Listed below are Papua New Guinea and U.S. National holidays on which the Embassy is closed.

Holiday	Date Observed
New Year’s Day	January 1, 2009
Martin Luther King, Jr’s Birthday	January 19, 2009
President’s Day	February 16, 2009
Good Friday	April 10, 2009
Easter Monday	April 13, 2009
Memorial Day	May 25, 2009
Queen’s Birthday	June 8, 2009
Independence Day	July 3, 2009
Remembrance Day	July 23, 2009
Labor Day	September 7, 2009
Independence Day	September 16, 2009
Columbus Day	October 12, 2009
Veterans Day	November 11, 2009
Thanksgiving Day	November 26, 2009
Christmas Day	December 25, 2009
Boxing Day	December 26, 2009

Papua New Guinea is 10 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and 15 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Americans as well as Lawful Permanent Residents traveling or living overseas often find that they need services that can only be provided by staff at an American Citizen Services section of a US Embassy abroad. The services which American Citizen Services provides include, but are not limited to: US passport issuance, addition of visa pages, notary services, and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad.

Those thinking of traveling to a US Mission abroad are prudent to check the Embassy’s official website in order to ascertain the operating hours of the Post as well as the Post’s holiday closing schedule. Furthermore, those with business at American Citizen Services may be able to book an appointment online thereby streamlining their service after arrival at the Mission’s facilities. In many cases, an online appointment booking can place the Consular Officers on notice of the services to be sought thereby allowing the Consular Officers the opportunity to prepare to serve the customer.

Those seeking a visa interview appointment in connection with a US visa application are well advised to check with the Visa Unit of the Post where the interview will take place as interview appointments are scheduled based upon a Post’s caseload. Often, non-immigrant visa applicants (those seeking visas such as the US Tourist Visa and the US Student Visa) are interviewed in a different manner compared to immigrant visa applicants, for purposes of interviewing and processing the K1 visa is often treated in the same manner as a true immigrant visa.

For information about Consular denial of a visa application please see: US Visa Denial. For information about possible remedies after a visa denial please see: I-601 waiver.