Ukrainian consulate in Lexington
Lexington has no Ukrainian consular office of its own. From Lexington, the Embassy’s consular section in Washington is 507 miles by road, roughly 9 h 35 min of driving without traffic.
Checked against the official pages on 22 October 2026. How we check.
Which Ukrainian consulate serves Lexington?
On its own pages, the Embassy’s consular section in Washington puts Kentucky in its consular district (district list, in Ukrainian).
| Ukrainian office | Straight-line distance |
|---|---|
| Consulate General, Chicago | 313 miles |
| Embassy, Washington, D.C. (office for Lexington here) | 406 miles |
| Consulate General, New York | 592 miles |
| Consulate General, Houston | 851 miles |
| Consulate General, San Francisco | 2,052 miles |
The Ukrainian Consulate General in Chicago is nearer to Lexington as the crow flies (313 miles against 406 miles); the district lists still send Kentucky to the Embassy’s consular section in Washington.
The trip from Lexington and how the office receives you
9 h 35 min on the road from Lexington rules out a same-day visit; plan to sleep near Washington, D.C.
Visits to the Embassy are booked in e-Consul; collecting a finished passport needs no booking.
For the pickup, the passport can travel by VFS Global courier to Columbus, 155 miles from Lexington, paid by you (VFS conditions, in Ukrainian).
Local records in Lexington for Ukrainian paperwork
The citizenship registration of a child born in Lexington starts with the U.S. birth certificate, issued in Kentucky by the Office of Vital Statistics of the Department for Public Health, in Frankfort, according to the CDC (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The apostille goes on the certificate and on the translation, as the Kentucky page explains.
A marriage registered in Lexington is recorded by the Fayette County Court Clerk (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records), and a Ukrainian office asks for that certificate apostilled and translated when a surname changes.
Nearby cities to Lexington
- Nicholasville, 12 miles away
- Louisville, 70 miles away
- Covington, 72 miles away
- Cincinnati, 73 miles away
Steps a family in Lexington can take without a visit
- You can follow your passport at passport.mfa.gov.ua with the session ID you get when you file: Ukrainian passport.
- You can mail the consular registration papers with a prepaid return envelope: Consular registration.