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Fellow William, I am one of the Americans who has twice passed the language component and has all the required proof but has been rejected twice. With no explanation. It is a very subjective process. In my case, a very unfair and mysterious one. ... Read More

I am going through the simplified naturalization process for the second time. I originally applied in Budapest in the spring of 2019, passing my interview and submitting a clean paper trail to my grandfather, who was born in Hungary in 1885. Without ... Read More

Hi. I am also on that FB group..it is wildly active! Do documents from Hungary need to be certified? I just submitted a signed letter from my grandfather's family's church with all the dates and names. I went to the village myself and ... Read More

How true. I will always love certain Hungarian foods and bands, cherish my memories of 8 trips to Hungary, and, of course, not lose contact with my relatives there. I should have said "Hungarian citizen" because unfortunately that honor ... Read More

To all of you that posted recently about my case, THANKS! The decisions definitely are made in a centralized office in Budapest, not at the district office or consulate where you apply. And, yes, my grandfather's baptism records stated the ... Read More

@Atom Heart, This is a beautiful 42-page document that you have offered up! It is definitely a mother lode of information. I wonder if the government plans on releasing an updated version, as the total number of new citizens has grown by roughly ... Read More

@Klsallee Rest assured that I was not looking for a wayward Chicago alderman type to put in my pocket. I became friends with the two government officials at Hungarian social events in the US, in the case of the higher ranked one having no idea who ... Read More

@Mr. Fluffy: The article I mentioned (and that 95% figure) can be found here: https://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-courts-voters-in-transylvania-romania-hungarian-election-2018/ Here are links to two other interesting articles: ... Read More

I do remember seeing a stat that Hungarians outside of Hungary vote for Fidesz in landslide numbers (in Hungary’s 2014 election, over 95 percent of votes cast by non-domestic citizens went to Fidesz, according to Politico.eu). I am certain ... Read More

Mr. and Mrs. Fluffy, Maybe in the political sense, yes. All the folks in the mysteriously rejected pile I know are American professionals, folks with plenty of university studies and no interest in mooching off the Hungarian benefits gravy train ... Read More

I have posted here a few times. I passed my interview and submitted my documents in Budapest in the spring of 2019. In December, I learned that my application for simplified naturalization had been rejected, with no explanation given. I was told I ... Read More

I suggest you join Hungarian Citizenship Journey, a Facebook group. Then google the posts and, if you cannot find the answer, post your question. Read More

No, you are definitely allowed to take someone. I did for moral support and also to get feedback on what I had answered well and poorly. Your Hungarian friend cannot help you with the interview and is supposed to remain silent. Read More

I do remember the woman who interviewed me struck my Hungarian tutor (who accompanied me to the interview) as being very odd and nervous. She just took my papers, typed a lot of things in, and then asked me to write a few sentences. She did not ask ... Read More

Zif, My Hungarian was much better when I interviewed in April. I was very comfortable explaining my family history as I practiced that for months. I am by no mean fluent in everyday Hungarian. (Not for lack of trying; I learned Spanish and ... Read More