Public Holidays and Consular Section Closures 2011

The U.S. Embassy in Port of Spain's Consular Section is closed on weekends, on the following United States (US) and Trinidad & Tobago (TT) holidays in 2011 and on the last Wednesday of every month.  

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

Date	Day	Public Holiday	Country
Jan 1	Sat	New Year's Day	US & TT
Jan 17	Mon	Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday	US
Feb 21	Mon	Presidents' Day	US
Mar 30	Wed	Spiritual Baptist (Shouter) Liberation Day	TT
Apr 22	Fri	Good Friday	TT
Apr 25	Mon	Easter Monday	TT
May 30	Mon	Indian Arrival Day	TT
May 30	Mon	Memorial Day	US
Jun 19	Sun	Labor Day	TT
Jun 23	Thur	Corpus Christi	TT
Jul 4	Mon	Independence Day	US
Aug 1	Mon	Emancipation Day	TT
Aug 31	Wed	Independence Day	TT
Sep 5	Mon	Labor Day	US
Sep 24	Sat	Republic Day	TT
Oct 10	Mon	Columbus Day	US
Nov 11	Fri	Veterans' Day	US
Nov 24	Thurs	Thanksgiving Day	US
Dec 25	Sun	Christmas Day	US & TT
Dec 26	Mon	Boxing Day	TT

Carnival will be celebrated on Monday, March 7 and Tuesday, March 8. 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 2011 will be announced closer to that time but are tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, August 30 and Wednesday, October 26 respectively.

Local law establishes , 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.

U.S. Federal law (5 U.S.C. 6103) establishes, when a holiday falls on a nonworkday -- Saturday or Sunday -- the holiday usually is observed on Monday (if the holiday falls on Sunday) or Friday (if the holiday falls on Saturday).