SAXENADBG Says
@kim007 thnx for reply. u r right i m a mummy papa ka bacha sud i go with asstt gen in mea are they also posted in embassies and how much time it takes to become so
If you are mummy-papa ka baccha then you shouldn't go for MEA at all !!
On the whole, I think cypher is a lill more tough than general . You may be closely observed during foreign posting.
Gen. assistant may not have such a thing. {one good thing- you can get to try the flavour of the place you are posted in

-if you know what i mean }
2 years initial probation ( i was told) then you are ready to go to Africa ! :D
lucky if your first posting is somewhere else. haha. There is no hard rule though.
But if you are taking general assistant, be ready to serve at any of the passport offices in India. ( luckliy , they are only in the cities )