Ukrainian consulate in Covington
Ukraine has no consulate in Covington. The Embassy’s consular section in Washington is 519 miles away by road, about 10 h 2 min at posted speed limits.
Checked against the official pages on 22 October 2026. How we check.
Which Ukrainian consulate serves Covington?
Kentucky belongs to the consular district of the Embassy’s consular section in Washington, according to the office’s own pages (district list, in Ukrainian).
| Ukrainian office | Straight-line distance |
|---|---|
| Consulate General, Chicago | 254 miles |
| Embassy, Washington, D.C. (office for Covington here) | 400 miles |
| Consulate General, New York | 570 miles |
| Consulate General, Houston | 897 miles |
| Consulate General, San Francisco | 2,038 miles |
In a straight line, the Ukrainian Consulate General in Chicago is closer to Covington, 254 miles against 400 miles, but the published district puts Kentucky with the Embassy’s consular section in Washington.
The Embassy’s consular section in Washington has announced a mobile consular session in Parma, Ohio, on 24–26 October 2026, 216 miles from Covington in a straight line (notice, in Ukrainian).
The office’s notice limits passport filings at the session to vulnerable groups and to people with no valid passport.
Planning the visit from Covington
A trip from Covington to the Embassy takes 10 h 2 min by road: count on a night near Washington, D.C.
Visits to the Embassy are booked in e-Consul; collecting a finished passport needs no booking.
The VFS Global center in Columbus, 101 miles from Covington as the crow flies, is one of the places where a finished passport can be collected after paid courier delivery (VFS conditions, in Ukrainian).
Where people in Covington get the U.S. records Ukraine asks for
The Ukrainian citizenship registration of a child born in Covington needs the U.S. birth certificate, which in Kentucky comes from the Office of Vital Statistics of the Department for Public Health, in Frankfort, according to the CDC’s directory (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The office wants it apostilled, with a notarized Ukrainian translation that carries its own apostille; the Kentucky page has the fee.
In Kenton County, where Covington is, marriage records are kept by the Kenton County Court 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 Covington
- Cincinnati, 1 mile away
- Dayton, 50 miles away
- Lexington, 72 miles away
What you can do from Covington 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 update your military records yourself in the Reserv+ app; the offices in the U.S. do not keep them: Military registration.