3 fah-1 h-3900
Language Programs
3 FAH-1 H-3910
LANGUAGE-INCENTIVE PAY (LIP)
(CT:POH-239; 08-13-2020)
(Office of Origin: GTM/CDA)
3 FAH-1 H-3911 incentive languages
3 FAH-1 H-3911.1 List of Language-Incentive Pay (LIP) Incentive Languages
(CT:POH-174; 11-23-2015)
(State Only)
(Applies to Foreign Service)
This is the list of language-incentive pay (LIP) incentive languages:
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Arabic |
Hebrew |
Persian-Dari |
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Armenian |
Hindi |
Persian-Farsi** |
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Azerbaijani |
Japanese |
Persian-Tajiki |
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Bengali |
Kazakh |
Russian |
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Burmese |
Kinyarwana/Rwanda |
Serbo-Croatian*** |
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Cambodian-Khmer |
Kirghiz |
Tamil |
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Chinese-Cantonese |
Korean |
Turkish |
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Chinese-Mandarin |
Kurdish |
Turkmen |
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Dari |
Lao |
Ukrainian |
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Farsi |
Mongolian |
Urdu |
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Georgian |
Nepali/Nepalese |
Uzbek |
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Hausa* |
Pashto |
Vietnamese |
* Eligible for LIP only for those serving in a language-designated position (LDP).
** As of November 1, 2014, LIP (and Asymmetric Language Incentive Pay) eligibility for Persian-Farsi is available only for those serving in Persian-Farsi LDPs.
*** See 3 FAH-1 H-3912.
3 FAH-1 H-3911.2 List of Asymmetric Language-Incentive Pay (ASLIP) Incentive Languages
(CT:POH-174; 11-23-2015)
(State Only)
(Applies to Foreign Service)
This is the list of asymmetric LIP incentive languages:
· Arabic
· Chinese-Mandarin
· Persian-Dari
· Persian-Farsi
· Hindi
· Korean
· Pashto
· Urdu
3 FAH-1 H-3912 LANGUAGE GROUPINGS
(CT:POH-174; 11-23-2015)
(State Only)
(Applies to Foreign Service)
The following languages shall be grouped together and treated as a single language for the purpose of establishing eligibility for language-incentive pay under 3 FAM 3910:
· Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Serbo-Croatian
3 FAH-1 H-3913 POSTS AT WHICH MORE THAN ONE INCENTIVE LANGUAGE MAY BE USED TO QUALIFY FOR LANGUAGE-INCENTIVE PAY
(CT:POH-174; 11-23-2015)
(State Only)
(Applies to Foreign Service)
At some posts, two or more primary languages are used frequently by a wide range of mission personnel in carrying out their functions. At these posts, eligible employees with the required proficiency in any of these languages may qualify for language-incentive pay. (An employee proficient in more than one language may qualify for language-incentive pay in only one language during each assignment.) The posts at which more than one language may be used to qualify for language-incentive pay are:
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Almaty |
Kazakh and Russian |
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Ashgabat |
Turkmen and Russian |
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Baku |
Azerbaijani and Russian |
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Banja Luka |
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Serbo-Croatian |
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Bishkek |
Kirghiz and Russian |
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Chennai |
Hindi, Tamil, and Urdu |
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Dushanbe Erbil Guangzhou Herat |
Persian-Tajiki and Russian Arabic and Kurdish Chinese-Mandarin and Chinese-Cantonese Pashto and Persian-Dari |
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Hong Kong |
Chinese-Mandarin and Chinese-Cantonese |
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Hyderabad Islamabad Jerusalem |
Hindi and Urdu Urdu and Persian-Dari Arabic and Hebrew |
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Kabul Kolkata |
Pashto and Persian-Dari Bengali and Hindi |
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Kyiv Mostar |
Ukrainian and Russian Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Serbo-Croatian |
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New Delhi |
Hindi and Urdu |
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Peshawar Podgorica Pristina |
Pashto, Persian-Dari and Urdu Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Serbo-Croatian Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Serbo-Croatian |
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Sarajevo |
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Serbo-Croatian |
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Taskhent |
Uzbek and Russian |
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Tbilisi |
Georgian and Russian |
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Tel Aviv |
Arabic and Hebrew |
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Yerevan |
Armenian and Russian |
NOTE: Arabic may be used to qualify for language-incentive pay at the following posts where French and Arabic are spoken: Algiers, Beirut, Casablanca, Nouakchott, Rabat, and Tunis. Additionally, Russian may be used to qualify for language-incentive pay in Chisinau.