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Current Issues

AFSA Board Resolution on Ambassador Qualifications

On March 5, AFSA's Governing Board passed a resolution on the ongoing issue of ambassadorial qualifications. Click to learn more. [Read More...]

The March FSJ is Out!

The March issue of The Foreign Service Journal is now available, and features six decades of diplomatic oral history. [Read More...]

Guidelines for Successful Performance as COM

AFSA's new guidelines for successful performance as a chief of mission have been published. Click here to read the document and for your opportunity to provide comments. [Read More...]

The 2013 AFSA Tax Guide

Our annual tax guide for Foreign Service members is now available. No other resource collects all necessary tax information for the Foreign Service in one place. We urge our members to make use of it. [Read More...]

AFSA Priorities: OCP

AFSA remains engaged on numerous issues of importance to our members. See what we are doing on Overseas Comparability Pay (OCP). [Read More...]

Of Member Interest

Latest AFSAnet Messages

Can't find that AFSAnet message from last week (or last month) in your email inbox? We've archived some of the more recent AFSAnet messages on our website for your convenience. [Read More...]

Who Can Join AFSA?

Any member of the U.S. Foreign Service, active-duty or retired and from any foreign affairs agency, may become a regular member of AFSA. All others may join as an associate member. [Read More...]

What is AFSA?

AFSA is the professional association of the U.S. Foreign Service and the exclusive bargaining agent for all Foreign Service employees in the five foreign affairs agencies. [Read More...]

Benefits of Membership

Retiree Counseling and Advice

Retired members receive extensive counseling and advice from our staff, free of charge. [Read More...]

Legal and Grievance Assistance

AFSA's dedicated legal staff offers assistance to our members free of charge, whether it relates to grievances, EER/AEF issues, tenure problems, etc. [Read More...]