Ukrainian consulate in Reading
Reading has no Ukrainian consular office of its own. Plan on 127 miles by road, about 2 h 51 min, to reach the Ukrainian Consulate General in New York.
Checked against the official pages on 22 October 2026. How we check.
Which Ukrainian consulate serves Reading?
The Ukrainian Consulate General in New York serves Pennsylvania, which is on the district list the office publishes (district list, in Ukrainian).
| Ukrainian office | Straight-line distance |
|---|---|
| Consulate General, New York (office for Reading here) | 107 miles |
| Embassy, Washington, D.C. | 116 miles |
| Consulate General, Chicago | 618 miles |
| Consulate General, Houston | 1,321 miles |
| Consulate General, San Francisco | 2,471 miles |
Getting from Reading to your Ukrainian office
A visit from Reading costs 2 h 51 min on the road each way, so book a slot that leaves room for the drive.
Instead of a second trip to the Ukrainian Consulate General in New York, you can order delivery of the finished passport to the VFS Global center in Edison, 81 miles from Reading (VFS conditions, in Ukrainian).
The honorary consul of Ukraine in Philadelphia, 48 miles from Reading as the crow flies, is on the Embassy’s list of honorary consuls; passports and other documents are filed with the offices that have a consular district (list, in Ukrainian).
Birth and marriage records for Reading and the Ukrainian office
The citizenship registration of a child born in Reading starts with the U.S. birth certificate, issued in Pennsylvania by the Division of Vital Records, in New Castle, according to the CDC (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The apostille goes on the certificate and on the translation, as the Pennsylvania page explains.
In Berks County, where Reading is, marriage records are kept by the Marriage License Clerk at the Berks County Courthouse (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records), and for a new surname in a Ukrainian passport that certificate goes apostilled and translated.
Cities around Reading
- Lancaster, 29 miles away
- Allentown, 30 miles away
- Bethlehem, 35 miles away
- Upper Darby, 45 miles away
Without leaving Reading: 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.