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marklivesinla

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American looking for information about Hungary

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Lives in Budapest

Registration: 08 August 2017

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last year
Priscilla

Registering a birth in Hungary by Priscilla

Hello everyone, Have you had to or are you going to register a birth in Hungary? What was the experience like? Who is required to register the birth, and where? Can it be either the mother or father? What documents are usually required in ...

marklivesinla

I wish you well. For sure, join the “immigration. journey for Hungary” group on Facebook. Endless amounts of great information there.it will, undoubtedly make everything you were trying to do much, much easier. Read More

marklivesinla replied to a thread
last year
Priscilla

Registering a birth in Hungary by Priscilla

Hello everyone, Have you had to or are you going to register a birth in Hungary? What was the experience like? Who is required to register the birth, and where? Can it be either the mother or father? What documents are usually required in ...

marklivesinla

Interesting. I apologize. I was under the inpression tour father was also Hungarian.Are there any significant advantages to you having both, given that as a dutch EU citizen you can already work and live in Hungary?For me, Hungarian citizenship was ... Read More

marklivesinla replied to a thread
last year
Priscilla

Registering a birth in Hungary by Priscilla

Hello everyone, Have you had to or are you going to register a birth in Hungary? What was the experience like? Who is required to register the birth, and where? Can it be either the mother or father? What documents are usually required in ...

marklivesinla

@Pascal_2001 your father is all you need. As long as you have good documentation you're good to go!If you were born after your mother became a dutch citizen you may be a dutch citizen by decent. However, their dual citizenship laws are very limited ... Read More

marklivesinla replied to a thread
last year
Priscilla

Registering a birth in Hungary by Priscilla

Hello everyone, Have you had to or are you going to register a birth in Hungary? What was the experience like? Who is required to register the birth, and where? Can it be either the mother or father? What documents are usually required in ...

marklivesinla

it has been a while sinde I did this but I believe they registered the birth abroad as part if my verification processi didnt have to specifically handle it myself as a separate step.you will certainly need to be able to prove your parents ... Read More

marklivesinla replied to a thread
2 years ago
bande11

Verification of Hungarian Citizenship (by descent) by bande11

Hi Everyone, I will try to keep this as concise as possible! I am an Australian Citizen. Not too long ago I found out I have Hungarian blood (my grandparents on my fathers side were both born in Hungary). Whilst on a working holiday visa in London ...

marklivesinla

I appreciate the detail shown in your discussion, and further, find it a fascinating subject.Respectfully, I am not going to provide any names. It is after all not my name to give but rather that of my living father. And entering his name into an ... Read More

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2 years ago
bande11

Verification of Hungarian Citizenship (by descent) by bande11

Hi Everyone, I will try to keep this as concise as possible! I am an Australian Citizen. Not too long ago I found out I have Hungarian blood (my grandparents on my fathers side were both born in Hungary). Whilst on a working holiday visa in London ...

marklivesinla

Leigh, stateless was a term used by the world for what amounts to refugees. My father and my mother were both designated as “stateless” on my birth certificate.However, my father, in order to assist me, went through the motions of ... Read More

marklivesinla replied to a thread
2 years ago
bande11

Verification of Hungarian Citizenship (by descent) by bande11

Hi Everyone, I will try to keep this as concise as possible! I am an Australian Citizen. Not too long ago I found out I have Hungarian blood (my grandparents on my fathers side were both born in Hungary). Whilst on a working holiday visa in London ...

marklivesinla

Hi there. Yes indeed. My father left in November ‘56, as did about 150,000 other Hungarians. There was no blanket decree invoking a loss of citizenship for those that left. As such, I was born Hungarian because my father was from Budapest and ... Read More

marklivesinla replied to a thread
2 years ago
bande11

Verification of Hungarian Citizenship (by descent) by bande11

Hi Everyone, I will try to keep this as concise as possible! I am an Australian Citizen. Not too long ago I found out I have Hungarian blood (my grandparents on my fathers side were both born in Hungary). Whilst on a working holiday visa in London ...

marklivesinla

@bande11 Hi there,I am a naturalized U.S. Citizen.Do you speak Hungarian as one member mentioned that you need to speak to the actual person who is "sitting" on your case and it must be in their native language (Hungarian.) If you do not speak ... Read More

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3 years ago
marklivesinla

Son of 1956 Refugee verifying my own Hungarian Citizenship by marklivesinla

Hello all! My father fled from Hungary to Canada via Austria, over the bridge at Andau in November 1956. About a decade ago, he got a new Hungarian passport. What is not absolutely clear (his memory fails him) is whether or not he simply VERIFIED ...

marklivesinla

If you were born in Hungary, to Hungarian parents then you are Hungarian. If you are Hungarian then you can have a Hungarian passport. Just make sure you get your paperwork together with proof of your lineage. You probably speak Hungarian if you ... Read More

marklivesinla replied to a thread
5 years ago
marklivesinla

Information sources in English? by marklivesinla

Hello all, In the United States where I live and indeed in Canada where I was born, it is common place for government agencies to provide information in multiple languages to accommodate immigrants. I know Hungary is unlikely to be accommodating in ...

marklivesinla

Thank you! Read More

marklivesinla replied to a thread
5 years ago
marklivesinla

Information sources in English? by marklivesinla

Hello all, In the United States where I live and indeed in Canada where I was born, it is common place for government agencies to provide information in multiple languages to accommodate immigrants. I know Hungary is unlikely to be accommodating in ...

marklivesinla

Thank you. Anything regarding government info in English or are their services purely offered in Hungarian? Read More

marklivesinla created a thread
5 years ago

Information sources in English?

Hello all, In the United States where I live and indeed in Canada where I was born, it is common place for government agencies to provide information in multiple languages to accommodate immigrants. I know Hungary is unlikely to be accommodating in ... Read More

marklivesinla replied to a thread
5 years ago
meslo

cards for UK citizens living in Hungary after Brexit by meslo

I am a UK citizen living in Hungary. I have an address card and an EU registration card, neither of which have my photo on them. My fiancé has P.R. and is Chinese, she has a PR card and an i.d. card. My questions are, do EU citizens/ British ...

marklivesinla

It could have been done in a very cooperative way but all it seemed like was sniping.I must respectfully disagree. In my view the UK has been utterly ridiculous at every turn about this. No plan for what they want other than repeatedly asking for ... Read More

marklivesinla replied to a thread
6 years ago
fluffy2560

Absolutely Anything Else by fluffy2560

Supposedly a thread for blabbing about anything you want and hopefully nothing will be off topic.

marklivesinla

Meanwhile, the Republicans removed the 2/3 filibuster option on Supreme Court nominees, so they could push through the last justice. And of course, that entire BS about not even voting on Obama's pick because they claimed "the voters should ... Read More

marklivesinla replied to a thread
6 years ago
fluffy2560

Absolutely Anything Else by fluffy2560

Supposedly a thread for blabbing about anything you want and hopefully nothing will be off topic.

marklivesinla

Thanks for your measured reply. I fear you are right based on historical patterns. On the bright side, Hungarians will have the option of residingelsewhere in the EU if things go south in the foreseeable future. My understanding is that support for ... Read More