Examples of creditable experience include knowledge of the principles, concepts, and methods of executing protocols regarding conferences, special events, ceremonies and distinguished visitors that has been supplemented by skill gained through job experience to permit independent performance of recurring assignments, expanded professional or administrative knowledge gained through relevant graduate study or experience which has provided skill in carrying out assignments, operations, and procedures, and skill in applying this knowledge to such assignments as the design and planning of difficult, but well-precedented projects. Selectees who physically reside permanently in the U.S., the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or Northern Mariana Islands, and the Possessions of the U.S., during the entire recruitment process (application, selection, and acceptance of a formal job offer) and selected for employment in the foreign area are eligible to receive certain foreign area benefits such as: Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) or government quarters, Post Allowance, Home Leave, etc.