---
kind: "unit"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations"
key: "chV/part501"
level: "part"
label: "Part 501"
heading: "Appointment of Foreign Service Officers"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/chV-part501"
sections_count: 9
---

# Part 501 — Appointment of Foreign Service Officers

Title 22 C.F.R. — Foreign Relations › Chapter V — United States Agency for Global Media

## Sections

- [§501.1. Policy.](/cfr/22/501.1.md)
- [§501.2. Eligibility for appointment as Foreign Service Officer.](/cfr/22/501.2.md)
- [§501.3. Noncompetitive interchange between Civil Service and Foreign Service.](/cfr/22/501.3.md)
- [§501.4. Junior Level Career Candidate Program (Class 6, 5, or 4).](/cfr/22/501.4.md)
- [§501.5. Mid-level FSO Candidate Program (Class 3, 2, or 1).](/cfr/22/501.5.md)
- [§501.6. Appointment of Overseas Specialists.](/cfr/22/501.6.md)
- [§501.7. Appointment as Chief of Mission.](/cfr/22/501.7.md)
- [§501.8. Reappointment of Foreign Service Officers and Career Overseas Specialists.](/cfr/22/501.8.md)
- [§501.9. Interchange of FSOs between Broadcasting Board of Governors and other Foreign Affairs Agencies.](/cfr/22/501.9.md)