The Honorary Consulate of Lithuania in Poltava is a volunteer-run office that assists Lithuanian citizens in Ukraine; passport and visa applications go to the Lithuanian Embassy in Kyiv.
Contact Details
| Address | Hoholia Street 38, Poltava, Ukraine |
| Telephone | +380 96 766 8289 |
| poltava.consul@gmail.com | |
| Head of Mission | Volodymyr Pylypenko, Honorary Consul |
Opening Hours
No regular opening hours are published. Contact the consulate by phone or e-mail to arrange a visit.
Location of the Consulate
About the honorary consulate in Poltava
The honorary consulate represents Lithuania in Poltava. According to the Lithuanian Embassy in Ukraine page “Honorary consuls”, the honorary consul is Volodymyr Pylypenko. Its consular district covers Poltava Oblast. No opening hours are published; arrange a visit in advance. To do so, call +380 96 766 8289 or e-mail poltava.consul@gmail.com.
The Lithuanian embassy’s list of honorary consuls could not be opened directly in October 2026; the details above come from the version updated on 23 April 2025 (Internet Archive copy of 7 August 2025). Check with the embassy before you rely on them.
Poltava, in Poltava Oblast, lies about 303 km in a straight line from the centre of Kyiv. Ukraine’s airspace remains closed to civil flights, according to GOV.UK travel advice (October 2026).
Holders of ordinary Lithuanian passports do not need a visa for stays of up to 90 days within any 180-day period in Ukraine, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine’s entry-regime table (as of 8 June 2023). Ukraine is not part of the Schengen area and applies its own visa rules.
Which Lithuanian office issues passports and visas?
Passports, visas and other formal consular services for Lithuanian citizens are handled by the Lithuanian Embassy in Kyiv.
What can an honorary consul do?
An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by Lithuania and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Lithuanian citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.
Closing days
Article 73 of the Labour Code of Ukraine lists nine public holidays, among them Christmas (25 December), Constitution Day (28 June) and Independence Day (24 August), but under martial law these are working days (Law No. 2136-IX, Article 6). Martial law remains in force throughout Ukraine, according to GOV.UK travel advice. The honorary consulate may close on Lithuania’s national day (16 February) and on other days set by its own government.
Emergency assistance
In Ukraine, dial 103 for an ambulance, 101 for the fire service and 102 for the police (GOV.UK travel advice). Ukrainian citizens who need help in Lithuania can contact the Embassy of Ukraine in Vilnius.
Lithuanian missions in Ukraine
Measured in a straight line from Poltava, the nearest other Lithuanian office is the Honorary Consulate in Kharkiv (about 130 km). The nearest embassy or career consulate is the Embassy in Kyiv (about 300 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Poltava.
- Kyiv (300 km) – Embassy of Lithuania in Ukraine
- Dnipro (130 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Kharkiv (130 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Kherson (360 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Kropyvnytskyi (210 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Lutsk (670 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Lviv (760 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Mykolaiv (350 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Odesa (450 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Poltava – Honorary Consulate (this page)
- Ternopil (650 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Uzhhorod (900 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Zhytomyr (430 km) – Honorary Consulate
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Details checked on 19 October 2026. Sources: Lithuanian Embassy in Ukraine – Honorary consuls (Почесні консули) (page updated 23 April 2025, Internet Archive copy of 7 August 2025; the live page could not be opened), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine – directory “Diplomatic missions of foreign states and representations of international organisations in Ukraine” (October 2026), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine – Entry regime to Ukraine for foreign citizens (table as of 8 June 2023), Labour Code of Ukraine, Article 73 (public holidays), Law of Ukraine No. 2136-IX on labour relations under martial law, Article 6, GOV.UK foreign travel advice: Ukraine (getting help, safety; still current 18 October 2026).
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