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Posts Tagged ‘US Embassy India Holidays’
11th January 2011
US Embassy New Delhi: Holiday Closing Schedule for 2011
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Those who read this web log with any frequency may have noticed that the administration tries to post the holiday closing schedules of many of the US Embassies and US Consulates in Asia. This is done in an effort to forestall possibly fruitless trips to a closed US Embassy observing either an American or foreign holiday. The following is the holiday closing schedule of the United States Embassy in New Delhi, India as quoted directly from that Embassy’s official website:
Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
December 31, 2010* | Friday | New Year’s Day | American |
January 17 | Monday | Martin Luther King’s Birthday | American |
January 26 | Wednesday | Republic Day | Indian |
February 21 | Monday | Washington’s Birthday | American |
April 22 | Friday | Good Friday | Indian |
May 30 | Monday | Memorial Day | American |
July 4 | Monday | Independence Day | American |
August 15 | Monday | Independence Day | Indian |
August 22 | Monday | Janamashtami | Indian |
August 31 | Wednesday | Idu’l Fitr | Indian |
September 5 | Monday | Labor Day | American |
October 6 | Thursday | Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami) | Indian |
October 10 | Monday | Columbus Day | American |
October 26 | Wednesday | Diwali | Indian |
October 27 | Thursday | Govardhan Puja | Indian |
November 10 | Thursday | Guru Nanak’s Birthday | Indian |
November 11 | Friday | Veterans’ Day | American |
November 24 | Thursday | Thanksgiving Day | American |
December 6 | Tuesday | Muharram | Indian |
December 26** | Monday | Christmas Day | American |
* in lieu of January 1, 2011 (Saturday)
** in lieu of December 25, 2011 (Sunday)
Those seeking services such as the issuance of a Consular Report of Birth Abroad, US Passport, or additional visa pages for a previously issued American passport are well advised to contact the American Citizen Services Section of an American Mission abroad. In many cases, Americans seeking such services can make an appointment in advance. Making an advance appointment can greatly facilitate the processing of requests as Consular Officers are provided with an opportunity to foresee the customers needs when an appointment is made in advance. In order to make an appointment online one may be required to register an appointment on the US Mission’s official website.
Those seeking the homepage of the official website of the United States Embassy in New Dehli, India should click HERE.
Those seeking visas such as the US Tourist Visa (B-2 visa), US Student Visa (F-1 visa), US Exchange Visitor Visa (J-1 visa), or the US Business Visa (B-1 visa) may be required to process their visa application through a Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) Unit at a US Consulate abroad. In many cases, such applications are scrutinized pursuant to section 214b of the United States Immigration and Nationality Act which can create difficulties for those applicants who cannot show “strong ties” to India and “weak ties” to the United States of America.
Those Indian Nationals with Lawful Permanent Residence or American Citizens wishing to obtain an IR-1 visa or a CR-1 visa for an Indian loved one will likely be required to process their visa application through an Immigrant Visa Unit abroad. Unless it is possible to execute a Direct Consular Filing for such a visa, it is likely that such a visa application would only be adjudicated after the initial adjudication of an immigration petition at the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). For application processing purposes it should be noted that the K1 visa, although a non-immigrant US fiance visa, is generally treated in much the same manner as an immigrant visa application.
Those Indian Nationals seeking an EB-5 visa for immigrant investment purposes or an L-1 visa for an intracompany transferee are generally required to process an immigration petition at USCIS prior to visa application abroad.
For related information please see: K1 Visa India.
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