Is The USA ESTA Processing Time Affected By National Holidays?
Yes, the processing time of the USA ESTA will be postponed on national holidays because the Consular Department of the USA Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be closed at this time.
List USA Holidays and Observances below:
Date | Name | Type | States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | New Year's Day | State Holiday | All |
| 1 Jan | New Year's Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 2 Jan | Last Day of Chanukah | Jewish holiday | |
| 6 Jan | Epiphany | Christian | |
| 7 Jan | Orthodox Christmas Day | Orthodox | |
| 7 Jan | Estelle Reel Day | State Observance | Wyoming |
| 8 Jan | Battle of New Orleans | State Legal Holiday | Louisiana |
| 9 Jan | National Day of Mourning for Jimmy Carter | Federal Holiday | |
| 10 Jan | Asarah B'Tevet | Jewish holiday | |
| 13 Jan | Stephen Foster Memorial Day | Observance | |
| 14 Jan | Orthodox New Year | Orthodox | |
| 19 Jan | Robert E. Lee's Birthday | State Legal Holiday | Florida |
| 19 Jan | State Holiday | State Observance | Georgia |
| 19 Jan | Confederate Heroes' Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| 20 Jan | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | State Holiday | All |
| 20 Jan | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 20 Jan | Robert E. Lee's Birthday | State Holiday | Alabama, Mississippi |
| 20 Jan | Idaho Human Rights Day | State Holiday | Idaho |
| 20 Jan | Civil Rights Day | State Holiday | Arizona, New Hampshire |
| 20 Jan | Inauguration Day | Federal Holiday | DC, MD*, VA* |
| 20 Jan | Inauguration Day | State Holiday | DC |
| 28 Jan | Isra and Mi'raj | Muslim | |
| 29 Jan | Kansas Day | State Observance | Kansas |
| 29 Jan | Lunar New Year | State Observance | California, Washington |
| 29 Jan | Lunar New Year | Observance | |
| 1 Feb | National Freedom Day | Observance | |
| 1 Feb | First Day of Black History Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| 2 Feb | Groundhog Day | Observance | |
| 4 Feb | Rosa Parks Day | State Observance | New York |
| 4 Feb | Rosa Parks Day | Local Observance | California, Missouri |
| 5 Feb | National Girls and Women in Sports Day | Observance | |
| 6 Feb | Ronald Reagan Day | State Observance | California |
| 7 Feb | Lunar New Year | State Observance | Colorado |
| 7 Feb | National Wear Red Day | Observance | |
| 9 Feb | Super Bowl | Sporting Event | |
| 12 Feb | Lincoln's Birthday | State Holiday | CT, IL, MO, NY |
| 12 Feb | Lincoln's Birthday | State Legal Holiday | Florida |
| 12 Feb | Georgia Day | State Observance | Georgia |
| 13 Feb | Tu Bishvat/Tu B'Shevat | Jewish holiday | |
| 14 Feb | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| 14 Feb | Statehood Day | Local Observance | Arizona |
| 15 Feb | Susan B. Anthony's Birthday | State Observance | CO, FL, NY, WI |
| 16 Feb | Elizabeth Peratrovich Day | State Observance | Alaska |
| 17 Feb | Presidents' Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 17 Feb | Presidents' Day | State Holiday | All except DE, FL, GA, IA, KS, KY, LA, NC, RI, WI |
| 17 Feb | Presidents' Day | State Legal Holiday | KS, KY, LA, NC, RI, WI |
| 17 Feb | Daisy Gatson Bates Day | State Holiday | Arkansas |
| 25 Feb | Maha Shivaratri | Hindu Holiday | |
| 25 Feb | African-American Scientist and Inventor Day | State Observance | Virginia |
| 25 Feb | George Rogers Clark Day | State Observance | Indiana |
| 26 Feb | Maha Shivaratri | Hindu Holiday | |
| 28 Feb | Linus Pauling Day | Local Observance | Oregon |
| 1 Mar | Ramadan Starts | Muslim | |
| 1 Mar | St. David's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| 1 Mar | First Day of Women's History Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| 1 Mar | First Day of Irish American Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| 2 Mar | Texas Independence Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| 3 Mar | Casimir Pulaski Day | State Observance | Illinois, Indiana |
| 3 Mar | Read Across America Day | Observance | |
| 4 Mar | Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras | Observance, Christian | |
| 4 Mar | Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras | State Holiday | AL*, FL**, LA, MS** |
| 4 Mar | Casimir Pulaski Day | State Observance | Wisconsin |
| 4 Mar | Town Meeting Day | State Holiday | Vermont |
| 5 Mar | Ash Wednesday | Christian | |
| 7 Mar | Employee Appreciation Day | Observance | |
| 9 Mar | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock Change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| 14 Mar | Holi | Hindu Holiday | |
| 14 Mar | Purim | Jewish holiday | |
| 17 Mar | St. Patrick's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| 17 Mar | Evacuation Day | State Holiday | Massachusetts* |
| 20 Mar | March Equinox | Season | |
| 25 Mar | Maryland Day | State Observance | Maryland |
| 26 Mar | Lailat al-Qadr | Muslim | |
| 26 Mar | Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day | State Holiday | Hawaii |
| 29 Mar | National Vietnam War Veterans Day | Observance | |
| 30 Mar | Eid al-Fitr | Muslim | |
| 30 Mar | Wyoming Veterans Welcome Home Day | State Observance | Wyoming |
| 30 Mar | Doctors' Day | Observance | |
| 30 Mar | Vietnam Veterans Day | State Observance | Delaware, West Virginia |
| 31 Mar | Eid al-Fitr | Muslim | |
| 31 Mar | Seward's Day | State Holiday | Alaska |
| 31 Mar | César Chávez Day | State Holiday | AZ*, CA, CO***, MI*, NM*, NV*, TX***, UT*, WI* |
| 31 Mar | César Chávez Day | State Observance | Washington |
| 2 Apr | Pascua Florida Day | Local Observance | Florida |
| 6 Apr | National Tartan Day | Observance | |
| 8 Apr | National Library Workers' Day | Observance | |
| 12 Apr | Passover Eve | Jewish holiday | |
| 13 Apr | Palm Sunday | Christian | |
| 13 Apr | Passover (first day) | Jewish holiday | |
| 13 Apr | Thomas Jefferson's Birthday | Observance | |
| 15 Apr | Tax Day | Observance | |
| 15 Apr | Father Damien Day | Local Observance | Hawaii |
| 16 Apr | Emancipation Day | State Holiday | DC |
| 17 Apr | Maundy Thursday | Christian | |
| 18 Apr | Orthodox Good Friday | Orthodox | |
| 18 Apr | Good Friday | State Holiday | CT, DE, HI, IN, KY, LA, NC, ND, NJ, TN, TX*** |
| 18 Apr | Arbor Day | State Observance | Colorado |
| 18 Apr | State Holiday | State Holiday | Georgia |
| 19 Apr | Holy Saturday | Christian | |
| 19 Apr | Orthodox Holy Saturday | Orthodox | |
| 20 Apr | Last Day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| 20 Apr | Orthodox Easter | Orthodox | |
| 20 Apr | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| 21 Apr | Orthodox Easter Monday | Orthodox | |
| 21 Apr | Easter Monday | Observance, Christian | |
| 21 Apr | Patriots' Day | State Holiday | Maine, Massachusetts |
| 21 Apr | San Jacinto Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| 21 Apr | Boston Marathon | Sporting Event | |
| 22 Apr | Oklahoma Day | Local Observance | Oklahoma |
| 23 Apr | Yom HaShoah | Jewish commemoration | |
| 23 Apr | Administrative Professionals Day | Observance | |
| 24 Apr | Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day | Observance | |
| 25 Apr | Arbor Day | State Holiday | Nebraska |
| 25 Apr | Arbor Day | State Observance | Arizona, Delaware |
| 26 Apr | Confederate Memorial Day | State Legal Holiday | Florida |
| 26 Apr | State Holiday | State Observance | Georgia |
| 28 Apr | Arbor Day | State Observance | Wyoming |
| 28 Apr | Confederate Memorial Day | State Holiday | Alabama |
| 28 Apr | Confederate Memorial Day | State Holiday | Mississippi |
| 1 May | Yom Ha'atzmaut | Jewish holiday | |
| 1 May | Law Day | Observance | |
| 1 May | Loyalty Day | Observance | |
| 1 May | National Day of Prayer | Observance | |
| 1 May | Lei Day | Local Observance | Hawaii |
| 1 May | West Virginia Day of Prayer | State Observance | West Virginia |
| 1 May | First Day of Military Appreciation Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| 1 May | First Day of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| 1 May | First Day of Jewish American Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| 2 May | Kentucky Oaks | Sporting Event | |
| 3 May | Kentucky Derby | Sporting Event | |
| 3 May | National Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Day | Observance | |
| 4 May | Kent State Shootings Remembrance | Local Observance | Ohio |
| 4 May | Rhode Island Independence Day | State Observance | Rhode Island |
| 5 May | Cinco de Mayo | Observance | |
| 6 May | National Nurses Day | Observance | |
| 6 May | National Teacher Appreciation Day | Observance | |
| 8 May | Truman Day | State Holiday | Missouri |
| 8 May | Victory in Europe Day | Observance | |
| 9 May | Confederate Memorial Day observed | State Holiday | South Carolina |
| 9 May | Native American Day | State Observance | Wyoming |
| 9 May | Military Spouse Appreciation Day | Observance | |
| 9 May | Military Spouse Appreciation Day | State Observance | Delaware |
| 10 May | Confederate Memorial Day | Local Observance | North Carolina |
| 10 May | Confederate Memorial Day | State Holiday | South Carolina |
| 11 May | Mother's Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| 11 May | Mother's Day | Observance | |
| 15 May | Peace Officers Memorial Day | Observance | |
| 16 May | Lag BaOmer | Jewish holiday | |
| 16 May | National Defense Transportation Day | Observance | |
| 17 May | Public Lands Day | State Observance | Colorado |
| 17 May | Armed Forces Day | Observance | |
| 17 May | Preakness Stakes | Sporting Event | |
| 21 May | Emergency Medical Services for Children Day | Observance | |
| 22 May | National Maritime Day | Observance | |
| 22 May | Harvey Milk Day | Local Observance | California |
| 25 May | National Missing Children's Day | Observance | |
| 26 May | Memorial Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 26 May | Decoration Day | State Holiday | AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA |
| 26 May | Jefferson Davis' Birthday | Local Observance | Mississippi |
| 29 May | Ascension Day | Christian | |
| 1 Jun | First Day of Pride Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| 1 Jun | First Day of Caribbean-American Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| 1 Jun | Statehood Day | Local Observance | Kentucky, Tennessee |
| 2 Jun | Shavuot | Jewish holiday | |
| 2 Jun | Jefferson Davis' Birthday | State Holiday | Alabama |
| 3 Jun | Jefferson Davis' Birthday | Local Observance | Florida |
| 6 Jun | D-Day | Observance | |
| 7 Jun | Eid al-Adha (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| 7 Jun | Belmont Stakes | Sporting Event | |
| 8 Jun | Pentecost | Christian | |
| 8 Jun | Native American Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| 9 Jun | Whit Monday | Christian | |
| 11 Jun | Kamehameha Day | State Holiday | Hawaii |
| 12 Jun | Loving Day | Observance | |
| 14 Jun | Army Birthday | Observance | |
| 14 Jun | Flag Day | Observance | |
| 15 Jun | Trinity Sunday | Christian | |
| 15 Jun | Father's Day | Observance | |
| 15 Jun | Father's Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| 16 Jun | Juneteenth Freedom Day (substitute) | State Holiday | Utah |
| 17 Jun | Bunker Hill Day | Local Holiday | Massachusetts* |
| 19 Jun | Corpus Christi | Christian | |
| 19 Jun | Juneteenth | Federal Holiday | |
| 19 Jun | Juneteenth National Freedom Day | State Observance | 16 states |
| 19 Jun | Juneteenth Day | State Holiday | 20 states |
| 19 Jun | Juneteenth | State Observance | North Carolina, West Virginia |
| 19 Jun | Juneteenth Freedom Day | State Holiday | Utah |
| 19 Jun | Emancipation Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| 20 Jun | Juneteenth Day | State Holiday | New Jersey |
| 20 Jun | West Virginia Day | State Holiday | West Virginia |
| 20 Jun | American Eagle Day | Observance | |
| 20 Jun | June Solstice | Season | |
| 21 Jun | Juneteenth | State Observance | AK, AR, CA, LA, MI, MT, OK, VT, WY |
| 27 Jun | Muharram (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| 28 Jun | Carolina Day | State Observance | South Carolina |
| 4 Jul | Independence Day | State Holiday | AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, OK |
| 4 Jul | Independence Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 6 Jul | Ashura (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| 13 Jul | Nathan Bedford Forrest Day | Local Observance | Tennessee |
| 14 Jul | Bastille Day | Observance | |
| 16 Jul | Rural Transit Day | Observance | |
| 24 Jul | Pioneer Day | State Holiday | Utah |
| 27 Jul | Parents' Day | Observance | |
| 27 Jul | Korean War Veteran Recognition Day | State Observance | West Virginia |
| 27 Jul | National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day | Observance | |
| 1 Aug | Colorado Day | State Observance | Colorado |
| 3 Aug | Tisha B'Av | Jewish holiday | |
| 3 Aug | American Family Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| 4 Aug | Coast Guard Birthday | Observance | |
| 4 Aug | Barack Obama Day | Observance | Illinois |
| 7 Aug | Purple Heart Day | State Observance | West Virginia, Wyoming |
| 7 Aug | Purple Heart Day | Observance | |
| 8 Aug | Raksha Bandhan | Hindu Holiday | |
| 11 Aug | Victory Day | State Holiday | Rhode Island |
| 15 Aug | Assumption of Mary | Christian | |
| 15 Aug | Hawaii Statehood Day | State Holiday | Hawaii |
| 15 Aug | Bennington Battle Day observed | State Holiday | Vermont |
| 16 Aug | Janmashtami | Hindu Holiday | |
| 16 Aug | Bennington Battle Day | State Holiday | Vermont |
| 17 Aug | National Navajo Code Talkers Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| 17 Aug | National Senior Citizens Day | Observance | |
| 19 Aug | National Aviation Day | Observance | |
| 26 Aug | Ganesh Chaturthi | Hindu Holiday | |
| 26 Aug | Susan B. Anthony Day | State Observance | Massachusetts |
| 26 Aug | Women's Equality Day | Observance | |
| 27 Aug | Lyndon Baines Johnson Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| 1 Sep | Labor Day | State Holiday | All |
| 1 Sep | Labor Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 5 Sep | The Prophet's Birthday (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| 6 Sep | Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day | Observance | |
| 6 Sep | Native American Day | State Observance | Delaware |
| 7 Sep | National Grandparents Day | Observance | |
| 9 Sep | California Admission Day | State Holiday | California* |
| 11 Sep | First Responders Day | State Observance | North Carolina |
| 11 Sep | Patriot Day | Observance | |
| 11 Sep | Patriot Day | State Observance | Alaska |
| 14 Sep | Constitution Commemoration Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| 15 Sep | First Day of National Hispanic Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| 17 Sep | Constitution Day and Citizenship Day | Observance | |
| 18 Sep | Air Force Birthday | Observance | |
| 19 Sep | National POW/MIA Recognition Day | Observance | |
| 22 Sep | Navratri | Hindu Holiday | |
| 22 Sep | American Indian Day | State Observance | Tennessee |
| 22 Sep | Emancipation Day | Local Observance | Ohio |
| 22 Sep | September Equinox | Season | |
| 23 Sep | Rosh Hashana | Jewish holiday | |
| 23 Sep | Rosh Hashana | State Holiday | Texas*** |
| 26 Sep | Native American Day | State Observance | California, Nevada |
| 26 Sep | American Indian Heritage Day | State Observance | Montana, Texas |
| 26 Sep | Michigan Indian Day | State Observance | Michigan |
| 27 Sep | Public Lands Day | State Observance | Wyoming |
| 27 Sep | National Public Lands Day | Observance | |
| 28 Sep | Gold Star Mother's Day | Observance | |
| 2 Oct | Dussehra | Hindu Holiday | |
| 2 Oct | Yom Kippur | Jewish holiday | |
| 2 Oct | Yom Kippur | State Holiday | Texas*** |
| 4 Oct | Feast of St Francis of Assisi | Christian | |
| 6 Oct | Frances Xavier Cabrini Day | State Holiday | Colorado |
| 6 Oct | German American Day | Observance | |
| 6 Oct | Child Health Day | Observance | |
| 7 Oct | First Day of Sukkot | Jewish holiday | |
| 9 Oct | Leif Erikson Day | Local Observance | Colorado |
| 9 Oct | Leif Erikson Day | Observance | |
| 11 Oct | Robert E. Lee's Birthday | State Observance | Arkansas |
| 11 Oct | Casimir Pulaski Day | State Observance | MA, MI, RI |
| 12 Oct | Chicago Marathon (Tentative Date) | Sporting Event | |
| 13 Oct | Last Day of Sukkot | Jewish holiday | |
| 13 Oct | Navy Birthday | Observance | |
| 13 Oct | Columbus Day | State Legal Holiday | Tennessee |
| 13 Oct | Columbus Day | State Holiday | 22 states |
| 13 Oct | Columbus Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 13 Oct | Fraternal Day | State Holiday | Alabama |
| 13 Oct | Yorktown Victory Day | State Holiday | Virginia |
| 13 Oct | Discoverers’ Day | State Observance | Hawaii |
| 13 Oct | Native American Day | State Holiday | South Dakota |
| 13 Oct | Native American Day | State Observance | Oklahoma |
| 13 Oct | Indigenous People's Day | State Observance | 28 states |
| 13 Oct | Indigenous People's Day | State Holiday | DC, ME, NE, NM |
| 13 Oct | Indigenous People's Day (Tentative Date) | State Observance | Michigan, Minnesota |
| 13 Oct | American Indian Heritage Day | State Holiday | Alabama |
| 14 Oct | Shmini Atzeret | Jewish holiday | |
| 15 Oct | Simchat Torah | Jewish holiday | |
| 15 Oct | White Cane Safety Day | Observance | |
| 16 Oct | Boss's Day | Observance | |
| 17 Oct | Alaska Day observed | State Holiday | Alaska |
| 18 Oct | Alaska Day | State Holiday | Alaska |
| 18 Oct | Sweetest Day | Observance | 13 states |
| 20 Oct | Diwali/Deepavali | Hindu Holiday | |
| 31 Oct | Halloween | Observance | |
| 31 Oct | Nevada Day | State Holiday | Nevada |
| 1 Nov | All Saints' Day | Christian | |
| 1 Nov | First Day of Native American Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| 2 Nov | All Souls' Day | Christian | |
| 2 Nov | New York City Marathon | Sporting Event | |
| 2 Nov | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock Change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| 4 Nov | Election Day | Observance | |
| 4 Nov | Election Day | State Holiday | New Jersey, Virginia |
| 10 Nov | Marine Corps Birthday | Observance | |
| 10 Nov | Barack Obama Day | Local Observance | Alabama** |
| 11 Nov | Veterans Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 11 Nov | Veterans Day | State Holiday | All except MA, WY |
| 19 Nov | George Rogers Clark Day | State Observance | Ohio |
| 27 Nov | Thanksgiving Day | State Holiday | All |
| 27 Nov | Thanksgiving Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 28 Nov | State Holiday | State Holiday | Georgia |
| 28 Nov | Presidents' Day (Observed) | State Holiday | New Mexico |
| 28 Nov | Lincoln's Birthday/Lincoln's Day | State Holiday | Indiana |
| 28 Nov | Day After Thanksgiving | State Holiday | 22 states |
| 28 Nov | Black Friday | Observance | |
| 28 Nov | American Indian Heritage Day | State Holiday | Maryland |
| 28 Nov | Native American Heritage Day | State Holiday | Washington |
| 28 Nov | Native American Heritage Day | Observance | |
| 29 Nov | Nellie Tayloe Ross's Birthday | State Observance | Wyoming |
| 30 Nov | First Sunday of Advent | Christian | |
| 1 Dec | Cyber Monday | Observance | |
| 1 Dec | Rosa Parks Day | State Observance | Alabama |
| 1 Dec | Rosa Parks Day | Local Observance | Ohio |
| 2 Dec | Giving Tuesday | Observance | |
| 6 Dec | St Nicholas Day | Observance | |
| 7 Dec | Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day | State Observance | Alaska, Wyoming |
| 7 Dec | Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day | Observance | |
| 7 Dec | Delaware Day | State Observance | Delaware |
| 8 Dec | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Christian | |
| 10 Dec | Wyoming Day | State Observance | Wyoming |
| 12 Dec | Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe | Christian | |
| 13 Dec | National Guard Birthday | Observance | |
| 15 Dec | Chanukah/Hanukkah (first day) | Jewish holiday | |
| 15 Dec | Bill of Rights Day | Observance | |
| 17 Dec | Pan American Aviation Day | Observance | |
| 17 Dec | Wright Brothers Day | Observance | |
| 21 Dec | December Solstice | Season | |
| 22 Dec | Last Day of Chanukah | Jewish holiday | |
| 24 Dec | Christmas Eve | State Holiday | AR, KS*, KY, MI, NC, ND, OK, SC, TX, VA*, WI |
| 24 Dec | Christmas Eve | Observance, Christian | |
| 25 Dec | Christmas Day | State Holiday | All |
| 25 Dec | Christmas Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 26 Dec | Kwanzaa (first day) | Observance | |
| 26 Dec | Day After Christmas Day | State Holiday | NC, SC, TX |
| 30 Dec | Asarah B'Tevet | Jewish holiday | |
| 31 Dec | New Year's Eve | Observance | |
| 31 Dec | New Year's Eve | State Holiday | Michigan, Wisconsin |
* Observed only in some communities of this state.
** Observed only in part of this state.
*** Optional holiday in this state.
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