871 |
Bogotá, Colombia | 1701 |
Boston, Massachusetts, USA | 3433 |
Brasilia, Brazil | 4090 |
Bratislava, Slovakia | 3533 |
Bridgetown, Barbados | 1859 |
Brussels, Belgium | 4837 |
Bucharest, Romania | 4619 |
Budapest, Hungary | 4355 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina | 3864 |
Buffalo, New York, USA | 1687 |
Cairo, Egypt | 2745 |
Canberra, Australia | 8670 |
Caracas, Venezuela | 2678 |
Chandigarh, India | 5003 |
Chennai, India | 4900 |
Chicago, Illinois, USA | 3053 |
Chongqing, China | 6143 |
Colombo, Sri Lanka | 5263 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA | 2401 |
Copenhagen, Denmark | 5026 |
Dakar, Senegal | 4928 |
Dallas, Texas, USA | 3643 |
Damascus, Syria | 2885 |
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 4353 |
Denver, Colorado, USA | 2280 |
Detroit, Michigan, USA | 1609 |
Dhaka, Bangladesh | 6022 |
Doha, Qatar | 4097 |
Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 4022 |
Dublin, Ireland | 4321 |
Düsseldorf, Germany | 4230 |
Geneva, Switzerland | 6511 |
Georgetown, Guyana | 5613 |
Guadalajara, Mexico | 2042 |
Guangzhou, China | 6170 |
Guatemala, Guatemala | 1937 |
Hague, Netherlands | 3958 |
Hamburg, Germany | 4224 |
Hanoi, Vietnam | 6050 |
Harare, Zimbabwe | 4636 |
Havana, Cuba | 1589 |
Helsinki, Finland | 5323 |
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 6064 |
Hong Kong, China | 5609 |
Houston, Texas, USA | 2949 |
Islamabad, Pakistan | 3366 |
Istanbul, Turkey | 4934 |
Jakarta, Indonesia | 6056 |
Johannesburg, South Africa | 4206 |
Juba, Sudan | 7412 |
Kabul, Afghanistan | 4573 |
Kandahar, Afghanistan | 4809 |
Kathmandu, Nepal | 6314 |
Khartoum, Sudan | 6224 |
Kigali, Rwanda | 3749 |
Kingston, Jamaica | 1471 |
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo | 5183 |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 6254 |
Kuwait City, Kuwait | 3845 |
Kyiv, Ukraine | 4736 |
La Paz, Bolivia | 4137 |
Lagos, Nigeria | 4685 |
Libreville, Gabon | 5217 |
Lima, Peru | 2687 |
Lisbon, Portugal | 4877 |
London, England | 3225 |
Los Angeles, California, USA | 3602 |
Lusaka, Zambia | 4206 |
Madrid, Spain | 4866 |
Managua, Nicaragua | 1765 |
Manila, Philippines | 6068 |
Maputo, Mozambique | 4061 |
Mexico City, Mexico | 1967 |
Miami, Florida, USA | 3245 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA | 2133 |
Monterrey, Mexico | 2073 |
Montevideo, Uruguay | 3752 |
Moscow, Russia | 5363 |
Mumbai, India | 4851 |
Munich, Germany | 4236 |
Nagoya, Japan | 9513 |
Nairobi, Kenya | 3995 |
New Delhi, India | 4871 |
New York, New York, USA | 3117 |
Oslo, Norway | 5347 |
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | 5676 |
Palo Alto, California, USA | 2666 |
Panama City, Panama | 1589 |
Paris, France | 4703 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | 2486 |
Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 6122 |
Phoenix, Arizona, USA | 3773 |
Port-au-Prince, Haiti | 1809 |
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 2268 |
Prague, Czech Republic | 6101 |
Pretoria, South Africa | 4206 |
Quito, Ecuador | 1823 |
Rabat, Morocco | 4694 |
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, USA | 2221 |
Ramallah, West Bank | 3119 |
Reykjavik, Iceland | 1679 |
Riga, Latvia | 4545 |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 3831 |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 4031 |
Rome, Italy | 3681 |
San Diego, California, USA | 3306 |
San Francisco, California, USA | 5364 |
San José, Costa Rica | 1307 |
San José, California, USA | 2658 |
San Salvador, El Salvador | 3005 |
Santiago, Chile | 4172 |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 1525 |
São Paulo, Brazil | 3828 |
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4669 |
Seattle, Washington, USA | 3211 |
Seoul, South Korea | 3787 |
Shanghai, China | 5605 |
Singapore, Singapore | 6157 |
Stockholm, Sweden | 4882 |
Sydney, Australia, USA | 8373 |
Taipei, Taiwan | 6590 |
Tegucigalpa, Honduras | 1719 |
Tehran, Iran | 5348 |
Tel Aviv, Israel | 3040 |
Tokyo, Japan | 9122 |
Tripoli, Libya | 4881 |
Tucson, Arizona, USA | 2488 |
Tunis, Tunisia | 3419 |
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 4550 |
Vatican City, Vatican | 3681 |
Vienna, Austria | 3478 |
Vilnius, Lithuania | 5273 |
Warsaw, Poland | 4855 |
Washington, D.C., USA | 2980 |
Wellington, New Zealand | 7061 |
Yaoundé, Cameroon | 4687 |
Zagreb, Croatia |
5315 |
Enquiries
Requests for more information or clarification should be addressed to departmental designated officials.
Designated departmental officials may contact:
Diane Eyre
Senior Policy Analyst
Compensation and Labour Relations
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Telephone (613) 946-3714
Fax (613) 952-3002
fsd.dse@tbs-sct.gc.ca
Lynda Cavan
Policy Analyst
Compensation and Labour Relations
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Telephone (613) 952-3256
Fax (613) 952-3002
fsd.dse@tbs-sct.gc.ca