Ukrainian consulate in Chelsea
Ukraine does not run a consular office in Chelsea. The drive from Chelsea to the Ukrainian Consulate General in New York is 214 miles, close to 4 h 37 min at posted limits.
Checked against the official pages on 22 October 2026. How we check.
Which Ukrainian consulate serves Chelsea?
The Ukrainian Consulate General in New York lists Massachusetts in its consular district on its own pages (district list, in Ukrainian).
| Ukrainian office | Straight-line distance |
|---|---|
| Consulate General, New York (office for Chelsea here) | 189 miles |
| Embassy, Washington, D.C. | 397 miles |
| Consulate General, Chicago | 849 miles |
| Consulate General, Houston | 1,612 miles |
| Consulate General, San Francisco | 2,693 miles |
The Ukrainian Consulate General in New York held a mobile consular session in Westwood, Massachusetts, on 16–17 October 2026, 15 miles from Chelsea in a straight line; its page announces the next ones (notice, in Ukrainian).
From Chelsea to the consulate: distance and day trip
The New York consulate is 4 h 37 min from Chelsea by road, too far for a same-day trip: book a night near New York.
The New York consulate keeps separate days for passports and for other services, all booked in e-Consul; a finished passport is collected without a booking.
Chelsea has one of the VFS Global centers where a finished passport can be collected, if you order and pay for the courier from the Ukrainian Consulate General in New York (VFS conditions, in Ukrainian).
U.S. papers a family in Chelsea needs for Ukrainian procedures
The Ukrainian citizenship registration of a child born in Chelsea needs the U.S. birth certificate, which in Massachusetts comes from the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics, in Dorchester, 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 Massachusetts page has the fee.
Other cities near Chelsea
- Everett, Massachusetts, 1 mile away
- Revere, 2 miles away
- Boston, 2 miles away
- Malden, 3 miles away
What people in Chelsea can settle without going to the office
- You can follow your passport at passport.mfa.gov.ua with the session ID you get when you file: Ukrainian passport.
- You can apply for a Ukrainian tax number in electronic form through e-Consul: Tax number (RNOKPP).