British consulate in Aurora, Illinois

Aurora is not one of the nine places where the UK keeps a consular office in the United States. The drive to the British Consulate General in Chicago covers 42 miles and takes about 1 h 1 min.

This page is about Aurora, Illinois. Aurora, Colorado, is covered by the British Consulate General in Chicago.

Which British consulate covers Aurora, Illinois?

The district that gov.uk publishes puts Illinois under the British Consulate General in Chicago.

The consulate in charge of Aurora works by appointment, and what it does in person is narrow: an emergency travel document, or a notarial service that a local notary cannot do.

British Consulate General Chicago

UK visa biometrics near Aurora, Illinois

Visa applicants from Aurora give their biometrics at a VFS Global center. The closest on its list is in Chicago, Illinois, open Monday to Friday, some 37 miles away in a straight line.

A British passport holder does not need a visa center: it exists for people applying for UK visas.

Nearby cities and their consulate

  • Naperville, 9 miles away, covered by Chicago
  • Joliet, 20 miles away, covered by Chicago
  • Cicero, 30 miles away, covered by Chicago
  • Hammond, 42 miles away, covered by Chicago

    • What you can settle from Aurora without going

    Some of it can be done tonight, from a laptop.

  • You can cancel a lost or stolen passport online before you replace it: Lost or stolen passport.
  • You can order an English or Welsh birth, marriage or death certificate from the General Register Office: UK birth certificate.
  • You can register a U.S. birth with the UK authorities online, which is optional: Registering a birth.
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