Ukrainian consulate in Charleston, South Carolina

No Ukrainian diplomatic office works out of Charleston. The road trip to the Embassy’s consular section in Washington is 534 miles, about 9 h 57 min at the speed limit.

Checked against the official pages on 22 October 2026. How we check.

This page is about Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston, West Virginia has a page of its own.

Which Ukrainian consulate serves Charleston, South Carolina?

The Embassy’s consular section in Washington serves South Carolina, which is on the district list the office publishes (district list, in Ukrainian).

For December, the Embassy’s 2026 calendar plans a mobile session in Charlotte, North Carolina, 176 miles from Charleston in a straight line; the days are not set yet, and the Embassy says the schedule may be adjusted (notice, in Ukrainian).

The office’s notice limits passport filings at the session to vulnerable groups and to people with no valid passport.

Getting from Charleston, South Carolina to your Ukrainian office

From Charleston, the 9 h 57 min drive and a timed slot add up to two days: one to arrive near Washington, D.C., one at the office.

Visits to the Embassy are booked in e-Consul; collecting a finished passport needs no booking.

Instead of a second trip to the Embassy’s consular section in Washington, you can order delivery of the finished passport to the VFS Global center in Raleigh, 220 miles from Charleston (VFS conditions, in Ukrainian).

Birth and marriage records for Charleston, South Carolina and the Ukrainian office

The Ukrainian citizenship registration of a child born in Charleston needs the U.S. birth certificate, which in South Carolina comes from DPH – Vital Records, 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 South Carolina page has the fee.

Cities around Charleston

Without leaving Charleston: what can be done