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10th January 2011

Anyone who reads this blog with any type of regularity may have noted that the administration routinely posts the holiday closing schedules of various United States Missions in Asia, this is done in an effort to provide quick access to this information for those who are traveling outside of the USA. To quote directly from the official website of the United States Consulate in Guangzhou, China:

The Consulate is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. We are CLOSED on the following American and Chinese holidays:

Date

Weekday

Holiday

Nation

January 3 Monday New Year’s Day US & China
January 17 Monday Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday US
February 2 - 6 Wednesday – Sunday Chinese (Lunar) New Year China
February 21 Monday President’s Day US
April 5 Tuesday Tomb Sweeping Day China
May 1 – 2 Sunday – Monday International Labor Day China
May 30 Monday Memorial Day US
June 6 Monday Dragon Boat Festival China
July 4 Monday Independence Day US
September 5 Monday Labor Day US
September 12 Monday Mid-Autumn Festival China
October 1 – 5 Saturday – Wednesday Chinese National Day China
October 10 Monday Columbus Day US
November 11 Friday Veterans’ Day US
November 24 Thursday Thanksgiving Day US
December 26 Monday Christmas Day US

Those who wish to visit the homepage of the US Consulate in Guangzhou please click HERE.

Those seeking issuance of a Consular Report of Birth Abroad, new US Passport, or new visa pages for a previously issued US passport are well advised to contact the American Citizen Services (ACS) Section of the nearest US Embassy or US Consulate. Those seeking such services may find processing such requests mare efficient after making an appointment online. In many cases, making an appointment with ACS prior to arrival at the Mission provides Consular Officers with an opportunity to make preparations to better facilitate the processing of a specific request.

Those processing non-immigrant visas such as the B-2 visa for tourists, the B-1 visa for temporary business travelers, the J-1 visa for cultural exchange students, and the F-1 visa for foreign students wishing to study in the USA; may be required to process their applicatyion through a Non-Immigrant Visa Unit abroad.

Those attempting to obtain a US Immigrant visa such as a CR-1 visa or an IR-1 visa in order to reunite with family in the USA may be required to process their application through an Immigrant Visa Unit at a United States Mission abroad. For purposes of application processing the K-1 visa (also referred to as a US fiance visa) is effectively treated as an immigrant visa since K-1 visa holders are entitled to apply for adjustment of status after arrival in the USA provided the couple marries within 90 days of the foreign fiancee’s arrival in the US.

For related information please see: American Visa China.

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