Ukrainian consulate in Sarasota
Sarasota has no Ukrainian consular office of its own. Plan on 953 miles by road, about 17 h 50 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 Sarasota?
The Embassy’s consular section in Washington lists Florida in its consular district on its own pages (district list, in Ukrainian).
| Ukrainian office | Straight-line distance |
|---|---|
| Consulate General, Houston | 802 miles |
| Embassy, Washington, D.C. (office for Sarasota here) | 859 miles |
| Consulate General, Chicago | 1,046 miles |
| Consulate General, New York | 1,048 miles |
| Consulate General, San Francisco | 2,412 miles |
The Ukrainian Consulate General in Houston is nearer to Sarasota as the crow flies (802 miles against 859 miles); the district lists still send Florida to the Embassy’s consular section in Washington.
For November, the Embassy’s 2026 calendar plans a mobile session in Miami, Florida, 180 miles from Sarasota in a straight line; the days are not set yet, and the Embassy says the schedule may be adjusted (notice, in Ukrainian).
At these sessions, passport applications are taken from vulnerable groups and people without a valid passport, according to the office’s notice.
Getting from Sarasota to your Ukrainian office
The Embassy is 17 h 50 min from Sarasota by road, too far for a same-day trip: book a night near Washington, D.C.
Papers are filed at the Embassy with an e-Consul booking, and a finished passport is collected without one, at the set times on its page.
Once the passport is made, you can have it sent by VFS Global, at your expense, to its center in Orlando, 109 miles from Sarasota in a straight line (VFS conditions, in Ukrainian).
Birth and marriage records for Sarasota and the Ukrainian office
The citizenship registration of a child born in Sarasota starts with the U.S. birth certificate, issued in Florida by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the Department of Health, in Jacksonville, according to the CDC (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The apostille goes on the certificate and on the translation, as the Florida page explains.
Cities around Sarasota
- St. Petersburg, 31 miles away
- Tampa, 42 miles away
- Clearwater, 47 miles away
- Fort Myers, 63 miles away
Without leaving Sarasota: 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.
