Appendix B – Post Rating Levels and Additional Allowances

Effective Date: August 1, 2026

This table reflects the post rating levels and the additional allowances as established in accordance with paragraph 58.1.1(b) and section 58.5 of this directive.

Post	Post Rating Level	Temporary Level/ Special Payment FSD 58.5.1 (Effective Date)
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire	V
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	II	III (2026/02/28 – 2026/07/31)
Abuja, Nigeria	V
Accra, Ghana	IV
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	V
Algiers, Algeria	V
Amman, Jordan	III
Ankara, Turkey	III
Astana, Kazakhstan (formerly Nur-Sultan)	V
Athens, Greece	I
Baghdad, Iraq	V	20% (2026/02/01)
Bamako, Mali	V	15% (2026/02/01)
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam	III
Bangalore, India	III
Bangkok, Thailand	IV
Beijing, China	IV
Beirut, Lebanon	V
Belgrade, Serbia	III
Bogotá, Colombia	III
Brasilia, Brazil	III
Bratislava, Slovakia	I
Bucharest, Romania	II
Budapest, Hungary	I
Buenos Aires, Argentina	I
Bydgoszcz, Poland	I
Cairo, Egypt	V
Caracas, Venezuela	V
Chandigarh, India	III
Chongqing, China	IV
Colombo, Sri Lanka	IV
Cotonou, Benin	V
Dakar, Senegal	IV
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	V
Dhaka, Bangladesh	V
Doha, Qatar	III
Dubai, United Arab Emirates	II	III (2026/02/28 – 2026/07/31)
Elblag, Poland	I
Georgetown, Guyana	IV
Guadalajara, Mexico	II
Guangzhou, China	IV
Guatemala, Guatemala	IV
Hanoi, Vietnam	V
Harare, Zimbabwe	V
Havana, Cuba	V
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	IV
Hong Kong, China	I
Islamabad, Pakistan	V
Istanbul, Turkey	III
Izmir, Turkey	IV
Jakarta, Indonesia	III
Johannesburg, South Africa	III
Juba, South Sudan	V	40% (2026/04/01 – 2026/08/31)
Khartoum, Sudan	V
Kigali, Rwanda	V
Kingston, Jamaica	IV
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo	V
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	II
Kuwait City, Kuwait	IV
Kyiv, Ukraine	V
La Paz, Bolivia	IV
Lagos, Nigeria	V
Lima, Peru	III
Lusaka, Zambia	III
Managua, Nicaragua	V
Manila, Philippines	III
Maputo, Mozambique	V
Mexico, Mexico	II
Monterrey, Mexico	III
Montevideo, Uruguay	I
Moscow, Russia	IV	V (2024/02/01 – 2026/12/31)
Mumbai, India	III
Nagoya, Japan	I
Nairobi, Kenya	V
Naples, Italy	I
New Delhi, India	IV
Nuuk, Greenland	II
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	V
Panama City, Panama	II
Phnom Penh, Cambodia	V
Port-au-Prince, Haiti	V	60% (2025/12/01)
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	III
Pretoria, South Africa	II
Pyeongtaek, South Korea	II
Quito, Ecuador	III
Rabat, Morocco	II
Ramallah, West Bank	V
Riga, Latvia	I
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	II
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	V
San José, Costa Rica	II
San Salvador, El Salvador	IV
Santiago, Chile	I
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	III
São Paulo, Brazil	II
Semarang, Indonesia	III
Seoul, South Korea	II
Shanghai, China	III
Sibiu, Romania	III
Suva, Fiji	III
Szczecin, Poland	I
Taipei, Taiwan	II
Tallinn, Estonia	I
Tartu, Estonia	I
Tegucigalpa, Honduras	V
Tel Aviv, Israel	III
Thule, Greenland	II
Tokyo, Japan	I
Tunis, Tunisia	III
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	V
Vientiane, Laos	V
Vilnius, Lithuania	I
Vyskov, Czech Republic	I
Warsaw, Poland	I
Yangon, Myanmar	V
Yaoundé, Cameroon	V
Yerevan, Armenia	IV
Yokosuka, Japan	I
Zagreb, Croatia	II

* Special Risk Premium – paragraph 58.5.1(f)

Notes:

The post rating levels and the additional allowances as shown in this appendix shall be revised and amended by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the recommendation of the appropriate foreign service interdepartmental coordinating committee, as and when required.
Notwithstanding section 107 of the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act, revisions to this appendix shall not constitute a change in terms and conditions of employment for employees subject to the Foreign Service Directives.