Holidays and Closures
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Overview
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.
| Dates of Closure 2021 | |||
| December 16 |
Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| December 24-25 | Friday - Saturday | Christmas | U.S., Singapore |
| December 31 - January 1 | Friday - Saturday | New Year's Day | U.S., Singapore |
| Date | Day | Holiday | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 17 | Monday | Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. | U.S. |
| January 20 |
Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| February 1-2 | Tuesday - Wednesday | Chinese New Year | Singapore |
| February 17 | Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| February 21 | Monday | Washington's Birthday | U.S |
| March 17 |
Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| April 15 | Friday | Good Friday | Singapore |
| April 21 |
Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| May 2 | Monday | Labor Day | Singapore |
| May 3 | Tuesday | Hari Raya Puasa | Singapore |
| May 16 | Monday | Vesak Day | Singapore |
| May 19 | Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| May 30 | Monday | Memorial Day | U.S |
| June 16 |
Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| June 20 | Monday | Juneteenth | U.S |
| July 4 | Monday | Independence Day | U.S |
| July 11 | Monday | Hari Raya Haji | Singapore |
| July 21 |
Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| August 9 | Tuesday | National Day | Singapore |
| August 18 |
Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| September 5 | Monday | Labor Day | U.S. |
| September 15 |
Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| October 10 | Monday | Columbus Day | U.S. |
| October 20 |
Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| October 24 | Monday | Deepavali | Singapore |
| November 11 | Friday | Veteran’s Day | U.S. |
| November 17 |
Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| November 24 | Thursday | Thanksgiving | U.S. |
| December 15 |
Thursday | Training/Admin Day | Singapore |
| December 26 | 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 2022 and does not coincide with the dates above.