Ukrainian consulate in Joliet
Joliet has no Ukrainian consular office of its own. Plan on 46 miles by road, about 1 h 7 min, to reach the Ukrainian Consulate General in Chicago.
Checked against the official pages on 22 October 2026. How we check.
Which Ukrainian consulate serves Joliet?
The Ukrainian Consulate General in Chicago lists Illinois in its consular district on its own pages (district list, in Ukrainian).
| Ukrainian office | Straight-line distance |
|---|---|
| Consulate General, Chicago (office for Joliet here) | 35 miles |
| Embassy, Washington, D.C. | 608 miles |
| Consulate General, New York | 736 miles |
| Consulate General, Houston | 913 miles |
| Consulate General, San Francisco | 1,832 miles |
Planning the visit from Joliet
The 1 h 7 min drive from Joliet makes the Chicago consulate an easy errand: you can be back home the same day.
Where people in Joliet get the U.S. records Ukraine asks for
The citizenship registration of a child born in Joliet starts with the U.S. birth certificate, issued in Illinois by the Division of Vital Records of the Illinois Department of Public Health, in Springfield, according to the CDC (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The apostille goes on the certificate and on the translation, as the Illinois page explains.
In Will County, where Joliet is, marriage records are kept by the Will County Clerk (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records), and for a new surname in a Ukrainian passport that certificate goes apostilled and translated.
More cities close to Joliet
- Naperville, 17 miles away
- Aurora, Illinois, 20 miles away
- Cicero, 28 miles away
- Hammond, 30 miles away
What you can do from Joliet without traveling
- 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.