[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR11.5]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 11--APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 11.5  Certification for appointment to class 7 or 8.

    (a) Candidates will not be certified as eligible for appointment as 
Foreign Service officers of class 8 unless they are at least 21 years of 
age, is a citizen of the United States, and, if married, married to a 
citizen of the United States. A candidate may be certified as eligible 
for direct appointment to class 7 if, in addition to meeting these 
specifications, the candidate also has additional qualifications of 
experience, education, and age which the Board of Examiners for the 
Foreign Service currently defines as demonstrating ability and special 
skills for which there is a need in the Foreign Service. Recommended 
candidates who meet these requirements will be certified for 
appointment, in accordance with the needs of the Service, in the order 
of their standing on their respective registers.
    (b) Separate registers for Department of State candidates will be 
maintained for the administrative, consular, commercial/economic, and 
political functional specialties. Successful candidates for the U.S. 
Information Agency will have their names placed on a separate rank-order 
register and appointments will be made according to the needs of the 
Agency. Postponement of entrance on duty for required active military 
service, or required alternative service, civilian Government service 
abroad (to a maximum of 2

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years of such civilian service), or Peace Corps volunteer service, will 
be authorized. A candidate may be certified for appointment to class 7 
or 8 without first having passed an examination in a foreign language, 
but the appointment will be subject to the condition that the newly 
appointed officer may not receive more than one promotion unless, within 
a specified period of time, adequate proficiency in a foreign language 
is achieved.

(22 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.)

[37 FR 19356, Sept. 20, 1972, as amended at 38 FR 13640, May 24, 1973]