Holidays and Closures
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With immediate effect, official visa submissions and collection services are suspended on all Thursday afternoons until further notice. Applicants may submit/collect official visa applications from Monday-Wednesday and Friday between 2.30-3.30pm only.
The U.S. Embassy observes both U.S. and Singapore holidays and will be closed on those dates. The visa application services call centre also observes U.S. and Singapore holidays and will also be closed on those dates.
Embassy Dates of Closure
The Embassy will be closed on the dates shown below.
*Post will observe local & U.S. holidays that fall on a Saturday on the preceding Friday and local & American holidays that fall on Sunday on the following Monday.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2 | Monday | New Year's Day | U.S., Singapore |
| January 16 | Monday | Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. | U.S |
| January 19 | Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| January 23 - 24 | Monday - Tuesday | Chinese New Year | Singapore |
| February 16 | Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| February 20 | Monday | Washington's Birthday | U.S |
| March 23 | Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| April 7 | Friday | Good Friday | Singapore |
| April 21 | Friday | Hari Raya Puasa | Singapore |
| April 27 | Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| May 1 | Monday | Labor Day | Singapore |
| May 18 | Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| May 29 | Monday | Memorial Day | U.S |
| June 1 | Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| June 2 | Friday | Vesak Day | Singapore |
| June 19 | Monday | Juneteenth | U.S |
| June 29 | Thursday | Hari Raya Haji | Singapore |
| July 4 | Tuesday | Independence Day | U.S |
| July 20 | Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| August 9 | Wednesday | National Day | Singapore |
| August 24 | Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| September 4 | Monday | Labor Day | U.S |
| September 21 | Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| October 9 | Monday | Columbus Day | U.S |
| October 19 | Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| November 10 | Friday | Veteran’s Day | U.S |
| November 13 | Monday | Deepavali | Singapore |
| November 23 | Thursday | Thanksgiving Day | U.S |
| November 24 | Friday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| December 21 | Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| December 25 | Monday | Christmas | U.S., Singapore |
Training/Admin Day: Do take note that the training dates are subject to changes if the Embassy’s mission training days are to be re-introduced back again in 2023 and does not coincide with the dates above.