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