The United States Embassy in India announced on Tuesday, December 23, that routine consular services will be unavailable from Wednesday, December 24 2025, to Friday, December 26, 2025, as the Embassy and all US consulates in India will remain closed on these dates. The closure has been implemented in line with a Presidential Executive Order, the mission said in its statement.
“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,” the Embassy’s notice read.
The announcement regarding the shutdown of the US Embassy and consulates around Christmas comes just days after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the closure. The order, available on the White House website, states: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall 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.”
The order further adds: “Sec. 2. The heads of executive departments and agencies may determine that certain offices and installations of their organizations, or parts thereof, must remain open and that certain employees must report for duty on December 24, 2025, or December 26, 2025, or both, for reasons of national security, defense, or other public need.”