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American Embassy Barbados

  Contact Information:
U.S. Embassy Bridgetown
P.O. Box 302
Bridgetown, Barbados


Phone: 1-246-431-0225
FAX: 1-246-431-0179
E-mail: ConsularBridge2@state.gov

Appointments by Phone:1-(246) 228-6340

(Monday-Friday 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.)

The Consular Section is open from 8:30-11:30 am and 1:00-2:00 pm Monday through Friday. Individuals seeking visitor's visas (non-immigrant visas), must have an appointment. To obtain an appointment, telephone or click on "On-line Visa Appointments". Visas from morning interviews approved for issuance are available by close of business on the same day, while those from afternoon interviews are ready the next business day. Mail-in applications are generally processed within two weeks. Consular personnel are available to answer questions concerning immigrant and non-immigrant visas only between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. Applicants with access to e-mail are advised to utilize the e-mail address above for queries which cannot be answered on this web page

Visa information:-

By US immigration law, immigrants to the United States are divided into two general categories:

(I) those who may obtain legal permanent residence status without numerical limitation, and
(II) those who are restricted by an annual limitation on the number of persons who may enter as permanent residents.
The second category is further divided into:
(A) family sponsored immigrants
(B) employment based immigrants
(C) diversity immigrants

Visa Fees

The immigrant visa fee is $335 USD. If it is not collected by the National Visa Center, in New Hampshire, it will be collected at the time of the appointment.

Family-Sponsored Immigrants:

Persons are immediate relatives of US citizens and lawfully admitted permanent resident aliens are limited to a total of 480,000 visas per year. Immediate Relatives as listed above are included in this number, as are preference relatives. (However, there is no upper limit on the number of visas which may be issued to immediate relatives.) Preference relatives receive all of the visas not used by immediate relatives, but in no case less than 226,000 visas per year. Family-based preference categories subject to the numerical limitation are: (preference limits in parentheses):

EMBASSY HOLIDAYS 2005

EMBASSY HOLIDAYS 2005
*January 1 New Year's Day Barbados
January 17 Martin Luther King Birthday US
January 21 Errol Barrow Birthday Barbados
February 21 President's Day US
March 25 Good Friday Barbados
March 28 Easter Monday Barbados
April 28 Heroes Day Barbados
May 2 Labor Day Barbados
May 16 Whit Monday Barbados
May 30 Memorial Day US 
July 4 Independence Day US
August 1 Kadooment Day Barbados
August 2 Emancipation Day Barbados
September 5 Labor Day US
October 10 Columbus Day US
November 11 Veterans Day US
November 24 Thanksgiving Day US
November 30 Independence Day Barbados
*December 25 Christmas Holiday US/Barbados
December 26 Christmas Holiday (Observed) Barbados
December 27 Boxing Day US/Barbados


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