THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF BI-MONTHLY OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE AND OVERSEAS COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE REVIEWS EFFECTIVE 16 MAY 2015, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: ARGENTINA, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, BURKINA FASO, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CURACAO, DENMARK, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA, FIJI, FRANCE, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GREECE, GRENADA, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, INDIA, ISRAEL, ITALY, KENYA, KOREA, KUWAIT, KYRGYZSTAN, LESOTHO, MALAYSIA, MAURITIUS, MEXICO, MOROCCO, NAMIBIA, NICARAGUA, NORWAY, PARAGUAY, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, RUSSIA, SERBIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWAZILAND, SWEDEN, SYRIA, TAIWAN, TANZANIA, TURKEY, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY, UZBEKISTAN AND VIETNAM 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: (BR) BRAZIL 102 108 001 None 104 015 104 110 005 102 108 999 COUNTRY: (CL) CHILE 114 122 001, 004, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (CN) CHINA 144 148 005, 010 130 132 999 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA None 106 001, 003, 999 COUNTRY: (CW) CURACAO 132 128 999 COUNTRY: (GT) GUATEMALA 126 N/C 001, 999 Page 1 of 14
COUNTRY: (HN) HONDURAS 104 102 001, 999 COUNTRY: (IN) INDIA 118 116 001, 557, 999 110 108 050 116 114 555 114 112 556 COUNTRY: (IL) ISRAEL 130 134 001 138 142 002 COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY 120 126 028, 073, 090, 092, 100 118 124 035, 059 124 130 031 126 132 055 122 128 025 COUNTRY: (KR) KOREA 118 N/C 007, 010, 035, 050 118 120 017, 045, 047, 070, 176, 178, 999 132 134 015, 030 124 126 140, 175 124 126 005 114 116 025 124 126 065 114 118 177 COUNTRY: (KW) KUWAIT 126 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (LS) LESOTHO None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (MU) MAURITIUS 110 112 999 Page 2 of 14
COUNTRY: (MX) MEXICO 106 N/C 005, 015, 455, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560 104 N/C 500 None N/C 561, 999 COUNTRY: (MA) MOROCCO 120 122 555, 999 COUNTRY: (NA) NAMIBIA None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (NI) NICARAGUA 108 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY 138 N/C 003, 021 140 N/C 001, 005, 007, 016, 025 COUNTRY: (PY) PARAGUAY 116 N/C 003, 999 COUNTRY: (PE) PERU 122 120 005, 999 COUNTRY: (PH) PHILIPPINES 116 112 003, 005, 701 None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (RS) SERBIA None N/C 060, 999 COUNTRY: (ZA) SOUTH AFRICA 118 120 002 110 112 005, 100 108 110 999 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWAZILAND 106 N/C 999 Page 3 of 14
COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN 128 134 999 COUNTRY: (TR) TURKEY 102 N/C 005 112 N/C 003 104 N/C 007, 999 None N/C 001 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY 114 116 003, 999 Page 4 of 14
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: $0.111433 ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES 012 41283 41283 37690 34899 31274 31274 OTHER 999 28716 28716 28716 17948 17948 17948 ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES 012 37690 34899 34899 34899 31274 27202 27202 OTHER 999 28716 17948 17948 17948 17948 15620 15620 COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM MIHA\Security is authorized for Belgium COUNTRY: (BO) BOLIVIA MIHA\Security is authorized for Bolivia COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.335931 COUNTRY: (BF) BURKINA FASO MIHA\Security is authorized for Burkina Faso COUNTRY: (CL) CHILE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.001673 CHILE: CL SANTIAGO 001 2390400 2390400 2300526 2107765 1528134 1528134 GREATER VALPARAISO AREA 004 1374480 1374480 1374480 1374480 1079215 1079215 OTHER 999 1045821 1045821 1045821 1024569 920549 920549 Page 5 of 14
CHILE: CL SANTIAGO 001 2300526 2107765 2107765 2107765 1528134 1329475 1329475 GREATER VALPARAISO AREA 004 1374480 1374480 1374480 1374480 1079215 938915 938915 OTHER 999 1045821 1024569 1024569 1024569 920549 800874 800874 COUNTRY: (CN) CHINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.162602 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000432 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA 001 10131508 9948480 9948480 9768534 9248253 9248253 CARTAGENA 003 8013136 7629223 7629223 7629223 5510865 5510865 OTHER 999 5409202 5409202 5409202 5409202 4865395 4865395 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA 001 9948480 9768534 9768534 9768534 9248253 8564109 8564109 CARTAGENA 003 7629223 7629223 7629223 7629223 5510865 4794452 4794452 OTHER 999 5409202 5409202 5409202 5409202 4865395 4280160 4280160 COUNTRY: (DK) DENMARK MIHA\Security is authorized for Denmark COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE MIHA\Security is authorized for France COUNTRY: (GE) GEORGIA MIHA\Security is authorized for Georgia COUNTRY: (DE) GERMANY MIHA\Security is authorized for Germany COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE MIHA\Security is authorized for Greece COUNTRY: (GT) GUATEMALA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.12791 GUATEMALA: GT GUATEMALA CITY 001 23455 22671 22671 22438 20246 20246 OTHER 999 9966 9966 8793 8793 8793 8793 Page 6 of 14
GUATEMALA: GT GUATEMALA CITY 001 22671 22438 22438 22438 20246 17614 17614 OTHER 999 8793 8793 8793 8793 8793 7653 7653 COUNTRY: (HN) HONDURAS RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.045306 HONDURAS: HN TEGUCIGALPA 001 44144 44144 39731 39237 33281 33281 OTHER 999 30018 28914 26486 26486 26486 26486 HONDURAS: HN TEGUCIGALPA 001 39731 39237 39237 39237 33281 33281 33281 OTHER 999 26486 26486 26486 26486 26486 23042 23042 COUNTRY: (IN) INDIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.015504 COUNTRY: (IL) ISRAEL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.262 COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY MIHA\Security is authorized for Italy COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.010421 KENYA: KE KISUMU 011 73608 67174 62472 51814 44146 44146 MOMBASA 001 119665 107087 107087 102863 95676 95676 NAIROBI 003 148071 134731 116291 116291 116291 116291 OTHER 999 30649 30649 30649 30649 30649 30649 KENYA: KE KISUMU 011 62472 51814 51814 51814 44146 38397 38397 MOMBASA 001 107087 102863 102863 102863 95676 85980 85980 NAIROBI 003 116291 116291 116291 116291 116291 116291 116291 OTHER 999 30649 30649 30649 30649 30649 30649 30649 MIHA\Security is authorized for Kenya Page 7 of 14
COUNTRY: (KR) KOREA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000965 COUNTRY: (KW) KUWAIT RATE OF EXCHANGE: $3.298153 COUNTRY: (KG) KYRGYZSTAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.016892 COUNTRY: (MY) MALAYSIA MIHA\Security is authorized for Malaysia COUNTRY: (MU) MAURITIUS RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.02883 COUNTRY: (MX) MEXICO, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.06428 MEXICO: MX CIUDAD JUAREZ 555 SAME AS OTHER GUADALAJARA 005 37336 37336 37336 37336 23209 23209 HERMOSILLO 561 SAME AS OTHER MATAMOROS 556 SAME AS OTHER MERIDA 557 SAME AS OTHER MEXICO CITY 455 54451 52894 52116 48134 44874 44874 MONTERREY 500 37336 37336 37336 37336 33604 33604 NOGALES 558 SAME AS OTHER NUEVO LAREDO 559 SAME AS OTHER TIJUANA 560 SAME AS OTHER VERACRUZ 015 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 20579 20579 20579 17117 16388 16388 MEXICO: MX CIUDAD JUAREZ 555 SAME AS OTHER GUADALAJARA 005 37336 37336 37336 37336 23209 20186 20186 HERMOSILLO 561 SAME AS OTHER MATAMOROS 556 SAME AS OTHER MERIDA 557 SAME AS OTHER MEXICO CITY 455 52116 48134 48134 48134 44874 39043 39043 MONTERREY 500 37336 37336 37336 37336 33604 31113 31113 NOGALES 558 SAME AS OTHER NUEVO LAREDO 559 SAME AS OTHER TIJUANA 560 SAME AS OTHER VERACRUZ 015 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 20579 17117 17117 17117 16388 14267 14267 MIHA\Security is authorized for Mexico Page 8 of 14
COUNTRY: (MA) MOROCCO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.100837 MIHA\Security is authorized for Morocco, X COUNTRY: (NI) NICARAGUA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.036773 NI NICARAGUA 999 62543 62543 54388 51672 51672 51672 NI NICARAGUA 999 54388 51672 51672 51672 51672 46233 46233 COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.124766 MIHA\Security is authorized for Norway, X COUNTRY: (PY) PARAGUAY, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000196 PARAGUAY PY ASUNCION 003 13750289 13750289 10694670 10694670 10500697 10500697 PARAGUAY PY ASUNCION 003 10694670 10694670 10694670 10694670 10500697 9135606 9135606 COUNTRY: (PE) PERU RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.315696 PERU: PE LIMA 005 12672 12672 12353 11132 9106 9106 OTHER 999 3242 3242 3242 3242 2804 2804 PERU: PE LIMA 005 12353 11132 11132 11132 9106 7969 7969 OTHER 999 3242 3242 3242 3242 2804 2438 2438 Page 9 of 14
COUNTRY: (PH) PHILIPPINES RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.022188 PHILIPPINES: PH METROPOLITAN MANILA (INCL RIZAL PROV)(FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) 701 161737 161737 161737 135884 132998 132998 PHILIPPINES: PH METROPOLITAN MANILA (INCL RIZAL PROV)(FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) 701 161737 135884 135884 135884 132998 115708 115708 COUNTRY: (RU) RUSSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.022002 MIHA\Security is authorized for Russia COUNTRY: (RS) SERBIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.009302 COUNTRY: (ZA) SOUTH AFRICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.082563 COUNTRY: (ES) SPAIN MIHA\Security is authorized for Spain COUNTRY: (SY) SYRIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.004576 COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.033151 COUNTRY: (TZ) TANZANIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000504, X COUNTRY: (TR) TURKEY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.36479 TURKEY: TR ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) 001 1515 1515 1515 1373 1373 1373 ANKARA 003 4866 4797 4571 4571 4241 4241 ISTANBUL 005 5477 5307 5307 5307 4921 4921 IZMIR 007 4570 4166 3990 3990 3889 3889 OTHER 999 1396 1284 1284 1229 1191 1191 Page 10 of 14
TURKEY: TR ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) 001 1515 1373 1373 1373 1373 1191 1191 ANKARA 003 4571 4571 4571 4571 4241 3701 3701 ISTANBUL 005 5307 5307 5307 5307 4921 4293 4293 IZMIR 007 3990 3990 3990 3990 3889 3653 3653 OTHER 999 1284 1229 1229 1229 1191 1029 1029 COUNTRY: (UA) UKRAINE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.050018 UKRAINE UA KIEV 555 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 109963 109963 109963 89970 79969 79969 UKRAINE UA KIEV 555 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 109963 89970 89970 89970 79969 69977 69977 COUNTRY: (GB) UNITED KINGDOM MIHA\Security is authorized for United Kingdom COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.037542 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO 003 119870 119870 119870 93226 90060 90060 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO 003 119870 93226 93226 93226 90060 82837 82837 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 COUNTRY: (VN) VIETNAM MIHA\Security is authorized for Vietnam Page 11 of 14
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 8.934 8.974 BRAZIL 3.2435 2.9768 CHILE 640.1 597.6 CHINA 6.291 6.15 COLOMBIA 2590 2313.6 GUATEMALA 7.687 7.818 HONDURAS 21.962 22.072 INDIA 61.81 64.5 ISRAEL 3.9757 3.8168 KENYA 94.37 95.96 KOREA 1076.3 1036.7 KUWAIT 0.3043 0.3032 KYRGYZSTAN 62.42 59.2 LESOTHO 12.256 12.112 MAURITIUS 36.242 34.686 MEXICO 15.563 15.557 MOROCCO 10.05 9.917 NAMIBIA 12.256 12.112 NICARAGUA 26.801 27.194 NORWAY 7.989 8.015 PARAGUAY 5068.3 5092.7 PERU 3.1547 3.1676 PHILIPPINES 43.715 45.069 RUSSIA 49.22 45.45 SERBIA 111.93 107.5 SOUTH AFRICA 12.256 12.112 SWAZILAND 12.256 12.112 SYRIA 211.48 218.51 TAIWAN 31.634 30.165 TANZANIA 1897.8 1983.6 TURKEY 2.7428 2.7413 UKRAINE 23.694 19.993 URUGUAY 27.304 26.637 EXCHANGE RATE (TO 1 DLR U.S.) Page 12 of 14
SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: COUNTRY: (AR) ARGENTINA Effective 16 May 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Argentina based on data review. COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM Effective 16 May 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Belgium based on data review. COUNTRY: (FM) FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA Effective 16 May 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Federated States Of Micronesia based on data review. COUNTRY: (FJ) FIJI Effective 16 May 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Fiji based on data review. COUNTRY: (GE) GEORGIA Effective 16 May 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Georgia based on data review. COUNTRY: (GD) GRENADA Effective 16 May 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Grenada based on data review. COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND Effective 16 May 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Poland based on data review. COUNTRY: (SE) SWEDEN Effective 16 May 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Sweden based on data review. COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN Effective 16 May 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Taiwan based on data review. COUNTRY: (UZ) UZBEKISTAN Effective 16 May 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Uzbekistan based on data review. Page 13 of 14
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 14 of 14