Ukrainian consulate in Riverside
Riverside is served from another city: Ukraine keeps no consulate there. Plan on 432 miles by road, about 8 h 8 min, to reach the Ukrainian Consulate General in San Francisco.
Checked against the official pages on 22 October 2026. How we check.
Which Ukrainian consulate serves Riverside?
The Ukrainian Consulate General in San Francisco serves California, which is on the district list the office publishes (district list, in Ukrainian).
| Ukrainian office | Straight-line distance |
|---|---|
| Consulate General, San Francisco (office for Riverside here) | 385 miles |
| Consulate General, Houston | 1,316 miles |
| Consulate General, Chicago | 1,701 miles |
| Embassy, Washington, D.C. | 2,248 miles |
| Consulate General, New York | 2,404 miles |
The trip from Riverside and how the office receives you
From Riverside, the 8 h 8 min drive and a timed slot add up to two days: one to arrive near San Francisco, one at the office.
The San Francisco consulate sees people booked in e-Consul; finished documents are collected with a separate Setmore booking.
Instead of a second trip to the Ukrainian Consulate General in San Francisco, you can order delivery of the finished passport to the VFS Global center in Los Angeles, 50 miles from Riverside (VFS conditions, in Ukrainian).
Local records in Riverside for Ukrainian paperwork
For a child born in Riverside, the birth certificate comes from the California Department of Public Health’s Vital Records office, in Sacramento (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The Ukrainian office takes it apostilled, together with an apostilled notarized translation; see the California page.
A marriage registered in Riverside is recorded by the Riverside County Recorder (or its Clerk, for a confidential marriage) (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records), and a Ukrainian office asks for that certificate apostilled and translated when a surname changes.
Nearby cities to Riverside
- San Bernardino, 10 miles away
- Anaheim, 32 miles away
- Santa Ana, 33 miles away
- Irvine, 33 miles away
Steps a family in Riverside can take without a visit
- You can follow your passport at passport.mfa.gov.ua with the session ID you get when you file: Ukrainian passport.
- You can travel to Ukraine on a U.S. passport for up to 90 days in any 180 without a visa: Visa for U.S. citizens.
