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Holiday Schedule

2012 Holiday Schedule

Embassy and the Consulates will be closed to the public on the following official holidays:

Date Holiday
January 1, Sunday* New Year's Day (A&I)
January 6, Friday Epiphany (I)
January 16, Third Monday Martin Luther King's Birthday (A)
February 20, Third Monday President's Day (A)
April 9, Monday Easter Monday (I)
April 25, Wednesday Anniversary of Liberation (I)
May 1, Tuesday Labor Day (I)
May 28, Last Monday Memorial Day (A)
June 2, Saturday** Foundation of the Italian Republic (I)
June 24, Sunday** St. John's Day (I) (Florence only)
June 29, Friday St. Peter and St. Paul's Day (I) (Rome only)
July 4, Wednesday Independence Day (A)
August 15, Wednesday Assumption Day (I)
September 3, First Monday Labor Day (A)
September 19, Wednesday St. Gennaro's Day (I) (Naples only)
October 8, Second Monday Columbus Day (A)
November 1, Thursday All Saints' Day (I)
November 11, Sunday* Veterans' Day (A)
November 22, Fourth Thursday Thanksgiving Day (A)
December 7, Friday St. Ambrogio's Day (I) (Milan only)
December 8, Saturday** Feast of the Immaculate Conception (I)
December 25, Tuesday Christmas Day (A&I)
December 26, Wednesday St. Stephen's Day (I)

Note: When an authorized American holiday falls on a Sunday, offices are closed the following Monday. When an American holiday falls on a Saturday, offices are closed the preceding Friday. This practice is not followed in the case of the Italian holidays.

* Holiday Monday
** no other day off