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3 fah-1 h-3900
Language Programs

3 FAH-1 H-3910

LANGUAGE-INCENTIVE PAY (LIP)

(CT:POH-174; 11-23-2015)
(Office of Origin: HR/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:

Arabic	Hebrew	Persian-Dari
Armenian	Hindi	Persian-Farsi**
Azerbaijani	Japanese	Persian-Tajiki
Bengali	Kazakh	Russian
Burmese	Kinyarwana/Rwanda	Serbo-Croatian***
Cambodian-Khmer	Kirghiz	Tamil
Chinese-Cantonese	Korean	Turkish
Chinese-Mandarin	Kurdish	Turkmen
Dari	Lao	Ukrainian
Farsi	Mongolian	Urdu
Georgian	Nepali/Nepalese	Uzbek
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:

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.

 

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