Definitions of Terms Used in Job Announcements

1. Eligible Family Member (EFM):
   U.S. citizen spouse or U.S. citizen child as referred to in 6 FAM 111.3, para R, (1) who is at least age 18, and who, in either case, is on the travel orders of a U.S. citizen Foreign or Civil Service employee or military service member permanently assigned to or stationed at a U.S. Foreign Service post or establishment abroad and under Chief of Mission authority.
2. Member of Household (MOH):
   Non-U.S. citizen spouses, dependent children not on the employee’s travel orders, unmarried partners of the same and opposite sex, parents, other relatives or adult children declared as an MOH to the Chief of Mission in writing but who fall outside the Department’s current legal and statutory definition of EFM.
3. Ordinarily Resident (OR):
   A citizen of the host country or a citizen of another country who has shifted the main residency focus to the host country (either permanently or temporarily) and would require work and/or residency permit to be employed in country. Any Ordinarily Resident American will receive a salary that is no less than U.S. minimum wage.
4. Non-Ordinarily Resident (NOR):
   Typically NORs are U.S. citizen Eligible Family Members and family members of Foreign Service, Civil Service, and military personnel who are on travel orders and under the Chief of Mission authority, or other personnel having diplomatic privileges and immunities.

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