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 1	Thurs	New Year's Day	US & TT
Jan 19	Mon	Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday	US
Feb 16	Mon	Presidents' Day	US
Mar 30	Mon	Spiritual Baptist (Shouter) Liberation Day	TT
Apr 10	Fri	Good Friday	TT
Apr 13	Mon	Easter Monday	TT
May 25	Mon	Memorial Day	US
Jun 11	Thurs	Corpus Christi	TT
Jun 19	Fri	Labour Day	TT
Jul 3	Fri	Independence Day	US
Aug 31	Mon	Independence Day	TT
Aug 1	Fri	Emancipation Day	TT
Aug 31	Sun	Independence Day	TT
Sep 7	Mon	Labor Day	US
Sep 24	Thurs	Republic Day	TT
Oct 12	Mon	Columbus Day	US
Nov 11	Wed	Veterans' Day	US
Nov 26	Thurs	Thanksgiving Day	US
Dec 25	Fri	Christmas Day	US & TT
Dec 26	Sat	Boxing Day	TT

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.