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Public Holidays and Consular Section Closures 2009

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 2009.  When the embassy is closed, American citizens should call 622-6371 in the event of an emergency.

Date       

Day       

Public Holiday

Country

Jan 1ThursNew Year's DayUS & TT
Jan 19MonMartin Luther King, Jr.'s BirthdayUS
Feb 16MonPresidents' DayUS
Mar 30Mon

Spiritual Baptist (Shouter) Liberation Day

TT
Apr 10Fri

Good Friday

TT
Apr 13Mon

Easter Monday

TT
May 25MonMemorial DayUS
Jun 11ThursCorpus ChristiTT
Jun 19FriLabour DayTT
Jul 3FriIndependence DayUS
Aug 31MonIndependence DayTT
Aug 1FriEmancipation DayTT
Aug 31SunIndependence DayTT
Sep 7MonLabor DayUS
Sep 24ThursRepublic DayTT
Oct 12MonColumbus DayUS
Nov 11WedVeterans' DayUS
Nov 26ThursThanksgiving DayUS
Dec 25FriChristmas DayUS & TT
Dec 26SatBoxing DayTT

Carnival will be celebrated on Monday, February 23 and Tuesday, February 24.  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 Monday, September 21 and Saturday, October 17 respectively.

Please note that the Immigrant Visa Unit will be closed for the holidays, from December 18, 2009 to January 3, 2010 and will reopen on January 4th.

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.

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