Table C10.T12. | Defense Security Cooperation Agency

Table C10.T12. Daily Supplemental Living Allowances for International Military Students under United States Government Funded Security Assistance and Security Cooperation Programs

#	Govt or Contracted Govt Quarters	Mess	Dependents Encouraged	Authorized Dependents Accompany Student	Living Allowance Rate	Remarks
1	Yes	No	No		Actual cost of lodging and utilities (not-to-exceed (NTE) maximum lodging rates stated in the Joint Federal Travel Regulation (JTR)) + JTR local meal rate + $11 special International Military Student (IMS) incidentals
2	No	No	No		Actual cost of lodging and utilities (NTE maximum lodging rates stated in JTR) + JFTR local meal rate + $11 special IMS incidentals	A statement of non-availability or equivalent must be issued to the IMS and filed with voucher. IMS must also provide lodging and utility receipts and, if applicable, a copy of rental agreement or lodging receipt.
3	Yes	Yes		No	Actual cost of lodging and utilities (NTE maximum lodging rates stated in JTR) + JTR government meal rate + $11 special IMS incidentals
4	Yes	One or two meals are available	No		Actual cost of lodging and utilities (NTE maximum lodging rates stated in JTR) + JTR proportional meal rate + $11 special IMS incidentals
5	Yes and free of charge	Yes and free of charge	No		$11 special IMS incidentals
6	Yes and free of charge	Available aboard ship	No		Government meal rate + $11 special IMS incidentals
7	Yes but International Military Student chooses to live off base/post				$0
8	No	No	Yes	Yes	Actual cost of lodging and utilities (NTE maximum lodging rates stated in JTR) + JTR local meal rate + $11 special IMS incidentals	Availability of quarters is based upon the availability of government family housing. IMS must provide lodging and utility receipts and, if applicable, a copy of the rental agreement, and certify that dependents reside with IMS for at least 75% of the course duration.
9	Yes	No	Yes		Actual cost of lodging and utilities (NTE maximum lodging rates stated in JTR) + JTR local meal rate + $11 special IMS incidentals
10	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Actual cost of lodging and utilities (NTE maximum lodging rates stated in JTR) + JTR local meal rate + $11 special IMS incidentals	Availability of quarters is based upon the availability of government family housing.
11	Yes	One or two meals are available	Yes	Yes	Actual cost of lodging and utilities (NTE maximum lodging rates stated in JTR) + JTR local meal rate + $11 special IMS incidentals	Availability of quarters is based upon the availability of government family housing.
12	Bachelor Govt or Contracted Quarters are available but student chooses to reside off base/post		No	Yes	$0
13	N/A	N/A			Actual cost of lodging and utilities (NTE maximum lodging rates stated in JTR) + meals in accordance with JTR + applicable outside of the continental United States (OCONUS) incidentals.	When a student from one country is attending a regional Mobile Education and Training (MET) course in another country.

Additional Information for Table C10.T12.

Quarters available means that USG quarters or contracted government quarters were either furnished or made available.
Mess available means three meals per day are available in a USG dining facility, whether or not actually consumed.
When Travel and Living Allowance (TLA) is authorized, the travel allowance rate includes the day of departure from home country to the day of arrival at, and day of departure from, each training installation, and the day of arrival at home country. TLA rates, while the IMS is on travel status including unscheduled delays, are based on rates equal to the JTR per diem rates for U.S. personnel in a temporary duty (TDY) status. In most cases, students do not receive his/her first TLA payment until he/she has been in continental United States (CONUS) for two weeks; therefore, the Security Cooperation Organization (SCO) is authorized to advance the student sufficient funds in U.S. dollars to meet all expenses while the student is en route, to include not less than two weeks advance up to thirty days advance TLA. Any such advances must be annotated in the special conditions block of the International Travel Order (ITO) to prevent duplicate payment of entitlements at CONUS training activities.
When the IMS is scheduled to attend training for 5 weeks or less, the SCO is authorized to purchase roundtrip transportation and to pay the student total authorized living allowance entitlements at the time of departure. Government Transportation Request number (GTR #) and amounts paid for transportation and living allowances are annotated in the special conditions block of the ITO to prevent duplicate payment of entitlements.
If the duration of training at the last training installation is two weeks or less, and/or the last training installation has no means of paying the IMS, the International Military Student Officer (IMSO) at the next-to-last training installation arranges for advance payment of travel and living allowance for that period of time to the day of arrival at the next follow-on training installation or country. Except for periods of leave, the student ITO is endorsed in the Special Conditions Block to identify the period of time for which advanced living and travel allowances were made.
If it is determined that an IMS who has departed the CONUS or overseas training activity was overpaid in CONUS or at the overseas activity, no attempt would be made to collect the overpayment from the student. The IA determines whether a funding adjustment via the Security Cooperation (SC) training program is necessary.
Accompanied students living off post/base attending courses where dependents are encouraged and authorized (See Table C10.T11.), may draw a living allowance advance upon arrival in CONUS of an amount equal to the estimated living allowances for the first 45 days at a particular location. The student living allowance drawn during the period of training is adjusted to ensure that the amount of the advance is fully recovered before the student completes training at that location.
When an IMS with authorized dependents is subsequently hospitalized, the TLA rate must continue to be paid.
TLA is not authorized for leave periods before or following completion/termination of training. Leave with living allowance may be granted during periods of class breaks, authorized holidays, and between consecutive courses.
Guest instructors assigned to the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), the Inter-American Air Forces Academy (IAAFA) or the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS) are paid a living allowance based upon the installation's government quarters or government contracted quarters’ rates by grade and a standard subsistence allowance regardless of rank. Guest instructors’ allowances are paid out of the MILDEP’s Operations and Maintenance account, not SC training programs.
When an IMS is authorized TLA and is concurrently TDY, the IMS will be reimbursed for travel and per diem (lodging, subsistence and incidentals) in accordance with the JTR rate for the TDY location and if required, to pay rent/lodging while TDY, plus the lodging portion of the TLA authorized at the training location.
When the IMS pays for lodging, regardless of whether it is government lodging or commercial lodging, the IMS must provide a lodging receipt with each TLA claim. If a rental agreement has been signed, a copy of that agreement is also provided with each TLA claim. When the IMS resides in an apartment, the lodging expense includes the cost of standard utilities, furniture rental, and maid service, equal to what the JTR allows a U.S. military member on TDY renting an apartment.