Ukrainian consulate in Valparaiso
There is no Ukrainian office in Valparaiso for passports or citizenship papers. By road, the Ukrainian Consulate General in Chicago is 53 miles from Valparaiso, around 1 h 20 min at the speed limit.
Checked against the official pages on 22 October 2026. How we check.
Which Ukrainian consulate serves Valparaiso?
On its own pages, the Ukrainian Consulate General in Chicago puts Indiana in its consular district (district list, in Ukrainian).
| Ukrainian office | Straight-line distance |
|---|---|
| Consulate General, Chicago (office for Valparaiso here) | 42 miles |
| Embassy, Washington, D.C. | 556 miles |
| Consulate General, New York | 683 miles |
| Consulate General, Houston | 937 miles |
| Consulate General, San Francisco | 1,885 miles |
Getting from Valparaiso to your Ukrainian office
Valparaiso is near enough for a same-day visit: the drive to the Chicago consulate takes 1 h 20 min.
Birth and marriage records for Valparaiso and the Ukrainian office
For a child born in Valparaiso, the birth certificate comes from the Indiana State Department of Health’s Vital Records office, in Indianapolis (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). The Ukrainian office takes it apostilled, together with an apostilled notarized translation; see the Indiana page.
In Porter County, where Valparaiso is, marriage records are kept by the Clerk of the Circuit or Superior Court of Porter County (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records), and for a new surname in a Ukrainian passport that certificate goes apostilled and translated.
Cities around Valparaiso
- Gary, 17 miles away
- Michigan City, 19 miles away
- Hammond, 26 miles away
- Cicero, 44 miles away
Without leaving Valparaiso: 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.