THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF BI-MONTHLY OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE AND OVERSEAS COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE REVIEWS EFFECTIVE 16 AUGUST 2015, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: ALASKA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, BELARUS, BRAZIL, BURMA, CANADA, CAYMAN ISLANDS, CHILE, COLOMBIA, EGYPT, GHANA, GUATEMALA, HAITI, HUNGARY, ISRAEL, JAPAN, JORDAN, KENYA, KOREA, LESOTHO, MACEDONIA, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, NAMIBIA, NEPAL, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PARAGUAY, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SIERRA LEONE, SOUTH AFRICA, SUDAN, SWAZILAND, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, SYRIA, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TUNISIA, UGANDA, UKRAINE AND URUGUAY THE REVIEWS ARE GROUPED BY TYPE OF ALLOWANCE (SECTION A: COST-OF- LIVING; SECTION B: OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE; SECTION C: EXCHANGE RATES, SECTION D: NO CHANGES BASED ON REVIEW); THEREFORE, A COUNTRY/ MAY BE LISTED IN MORE THAN ONE SECTION OF THE MESSAGE. SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDEXES: COUNTRY: (AK) ALASKA 124 118 005 COUNTRY: (AU) AUSTRALIA 130 N/C 011 122 N/C 005, 013, 015, 023, 027, 030, 039, 099, 999 128 N/C 001 138 N/C 009, 010, 017, 019, 022, 035, 037, 100, 199 130 N/C 025 COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL 104 None 001 None N/C 015 106 None 005 104 None 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D Page 1 of 15
COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA 120 116 033, 036, 053, 073, 999 120 116 003, 025, 029, 044, 061 120 114 045 136 130 013, 037, 076, 077 128 120 009, 081, 091 124 118 069 130 124 089 COUNTRY: (CL) CHILE 112 108 001, 004, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (EG) EGYPT None N/C 001, 002, 003, 006, 007, 999 COUNTRY: (GT) GUATEMALA 128 N/C 001, 999 COUNTRY: (IL) ISRAEL 134 N/C 001 142 N/C 002 COUNTRY: (JP) JAPAN 116 N/C 045 138 N/C 003, 021 128 N/C 009, 011, 015, 022, 029, 031, 069, 072 114 N/C 023 116 N/C 027 106 N/C 007, 033, 065, 073, 077, 998 118 N/C 019 122 N/C 041, 049 130 N/C 018, 052, 053 126 N/C 061 126 N/C 016, 057 120 N/C 035 120 N/C 080, 106 114 N/C 067 COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA 118 132 001, 003, 011, 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D Page 2 of 15
COUNTRY: (KR) KOREA 114 N/C 007, 010, 035, 050 114 N/C 017, 045, 047, 070, 176, 178, 999 126 124 015, 030 122 120 140, 175 120 N/C 005 112 N/C 025 122 120 065 112 110 177 COUNTRY: (LS) LESOTHO None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA 102 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (MY) MALAYSIA 126 124 001, 999 COUNTRY: (MX) MEXICO 102 N/C 005, 015, 455, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560 102 None 500 None N/C 561, 999 COUNTRY: (NA) NAMIBIA None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND 138 N/C 006, 999 142 N/C 003 COUNTRY: (PG) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 136 140 555, 999 COUNTRY: (PY) PARAGUAY 114 N/C 003, 999 COUNTRY: (PH) PHILIPPINES 112 110 003, 005, 701 None N/C 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D Page 3 of 15
COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND 102 N/C 001, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA 120 118 999 COUNTRY: (ZA) SOUTH AFRICA 110 108 002 128 126 005, 100 108 106 999 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWAZILAND 104 102 999 COUNTRY: (SE) SWEDEN 146 140 001, 003, 999 COUNTRY: (CH) SWITZERLAND 214 198 001, 005, 009, 999 COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN 132 128 999 COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND 128 126 001, 075 None N/C 011 122 120 006 COUNTRY: (TN) TUNISIA 108 106 999 COUNTRY: (UG) UGANDA None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY 114 110 003, 999 Page 4 of 15
SECTION B APPENDIX K, TABLE I - OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCES: NOTE: FOR MOST COUNTRIES, OHA TABLES ARE PUBLISHED IN LOCAL CURRENCY. ALL CURRENCY CHANGES ARE REPORTED IN SECTION C. COUNTRY: (AR) ARGENTINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.107666 ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES 012 42728 42728 39010 36120 32369 32369 OTHER 999 29722 29722 29722 18576 18576 18576 ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES 012 39010 36120 36120 36120 32369 28155 28155 OTHER 999 29722 18576 18576 18576 18576 16166 16166 COUNTRY: (AU) AUSTRALIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.721085 COUNTRY: (BY) BELARUS RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000065 COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.278211 COUNTRY: (MM) BURMA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.00081 COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.746213 COUNTRY: (KY) CAYMAN ISLANDS RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1 COUNTRY: (CL) CHILE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.001432 CHILE: CL SANTIAGO 001 2793600 2793600 2688567 2463292 1785892 1785892 GREATER VALPARAISO AREA 004 1606320 1606320 1606320 1606320 1261251 1261251 OTHER 999 1222224 1222224 1222224 1197389 1075823 1075823 Page 5 of 15
CHILE: CL SANTIAGO 001 2688567 2463292 2463292 2463292 1785892 1553723 1553723 GREATER VALPARAISO AREA 004 1606320 1606320 1606320 1606320 1261251 1097286 1097286 OTHER 999 1222224 1197389 1197389 1197389 1075823 935961 935961 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000328 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA 001 13345775 13104680 13104680 12867646 12182303 12182303 CARTAGENA 003 10555339 10049628 10049628 10049628 7259211 7259211 OTHER 999 7125295 7125295 7125295 7125295 6408964 6408964 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA 001 13104680 12867646 12867646 12867646 12182303 11281110 11281110 CARTAGENA 003 10049628 10049628 10049628 10049628 7259211 6315513 6315513 OTHER 999 7125295 7125295 7125295 7125295 6408964 5638060 5638060 COUNTRY: (EG) EGYPT RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.126088 EGYPT: EG ABU-HAMED 007 SAME AS OTHER ALEXANDRIA 002 SAME AS CAIRO CAIRO 001 28199 28199 28199 28199 11070 11070 BENI SUEF (INCL SAKARA AB, JIYANKLIS) 003 SAME AS OTHER ISMAILIA 006 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 5538 5538 5538 5538 5538 5538 EGYPT: EG ABU-HAMED 007 SAME AS OTHER ALEXANDRIA 002 SAME AS CAIRO CAIRO 001 28199 28199 28199 28199 11070 11070 11070 BENI SUEF (INCL SAKARA AB, JIYANKLIS) 003 SAME AS OTHER ISMAILIA 006 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 5538 5538 5538 5538 5538 4817 4817 Page 6 of 15
COUNTRY: (GH) GHANA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.263019 COUNTRY: (GT) GUATEMALA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.131666 GUATEMALA: GT GUATEMALA CITY 001 22786 22023 22023 21798 19668 19668 OTHER 999 9681 9681 8542 8542 8542 8542 GUATEMALA: GT GUATEMALA CITY 001 22023 21798 21798 21798 19668 17111 17111 OTHER 999 8542 8542 8542 8542 8542 7435 7435 COUNTRY: (HT) HAITI RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.018863 COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.003459 COUNTRY: (IL) ISRAEL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.265027 COUNTRY: (JP) JAPAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.008219 COUNTRY: (JO) JORDAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.424704 COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.009781 KENYA: KE KISUMU 011 78424 71570 66560 55205 47035 47035 MOMBASA 001 127497 114095 114095 109595 101937 101937 NAIROBI 003 157761 143547 123901 123901 123901 123901 OTHER 999 32655 32655 32655 32655 32655 32655 KENYA: KE KISUMU 011 66560 55205 55205 55205 47035 40909 40909 MOMBASA 001 114095 109595 109595 109595 101937 91608 91608 NAIROBI 003 123901 123901 123901 123901 123901 123901 123901 OTHER 999 32655 32655 32655 32655 32655 32655 32655 Page 7 of 15
COUNTRY: (KR) KOREA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000864 COUNTRY: (MY) MALAYSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.253884 COUNTRY: (MX) MEXICO CHANGE CODE(S): D, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.060617 MEXICO: MX CIUDAD JUAREZ 555 SAME AS OTHER GUADALAJARA 005 39592 39592 39592 39592 24611 24611 HERMOSILLO 561 SAME AS OTHER MATAMOROS 556 SAME AS OTHER MERIDA 557 SAME AS OTHER MEXICO CITY 455 57742 56090 55265 51141 47586 47586 MONTERREY 500 39592 39592 39592 39592 35635 35635 NOGALES 558 SAME AS OTHER NUEVO LAREDO 559 SAME AS OTHER TIJUANA 560 SAME AS OTHER VERACRUZ 015 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 21823 21823 21823 18151 17378 17378 MEXICO: MX CIUDAD JUAREZ 555 SAME AS OTHER GUADALAJARA 005 39592 39592 39592 39592 24611 21406 21406 HERMOSILLO 561 SAME AS OTHER MATAMOROS 556 SAME AS OTHER MERIDA 557 SAME AS OTHER MEXICO CITY 455 55265 51141 51141 51141 47586 41402 41402 MONTERREY 500 39592 39592 39592 39592 35635 32993 32993 NOGALES 558 SAME AS OTHER NUEVO LAREDO 559 SAME AS OTHER TIJUANA 560 SAME AS OTHER VERACRUZ 015 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 21823 18151 18151 18151 17378 15129 15129 COUNTRY: (NP) NEPAL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.009804 Page 8 of 15
COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND CHANGE CODE(S): D, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.644621 NEW ZEALAND: NZ CHRISTCHURCH 003 2500 2500 2500 2500 N/C N/C WELLINGTON 006 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 3400 3400 3400 N/C N/C N/C NEW ZEALAND: NZ CHRISTCHURCH 003 2500 2500 2500 2500 N/C N/C N/C WELLINGTON 006 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 3400 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C COUNTRY: (NI) NICARAGUA CHANGE CODE(S): D NI NICARAGUA 999 63226 63226 N/C N/C N/C N/C COUNTRY: (PY) PARAGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000192 PARAGUAY PY ASUNCION 003 14048369 14048369 10926510 10926510 10728331 10728331 PARAGUAY PY ASUNCION 003 10926510 10926510 10926510 10926510 10728331 9333648 9333648 COUNTRY: (PH) PHILIPPINES RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.021685 PHILIPPINES PH METROPOLITAN MANILA (INCL RIZAL PROV)(FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) 701 165487 165487 165487 139036 136082 136082 Page 9 of 15
PHILIPPINES PH METROPOLITAN MANILA (INCL RIZAL PROV)(FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) 701 165487 139036 139036 139036 136082 118391 118391 COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.259424 COUNTRY: (RU) RUSSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.015035 COUNTRY: (SL) SIERRA LEONE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000203 COUNTRY: (ZA) SOUTH AFRICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.077507 COUNTRY: (SD) SUDAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.151515 COUNTRY: (SE) SWEDEN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.113289 COUNTRY: (CH) SWITZERLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.994036 COUNTRY: (SY) SYRIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.004564 COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.031189 COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.028049 P THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) 075 162822 161109 153803 152130 135910 135910 THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) 075 153803 152130 152130 152130 135910 131320 131320 COUNTRY: (TN) TUNISIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.500275 Page 10 of 15
COUNTRY: (UG) UGANDA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000287 COUNTRY: (UA) UKRAINE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.046369 UKRAINE UA KIEV 555 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 118616 118616 118616 97246 86261 86261 UKRAINE UA KIEV 555 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 118616 97246 97246 97246 86261 75484 75484 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.034396 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO 003 130833 130833 130833 107569 98296 98296 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO 003 130833 107569 107569 107569 98296 90413 90413 Page 11 of 15
SECTION C EXCHANGE RATE INFORMATION: CHANGES TO ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON VALUE FLUCTUATIONS OF FOREIGN MONETARY UNITS IN RELATION TO THE U.S. DOLLAR. EXCHANGE RATES USED BY THE COMMITTEE FOLLOW: FROM TO ARGENTINA 9.157 9.288 AUSTRALIA 1.3829 1.3868 BELARUS 14938 15472 BRAZIL 3.1444 3.5944 BURMA 1113 1234.2 CANADA 1.2587 1.3401 CAYMAN ISLANDS 0.82 1 CHILE 658 698.4 COLOMBIA 2822.3 3047.6 EGYPT 7.676 7.931 GHANA 3.3014 3.802 GUATEMALA 7.59 7.595 HAITI 56.283 53.015 HUNGARY 271.58 289.1 ISRAEL 3.7834 3.7732 JAPAN 121.95 121.67 JORDAN 0.7131 0.7019 KENYA 104.07 102.24 KOREA 1137.1 1157.8 LESOTHO 12.492 12.902 MACEDONIA (COLA) 57.74 56.73 MALAYSIA 3.8339 3.9388 MEXICO 16.098 16.497 NAMIBIA 12.492 12.902 NEPAL 98.78 102 NEW ZEALAND 1.5481 1.5513 PARAGUAY 5262.4 5203.1 PHILIPPINES 45.458 46.114 POLAND 3.8175 3.8547 ROMANIA (COLA) 3.9229 4.0879 RUSSIA 58.05 66.51 SIERRA LEONE 4049.8 4934 SOUTH AFRICA 12.492 12.902 SUDAN 5.975 6.6 SWAZILAND 12.492 12.902 SWEDEN 8.416 8.827 SWITZERLAND 0.9132 1.006 SYRIA 188.83 219.11 TAIWAN 30.598 32.063 Page 12 of 15
FROM TO THAILAND 34.802 35.652 TUNISIA 1.9137 1.9989 UGANDA 3373.1 3483.9 UKRAINE 20.892 21.566 URUGUAY 27.823 29.073 EXCHANGE RATE (TO 1 DLR U.S.) Page 13 of 15
SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: None Page 14 of 15
ADDITIONAL NOTES: 1. ALLOWANCE CHANGES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM TWO OTHER SOURCES: THE NORMAL TRANSACTION FILE, DISPATCHED TO ALL DFAS FINANCE CENTERS VIA DEFENSE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT OFFICE (DTMO) AND THE DTMO WEBSITE (http://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/stationall.cfm). THOSE OFFICES AND ORGANIZATIONS NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE ALLOWANCE CHANGES VIA EITHER MODE MENTIONED ABOVE SHOULD ACCESS THE DATA THROUGH THEIR NORMAL FINANCE CENTER ORGANIZATION OR PARENT AGENCY. 2. WHERE PRACTICAL, ONLY LOCALITIES WHICH WERE REVIEWED ARE LISTED. LOCALITIES NOT LISTED REMAIN UNCHANGED. NO LISTING IS DELETED UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED. 3. COST-OF-LIVING AND OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE (OHA) CHANGE CODE SYMBOLS ARE: 'D' (CHANGES BASED ON NEW COST DATA), N (NO CHANGES BASED ON NEW COST DATA) AND 'X' (CHANGES BASED ON A FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE ADJUSTMENT) 4. DATA CHANGES TO COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON REVIEW OF RETAIL PRICE SCHEDULES RECEIVED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE OR FROM COMMANDS. 5. DATA CHANGES TO OHA RENTAL ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON REVIEW OF DFAS FINANCE CENTER DATA AND/OR SUPPLEMENTAL DATA FROM COMMANDS; CHANGES TO UTILITY/RECURRING MAINTENANCE AND TO MOVE-IN HOUSING (MIHA)/MISCELLANEOUS ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON REVIEW OF HOUSING SURVEYS SUBMITTED BY PERSONNEL. 6. POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH O CONNOR COMM (571) 372-1272, OR E-MAIL: joseph.oconnor.civ@mail.mil Page 15 of 15