The U.S. Embassy will observe the following official U.S. and Malaysian holidays.

2011

* Subject to change

Each year, many American Citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents seek services from a US Mission abroad. In many cases such services can only be provided by an American Citizen Services Section of a US Embassy or US Consulate abroad. Such services include, but are not limited to: issuance of Consular Reports of Birth Abroad, issuance of US Passports, or additional visa pages for a previously issued American Passport.

Those seeking temporary US visas such as the B-2 visa for tourists, the F-1 visa for foreign students, the B-1 visa for temporary business purposes, or the J-1 visa for cultural exchange visitors are often required to process their application through a Non-Immigrant Visa Unit of a US Mission abroad. Meanwhile, those seeking US family visa benefits for travel documents such as the CR-1 visa or the IR-1 visa generally process such requests through an Immigrant Visa (IV) Unit of a US Mission abroad. Even though the K-1 visa is a non-immigrant US fiance visa it is often treated in much the same way as an immigrant visa for processing purposes.

Those seeking an EB-5 visa or an L-1 visa are often required to process an immigration petition and receive approval of such a petition from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS).

Those wishing to visit the official website of the US Embassy in Malaysia please click HERE.

Those seeking related information should see: US Visa Malaysia.

This holiday closing schedule is subject to change and those who are planning to make a trip to the US Embassy in KL would probably be wise to check to make sure that the post will be open before making a trip to the post. In emergencies most US Embassies have a contact number that can be used to get in touch with the post. For example, a person ho loses their passport over a holiday weekend may be able to contact the Embassy and obtain a passport from the American Citizen Services Section of the Embassy. That being said, holidays at US diplomatic and Consular posts abroad are often used by Embassy personnel to take leave. This could result in delays in the days leading up to holidays and immediately thereafter. Those with business at an Embassy or Consulate would be wise to make certain that their affairs are conducted before a holiday break. For more information about the holiday closing schedule at the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur please click: here.

For further information about US visas please see: K1 visa or K3 visa.