Hours, Contact, Location

The U.S. Embassy is located at Leicester Square, Regent; tel. (232) (22) 515 000 or (232) (76) 515 000; fax (232) (22) 515 355.  The Embassy maintains a home page on the Internet at http://freetown.usembassy.gov/

If you an American Citizen residing in or traveling to Sierra Leone, please email us with your questions or concerns.  We will respond to your email message as soon as possible.  Please browse the information on this web site and http://travel.state.gov first, as you may find the answer to your question faster.

We also urge you to register with the Embassy if you will be traveling or living in Sierra Leone in order to allow the ACS Unit to better help and serve you, especially in the event of an emergency or disaster.

The ACS Unit is open from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays for routine services including passport services, U.S. citizen registrations, reports of birth abroad, notarial services, voter assistance, and tax forms.  American citizens can also register in person at the Embassy Mondays and Wednesdays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

For emergencies including cases involving serious illness or injury, death, and victims of serious crime, the ACS Unit is available 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday.  For emergencies after hours, please call (232)(76) 515-000.