Public Holidays and Consular Section Closures 2008

The U.S. Embassy in Port of Spain's Consular Section will be closed on the following United States (US) and Trinidad & Tobago (TT) holidays in 2008.  When the embassy is closed, American citizens should call 622-6371 in the event of an emergency.

Date	Day	Public Holiday	Country
Jan 1	Tues	New Year's Day	US & TT
Jan 21	Mon	Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday	US
Feb 18	Mon	Presidents' Day	US
Mar 21	Fri	Good Friday	TT
Mar 24	Mon	Easter Monday	TT
Mar 30	Sun	Spiritual Baptist (Shouter) Liberation Day	TT
May 22	Thurs	Corpus Christi	TT
May 26	Mon	Memorial Day	US
May 30	Fri	Arrival Day	TT
Jun 19	Thurs	Labour Day	TT
Jul 4	Fri	Independence Day	US
Aug 1	Fri	Emancipation Day	TT
Aug 31	Sun	Independence Day	TT
Sep 1	Mon	Labor Day	US
Sep 24	Wed	Republic Day	TT
Oct 13	Mon	Columbus Day	US
Nov 11	Tues	Veterans' Day	US
Nov 27	Thurs	Thanksgiving Day	US
Dec 25	Thurs	Christmas Day	US & TT
Dec 26	Fri	Boxing Day	TT

Carnival will be celebrated on Monday, February 4 and Tuesday, February 5.  These dates are not considered official public holidays; however, the Embassy will be closed on these two days.

The Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr and the Hindu festival of Divali are religious public holidays in Trinidad and Tobago. Where the public holiday is a religious observance, the date is selected in accordance with the particular religious calendar. The actual dates for 2008 will be announced closer to that time but are tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, September 30 and Tuesday, October 28.

March 30, the T&T public holiday for Spiritual Baptist (Shouter) Liberation Day, and August 31, T&T Independence Day, both fall on a Sunday. 

Please note that when a public holiday falls on a Sunday, or where two public holidays fall on the same day, the following day that is not a public holiday shall be declared a public holiday.