Embassy Closure List week of 22 October 2012 22 October 12
Posted by Jonathan V. Phillips in Embassy Consulate Closure.Tags: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Cambodia, Eid al-Adha, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Turkmenistan, visa, Zambia
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Embassy closures has the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha causing closures at the end of the week. Applicants can expect to have visa processing delays due to embassy closures at consulates and embassies representing Muslim countries. This week’s other notable closures include Kazakhstan’s national day, independence days for Zambia and Turkmenistan and Thailand closing for Chulalongkorn. India has a closure for Dusshera but the processing center is open for new submissions, applications in process and will take an extra day to process visas as the Indian embassy and all their consulates are closed.
23 October, Tuesday
Thailand closed for Chulalongkorn Memorial Day/King Rama V Day
24 October, Wednesday
India closed for Dusshera; Travisa open for submissions
Zambia closed for Independence Day
October 25, Thursday Eid al-Adha begins this evening; closures will include:
Bangladesh
Saudi Arabia (embassy and all consulates)
Kazakhstan closed for Republic Day
October 26, Friday Eid al-Adha – closures will include:
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Ethiopia
Ghana
Indonesia
Malaysia
Saudi Arabia (embassy and all consulates)
Benin closed for Armed Forces Day
Cambodia closed for Coronation Day
Turkmenistan closed for Independence Day
Uganda
Remember when consular office are closed there are no visa processed
or new applications accepted on that day. When an embassy or
consulate is closed, that day does count as a processing day and
applications currently in for process will have the visa processing
extended to include the non processing closure day. Please account
for extra time if you are applying for a visa to a country whose office closed because of holiday.
If you have any questions on how long your visa request will take
for a particular country please feel free to contact our
professional staff for more information.
International Protest Update, September 13 13 September 12
Posted by Summer Jenkins in Uncategorized.Tags: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen
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In addition to the September 11 protests in Benghazi, Libya and Cairo, Egypt, protests have occurred in the following countries:
- Yemen: US Embassy staff have been evacuated following a violent protest today in which hundreds of protesters stormed the embassy grounds in Sanaa. More than 15 people have been injured.
- Morocco: Approximately 400 people have demonstrated at the US Consulate in Casablanca, Morocco today, but no violence has been reported.
- Israel: Israeli Muslims held a small, non-violent demonstration today at the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Bangladesh: Approximately 100 people held a small protest at the Baitul Mokarram Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh today. Additional protests at the US Embassy and other mosques have been threatened, and may occur after Friday prayers on September 14.
- Iran: A group of approximately 500 people protested today at the Swiss Embassy in Tehran. As the US does not maintain an Embassy in Iran, the Swiss Embassy represents US interests.
- Iraq: Protests have been held today in several cities, including Basra and Baghdad, and reports state that the militia group Asaib al-Haq has threatened attacks on US interests in Iraq.
- Sudan: On 12 September a small demonstration occurred at the US Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan; no violence occurred.
- Tunisia: 200 people demonstrated non-violently at the US Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia on September 12.
- Palestine: On September12, supporters of a Palestinian militant group held a small demonstration in Gaza City.
Protests have been threatened at the following locations:
- Kuwait: Although a protest was called for at the US Embassy in Kuwait City for September 12, it may not have come to fruition.
- Nigeria: Although there have been no demonstrations thus far, security forces have been placed on “red alert” as a precaution.
- Pakistan: Demonstrations have been called for in Pakistan on 14 September.
- Afghanistan: Afghan officials, fearing unrest similar to that triggered by a Koran-burning earlier this year, have taken extensive steps to prevent violent protests.
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