For over eighty-five years, AFSA has been the collective voice of the foreign affairs community. This membership program is for retired Foreign Serivce employees, surviving spouses, and other federal retirees who served overseas in a diplomatic capacity.

Our Successes Include:

• Deflecting challenges to the high professional standards of the Foreign Service.
• Safeguarding your COLA from budgetary cuts.
• Ensuring that health-care reform proposals do not adversely affect your medical benefits.
• Expanding outreach to Congress and the public.

Benefits of AFSA Membership:

• Counseling and Advice AFSA assists members with problems related to annuities, claims, health care and other retirement issues.
• Congressional Activities AFSA regularly testifies before Congress on key issues of concern to you: cost-of-living increases, healthcare benefits, survivor annuities, professional issues and much more.
• Retiree newsletter AFSA produces a bimonthly newsletter exclusively for retired members.
• Foreign Service Journal AFSA's monthly magazine offers provacative articles that will keep you current on developments in foreign affairs.
• Foreign Policy Discussions AFSA coordinates a speakers program nationwide of top Foreign Service officials and other distinguished experts who discuss key issues and how they relate to U.S. foreign policy.
• Discount Insurance Rates AFSA offers big savings on insurance packages for long-term healthcare, dental, and accident.
• Zipcar Discounts Significant discounts on annual fees and hourly rates at Zipcar, the world's premier car club and sharing service.
• PetRelocation.com Discounts: AFSA members receive discounted service on pet moves, both domestic and international.
• Retiree Groups AFSA helps bring retirees together by assisting Foreign Service associations throughout the country.
• AFSA Bookstore AFSA provides an online purchase service in association with Amazon.com! Though many of these books may be found elsewhere on the Internet and in local bookstores, we encourage you to use the AFSA Bookstore as each sale made through our links to Amazon.com creates revenue for AFSA at no extra cost to the buyer.

Rates:

All retired FS employees, surviving spouses, and other federal retirees who served overseas in a diplomatic capacity are eligible for membership.

• Active Membership
• Retired Membership
• Associate Membership

• Active Form
• Retired Form
• Associate Form
• Payroll Deduction Form (PDF)
• Annuity Deduction Form (PDF)

Please print out an application or fill in a form to request an application, or just to receive additional information on AFSA membership.

You may also contact AFSA at the following address:

American Foreign Service Association
2101 E St NW
Washington, DC 20037

1-800-704-AFSA (within the U.S.)
(202) 338-4045
Fax: 202-338-6820
E-mail: retirees@afsa.org

Bonnie Brown
202-338-4045 ext. 509
brown@afsa.org