---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.1032"
title: "20"
number: "404.1032"
heading: "Work for a foreign government."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.1032"
---

# §404.1032. Work for a foreign government.


If you work as an employee of a foreign government in any capacity, your work is excluded from employment. If you are a citizen of the United States and work in the United States as an employee of a foreign government, you are considered to be self-employed ([§ 404.1068(d)](/cfr/20/404.1068.md?p=d)).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 202(v), 205(a), 209, 210, 211, 229(a), 230, 231, and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(v), 405(a), 409, 410, 411, 429(a), 430, 431, and 902(a)(5)) and 48 U.S.C.1801.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 20075, Mar. 27, 1980, unless otherwise noted.