Ukrainian consulate in Gainesville
Gainesville is served from another city: Ukraine keeps no consulate there. Plan on 773 miles by road, about 14 h 28 min, to reach the Embassy’s consular section in Washington.
Checked against the official pages on 22 October 2026. How we check.
Which Ukrainian consulate serves Gainesville?
The consular district that the Embassy’s consular section in Washington publishes includes Florida (district list, in Ukrainian).
| Ukrainian office | Straight-line distance |
|---|---|
| Embassy, Washington, D.C. (office for Gainesville here) | 706 miles |
| Consulate General, Houston | 788 miles |
| Consulate General, Chicago | 896 miles |
| Consulate General, New York | 900 miles |
| Consulate General, San Francisco | 2,353 miles |
Getting from Gainesville to your Ukrainian office
With 14 h 28 min of driving, a visit from Gainesville means a night near Washington, D.C. before your slot.
Visits to the Embassy are booked in e-Consul; collecting a finished passport needs no booking.
A finished passport can be collected at VFS Global in Orlando, 96 miles from Gainesville, if you order and pay for the courier (VFS conditions, in Ukrainian).
Birth and marriage records for Gainesville and the Ukrainian office
For a child born in Gainesville, the birth certificate comes from the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the Department of Health, in Jacksonville (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). The Ukrainian office takes it apostilled, together with an apostilled notarized translation; see the Florida page.
Cities around Gainesville
- Jacksonville, 61 miles away
Without leaving Gainesville: what can be done
- 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.
