You may claim your Temporary Quarters Subsistence Allowance (TQSA) by submitting the SF-1190, Foreign Allowances Application, Grant, and Report, the TQSA Actual Expense Worksheet, and copies of accommodation receipts via the DoDEA Allowance Processing System (DAPS) to your agency. You should make your first submission during the first ten days in temporary housing. You will receive a refund for the receipts you raised in your next paycheck, as well as an approximate biweekly amount of TQSA in subsequent wages until you submit the final SF -1190 worksheets and receipts to end your TQSA. At that point, the management in charge will compare the sum of TQSA obtained to the amount you are permitted based on your receipts, and the payroll office will make any necessary adjustments to your pay. What is a Temporary Quarters Subsidence Allowance (TQSA) TQSA is to aid with temporary accommodation, foods, washing clothes, and dry cleaning in a foreign area. The allowance is for an employee who arrives at a new post for the first time and stable quarters are not yet available, or when an employee is getting ready to leave the foreign post indefinitely and must depart residential quarters. Authorized Period of TQSA TQSA is permitted for not more than 90 days following the first arrival at a new post of assignment in a foreign area, closing with the occupation of residence quarters, if sooner, or 30 days instantaneously preceding final exit from the post following required vacating of domicile quarters.