Embassy Contact Information
Embassy of the United States of America
Southridge - Hill Station
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Telephone: +232 22 515 000 or +232 76 515 000
Fax: +232 22 515 355 |
Want to know the procedures and process of Freetown Sierra Leone
Embassy? Here it is- the essential that guides you of Freetown Sierra
Leone Embassy.
Embassy visa information: The United States embassy welcomes all foreign visitors as non immigrants under the classification of studies, business, guest and tourists. They have their own question like duration of your stay, about previous visa to which we need to highlight with all proofs and evidences which won’t navigate you through a complex web of rules and procedures, these information are very essential to them in order to prepare your visa.
Requirement for visa: The requirements in Freetown Sierra Leone has its own procedure like the worldwide applicants must fill the Nonimmigrant Visa Application form electronically, so that the consular officer would interview you more quickly without any mix-up and another important matter you need to print the DS-156 application to bring that particular on the date of your appointment.
Visa Fees: With all the exception of U.S. Government employees, “G”, “A” and “NATO”, are needed to pay the non-refundable Machine Readable Visa application fee. The MRV fee of $131 must be paid in Leones at the Siaka Stevens branch of Sierra Leone Commercial Bank prior to your interview.
Documents for Visa: It’s very essential that every applicant must submit one photograph along with application. The specifications of the photograph submitted must be exact to their stipulations like the size of the photo, including background, must be 2 inches square, must taken within the last 6 months, the applicant must be facing the camera, looking straight on, with the face, photo should be in color with white background, without borders and so on. During the interview if the applicant lacks the correct sized photographs will be demanded to get new ones and may need to reschedule.
Eligibility: The final step in Freetown Sierra Leone embassy is the submission of the eligibility requirements, the applicants to overcome the presumption by presenting particulars in concern consular section and also the applicants of 14 years age and older than will also be required to submit their fingerprints electronically during their nonimmigrant visa interviews. Be prepared for your interview with the concern officer about your business, semi-permanent plans and host in US, so it will be easy for you move up with.
U.S. Citizen Service: American Citizen Services (ACS) of US embassy in Freetowns goal is to serve and protect its citizens, who dwell or are shortly abroad and they strive hard to maintain coherent relation with U.S. laws and regulations. The ACS Unit works from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursdays for mundane services admitting passport services, notaries, reports of birth overseas, U.S. citizen enrollment, voter aid, and tax forms. On Tuesdays the embassy is open from 1p.m to 3p.m for American citizens to register in person and for emergency the embassy works from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday.
Embassy information: The Freetown Sierra Leone Embassy has a secure
online travel registration embassy office to serve the U.S. citizens
in sluttish mode and also it helps to record residence data and
foreign tour that the Department of State can use to communicate
with you and help out you in case of an emergency. The data of yours
are kept secured behind Department of State firewalls and can be
only by cleared personnel in Embassies.
Embassy Holiday List 2008
DATE |
DAY
|
HOLIDAY
|
COUNTRY |
| January 01 |
Tuesday |
New Year’s Day |
A/SL |
| January 21 |
Monday |
Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday |
A |
| February 18 |
Monday |
Presidents' Day |
A |
| March 21 |
Friday |
Good Friday |
SL |
| March 24 |
Monday |
Easter Monday |
SL |
| April |
TBA |
Maoulid-Un-Nabi |
SL |
| April 28 |
Monday |
Independence Day |
SL |
| May 26 |
Monday |
Memorial Day |
A |
| July 04 |
Friday |
Independence Day |
A |
| September 01 |
Monday |
Labor Day |
A |
| October 13 |
Monday |
Columbus Day |
A |
| October |
TBA |
Eid-Ul-Fitr |
SL |
| November 11 |
Tuesday |
Veterans' Day |
A |
| November 27 |
Thursday |
Thanksgiving Day |
A |
| December 25 |
Thursday |
Christmas Day |
A/SL |
| December 26 |
Friday |
Boxing Day |
SL |
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