US Embassy Singapore: Holiday Closing Schedule 2011

admin — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:13:36 +0000

Those who have perused this web log in the past may have taken notice of the fact that the administration routinely posts the holiday closing schedules of the various US Missions in Asia in the hopes that doing so will forestall fruitless trips by Americans abroad to a closed Embassy observing an American or foreign holiday. To quote directly from the official website of the US Embassy in Singapore:

The American Embassy will observe the following American and Local Holidays.

2011

OFFICIAL DATE	U.S. HOLIDAY	LOCAL HOLIDAY	DATE OBSERVED
Jan. 1	New Year’s Day	New Year’s Day	Fri., Dec. 31
3rd Mon in Jan.	Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.	–	Mon., Jan.17
Feb. 3 – 4	–	Chinese New Year	Thurs., Feb.3 Fri., Feb.4
3rd Mon in Feb.	Washington’s Birthday	–	Mon., Feb.21
Apr. 22	–	Good Friday	Fri., Apr. 22
May 1 (Sun.)	–	Labor Day	Mon., May 2
May 17	–	Vesak Day	Tues., May 17
Last Mon in May	Memorial Day	–	Mon., May 30
Jul. 4	Independence Day	–	Mon., Jul. 4
Aug. 9	–	National Day	Tues., Aug. 9
Aug. 30	–	Hari Raya Puasa	Tues, Aug.30
1st Mon in Sept.	Labor Day	–	Mon., Sept.5
2nd Mon in Oct.	Columbus Day	–	Mon., Oct.10
Oct.26	–	Deepavali	Wed., Oct.26
Nov. 6 (Sun)	–	Hari Raya Haji	Mon., Nov. 7
Nov.11	Veteran’s Day	–	Fri., Nov. 11
4th Thurs in Nov.	Thanksgiving	–	Thurs., Nov. 24
Dec. 25 (Sun)	Christmas	Christmas	Mon., Dec. 26
Jan.1, 2012 (Sun)	New Year	New Year	Mon., Jan.2, 2012

Those seeking services such as issuance of a Consular Report of Birth Abroad, US Passport, or additional pages for a previously issued US passport are well advised to contact an American Citizen Services Section of the nearest US Consulate with appropriate jurisdiction as such requests, made by those physically present abroad, are generally only processed at US Missions abroad. Making an appointment online to visit a US Mission abroad can greatly facilitate the processing of requests and \streamline the processing of an individual’s request.

Those wishing to visit the official homepage of the US Embassy in Singapore please click HERE.

Those seeking travel documents such as the B-2 visa (US tourist visa), B-1 visa (US business visa), F-1 visa (US student visa), or J-1 visa (US exchange visitor visa) are likely to process their application through a Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) Unit abroad. Those seeking such travel documents should bear in mind that non-immigrant visa applications are scrutinized pursuant to section 214(b) of the United States Immigration and Nationality Act.

Those Americans seeking family based visa benefits for an immigrant spouse (CR-1 visa or IR-1 visa) will likely see their loved one process their visa application through an Immigrant Visa (IV) Unit abroad. For purposes of visa application processing the K1 visa, although a US fiance visa technically classified as a non-immigrant travel document, is treated in much the same way as the immigrant visa applications.

Those seeking a business or investment visa such as an E-2 visa (Treaty Investor), L-1 visa (Intra-Company Transferee) , or EB-5 visa (Immigrant Investor) are likely to be required to process an immigration petition through the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) prior to submitting a visa application abroad. In the case of the E-2 visa, those seeking such visa benefits abroad may not be required to process an immigration petition with USCIS.

For related information please see: US Visa Singapore.

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US Embassy Singapore: Holiday Closing Schedule 2011