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Welcome to the US Embassy Bridgetown Consular page for American Citizens

The American Citizens Services (ACS) office of U.S. Embassy Bridgetown serves U.S. citizens living in and visiting Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Barthélemy, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, French St. Martin, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.  (U.S. citizens in Dutch St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius are served by the U.S. Consulate General in Curaçao.)  The ACS Unit is here to help you with emergency services for U.S. citizens, U.S. passports, notarials, Federal benefits, and a few other specialized consular services.   We are located in the Wildey Business Park in Wildey, St. Michael.  Please note: laptop computers, cameras, cell phones and other electronic devices are not allowed in the consular waiting room.  Parking at the Embassy is very limited, and one may not park in adjacent lots.  Please either come to the Embassy by taxi or ask someone to bring you and pick you up.

If questions arise while browsing through this web page, do not hesitate to contact us.  We can be reached by telephone (246-227-4399), fax (246-431-0179), or e-mail (consularbridge2@state.gov).

All services provided by the ACS Unit may be paid for in U.S. dollars cash, certified bank cheque made out to the American Embassy, or American Express, Diner's, Discover, MasterCard or Visa Credit Cards.

Most of the services we provide are also available at our Embassy in Grenada and our Consular Agencies in Antigua and Martinique.

The American Citizens Services office (ACS) is open to American citizens Monday-Friday, from 8:30 am to 11:30 am and from 1:00 to 2:00 pm.  Normal processing time for passports is six weeks.  Persons who wish to register the birth abroad of a U.S. citizen child are urged to apply between 1:00 and 2:00 pm.

The Embassy encourages all U.S. citizens residing in our consular district or staying in the area for more than a few months to register online at https://travelregistration.state.gov/ibrs/ui.  Registration is not required, but is strongly recommended.

The Embassy also encourages U.S. citizen groups/organizations visiting the region to carry out volunteer service, charitable activities, missionary work, and related activity to contact the Public Affairs Office of the Embassy at bridgetownpublicaffairs@state.gov. 

Please provide:

  • the name of the organization,
  • the nature of the activity,
  • the dates and location(s) of the activity, and
  • the name and contact information for a point of contact for the group. 

The U.S. Embassy to the Eastern Caribbean welcomes the direct engagement of diverse civic groups and concerned U.S. citizens with the governments and people of the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. 

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