Location: Nationwide Event: On January 24, 2019, the State Department ordered non-emergency U.S. government employees to depart Venezuela.  The U.S. government has limited ability to provide emergency services to U.S. citizens in Venezuela.  U.S. citizens should contact U.S. Embassy Caracas for consular assistance.  U.S. citizens residing or traveling in Venezuela should strongly consider departing Venezuela.  Commercial ... Read More»

Location: Venezuela Event: U.S. citizens are advised that protests may continue through the rest of the week. The U.S. Embassy will maintain normal business hours and will receive any U.S. citizens needing emergency services on January 24, 2019 from 8:00am to 3:00pm.  However, all visa appointments for January 24, 2019 have been cancelled. In addition, the movement ... Read More»

Location: Venezuela Event: Demonstrations are scheduled to take place throughout Venezuela on January 23, and may continue throughout the week. The U.S. Embassy will maintain normal business hours and will receive any U.S. citizens needing emergency services.  However, the movement of U.S. government personnel will be restricted to the following neighborhoods in Caracas: Valle Arriba, ... Read More»

Location: Venezuela Event: Due to various upcoming events in the Venezuelan political cycle, U.S. government officials are not permitted to travel outside of Caracas.  Therefore, U.S. Consular Officers will not be able to provide routine consular services outside of Caracas and will be restricted to emergency services January 7-14, 2019.  All consular services will still ... Read More»