News & Notes
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Changes to U.S. Passports
After December 31 no extra visa pages will be added to U.S. passports. Instead, 52-page passport books will be issued at no extra cost to U.S. citizens applying from outside the United States. Press Release »
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Sarajevo: Embassy Announces Essay Contest Winners
Three hundred students wrote essays and thirty students created videos responding to the question: “How Can I Help Build a Better Bosnia and Herzegovina?” The contest was sponsored by the embassy to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Dayton Accords.
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Bishkek: Embassy Announces "I Love English" Video Contest 2016
The U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce the opening of the 2016 I Love English Video Contest. Eligible individuals may enter the contest by creating and submitting a video with the words “I love English” either spoken or communicated in some other way (e.g. written, visual, etc.). Videos may be up to 30 seconds in length. The deadline for submissions is Feb. 5, 2016.
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Lilongwe: Embassy Announces January Consular Schedule
The Embassy will be closed to the public on Friday, January 1, 2016, for the New Year’s Day holiday. The Embassy will also be closed on Friday, January 15, and Monday, January 18, for the John Chilembwe Day (Malawi) and Martin Luther King Day holidays. No visa or other consular appointments have been scheduled for those days and no walk-in appointments will be seen.