US Embassy in India Closed for Three Days - When Will Consular Services Resume?

The Embassy of the United States of America in India will be closed for routine consular services from Wednesday, December 24. The US Embassy in Delhi said that routine consular services will not be available

from December 24-26 in accordance to the Presidential Executive Order that provided for the closure of executive departments and agencies of the federal government on these dates.In a post on X on Tuesday, the Embassy said, "The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in India will be closed from Wednesday, December 24, 2025, to Friday, December 26, 2025, in accordance with the Presidential Executive Order providing for the closure of executive departments and agencies of the federal government on these dates. Routine consular services will not be available during these dates."

Earlier on December 18, US President Donald Trump had signed an executive order which noted that all executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government would be closed and their employees excused from duty on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, and Friday, December 26, 2025, the day before and the day following Christmas Day, respectively.Trump had granted Christmas off for federal workers in his earlier administrations as well, in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Former US President Biden did the same in 2024. How Was Trump's First Christmas Eve as US President Trump's first Christmas Eve in office in 2017 was a busy one, packed with tweets against adversaries, addressing US troops, playing golf, and dinner with family. Trump began his day by tweeting against a top FBI official he has suggested is biased against him, as well as the news media. The president also spent several hours playing golf at his private club in West Palm Beach.On his first Christmas Eve as the US President, Trump had addressed members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard stationed in Qatar, Kuwait and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and patrolling the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East.Trump offered thanks to those who were spending time away from their families to “defend all of our families, our freedoms and our pride.”Trump complimented each branch of the armed forces, starting with the Army’s “Iron Brigade” combat team in Kuwait, which he said is performing a “vital mission” by partnering with the Iraqi, Kuwaiti, Saudi Arabian and Jordanian armies.He had spent his evening with his family before attending worship services with the first lady at the Episcopal church in Palm Beach where they were married in 2005.