Marriage to Hungarian citizen

As a US Citizen, you have an automatic visa to be in or travel in all Schengen countries, including Hungary, for up to 90 days in any 180 period. If you go beyond that time you can be banned from Schengen Europe for 2 years. To extend your stay you either have to get a Schengen visa extension before your 90 days are up, or you have to get a Fiancé visa for yourself. Often you have to apply for the Fiancé visa from your home country. But you need to contact the Hungarian immigration office for details and what you need to do in your case and what, if any, extensions or additional visas you can acquire here in Hungary. They will deal with your case based on its details and merits.

Translations must be done by the official translation office. Have your Fiancée check the translations for accuracy if you are concerned. If they cost more to make corrections, that is just the way it goes.

Thank You so much for your help...I really appreciate it   I can't wait to get through all of this so I can just have some peace.
Be well...and thanks again

My dual citizen son ( HU/USA) met and married a HU women about 15 years back here in Hungary.
He didn't have any immigration issues because he is a HU citizen but to get married in Hungary they both had to prove they were not still married anyone else. Not even sure how one could go about doing that,it also took months to get a appointment for a civil wedding and to book a church, his wife insisted on having 2 weddings and 2 hand made wedding dresses... Of course he was expected to pay for everything since her father had passed away and her wealthy mom was a penny pincher.
It took a long while to get a church booking because he first needed lessons in Catholic customs, we were and are not practicing any religion  so he needed to pay and attended classes with his wife also needed to take marriage classes through the church.
All in all it could take months to get married here.
Can't really be in a rush.
He has since divorced his HU wife in the US and has sent me papers proving he is legally divorced from her, my next job is to figure out where to begin to have his divorced filed in Hungary. He has remarried a Japanese national and would like her to visit HUngary but afraid his lack of filing his divorce could put him in hot water here.
I know he is still considered as married in Hungary to his former wife, I was told he was married when they looked up my name in the immigration offices in Budapest. They make it rather hard to get married and harder to get free.

Thank You so much for sharing all of this with me And yes, things can be quite difficult here in Hungary, but...I do love it here. I wish your son the best...he reminds me of me a bit I wish You all the best as well Marilyn...without knowing you, seems your son is quite fortunate to have you for a mother Be well...

~Joseph

Thanks, he is my second love after my husband, would do anything for either of them. Good luck to you .Sometimes men can be more romantic then women are. Our son loves his "foreign" women, never ever had a American lady in his life ever and he is really a born American, loves his mystery brides...

All this info can be found online, via the Hungarian and American embassy webpages, or just a google search, I'm sure you're on top of it by now.
My advice:
Just be aware that you will need to make an appointment with the US embassy to get a signed document that you are not married to anyone else (free to marry).  It cost $50 when I got mine 4 years ago, and it only last SIX MONTHS.  So I recommend you make the other arrangements first, then get the free-to-marry statement only within 6 months of your planned marriage.  I didn't know this until after I paid, then realized the wedding I planned for a year later had to be moved up 6 months.  It was a rush I didn't need, and ended up doing the legal (civil ceremony) 6 months before the actual wedding.

Hopefully your fiancee will be able to help you navigate the Hungarian web of overcharge that is a marriage license.  The only problem I remember having with the translation was that the marriage license has headings in HU, English, and French, so it didn't need translated for getting a visa back to the US.  EXCEPT in the "notes" section where they noted that our future children would carry his last name - only in Hungarian.  Because of that, we had to get the whole document translated ($$$).  Not sure if that's avoidable, but maybe ask at the polgarmester if they can put it in English while they're at it!

And weddings are expensive and people will cheat you if you don't get all agreements in writing.  If you've got a big budget, go for it.  If you have minimal income, be very very careful (and get married on a Thursday - it was free in the 11th district, 30,000 HUF for a Saturday!  )

I'm hungarian male my wife is from Kenya. It was easy to arrange the marriage. I went to lawer and he filled all apers for a moderate price. Better doing with lawer. If the fiancee foreigner will be more qiuckly As opposed to

Good Day,

I have been trying to contact the Republic Embassy of Hungary in Pretoria, I do understand that their communications have been down due to lightning strike.

I am really concerned about my long stay visa “D” application.

Just some background history, I have been to Hungary twice before as my fiancé is Hungarian and resides in Hungary so I am familiar with the Application process but my enquires are about the long stay Visa for a period longer than 90 days as well as the process we will have to follow for proceeding with a wedding. (we have been together for approximately 4 Years)

•         On the website it states that if I stay longer than 90 days I would require to apply for Residential Visa “D” I am really not sure what is meant by this as there is not much information or application form to fill in for such a visa. (https://szofia.mfa.gov.hu/eng/page/entry-for-long-stay)

•         I am planning on stay in Hungary for one (1) year and I need to know how to go about applying for the “Long Stay” Visa. Is it okay if I have an invitation letter stating that I will be living in Hungary for a certain period with accommodation and financial aid been provided?

•         If that’s the case part of the application is a Return ticket, the issue is if I am staying for a year I will not be able to purchase a return flight as the flight schedule does not reach that far into the new year. Please could you advise?

The next issue I am having is finding correct and concise information online on the Hungarian website or Hungarian immigrations website on the process of marriage as it states that it is “UNDER CONSTRUCTION”. (https://www.intergate-immigration.com/schengen-visa.php)

•         If me as a South African and my partner(Fiancé) who is a Hungarian Citizen how do we go about getting married? (we have been together for the past 4 years)
•         What is the process as there is no information regarding this issue?
•         What paper work will I have to provide as a South African and her as a Hungarian?

I have read somewhere that before the couple decides to marry they have to be together for a minimum of 2 years (which we have passed).

The website doesn’t state all information regarding marriage, all it says is that after marriage I as a husband who is not Hungarian can only stay within the country if my spouse writes a letter saying that she will provide all financial and accommodation that I will require in my 3 years staying within the country. Then only can I apply for residency.


Please could you assist in answering all my questions as well as advising and explaining me what I can or cannot do.

Izy_B09 wrote:

I have been trying to contact the Republic Embassy of Hungary in Pretoria,

If your fiancée is a Hungarian national, she should contact the Hungarian office of Immigration and Asylum in Budapest for assistance directly on your behalf. If necessary, give her power of attorney over your case.

Also see:

https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=758222

Thank You,

We have finally got information based on your advice.

Hey,i am a kenyan woman going crazy with the procedures here.. apart from the certificate of no impediment being authenticated at the embassy by the consulate,what else should pass through the consulate?birthcertificate?because i have my original birth certificate which was verified and translated in budapest and stamped and sealed...does it need to go to the embassy again for authentification?

Hello 👋

I am Kenyan married to a Hungarian. We got married last year in Kenya but our marriage hasn't yet been registered in Hungary so we therefore have documents from Kenyan government i.e the marriage certificate. I live in Kenya and my husband in Europe (Hungary most times in Switzerland)

We want to apply for my spousal visit visa. Our plan is to visit Hungary for a couple months to meet his family as well then come back to Kenya. Then later we can plan for my relocation to Hungary.

Question is, can we apply with the Kenyan marriage certificate? Will it be considered valid to the Hungarian Authorities? How do i go about all this so as to get me that visa? What was your experience?

Kindly advise. Thank you.
Mrs. Bajó

Hello,

I'm from Kenya as well and my husband is from Hungary.

I plan to visit his family with a spousal visit visa but do not know how to go about it as we have a marriage certificate from kenya.

Nyangi Bajó wrote:

Hello,

I'm from Kenya as well and my husband is from Hungary.

I plan to visit his family with a spousal visit visa but do not know how to go about it as we have a marriage certificate from kenya.

Have you asked about how to process such a visa at the Hungarian Embassy in Nairobi?

Contact info:

https://nairobi.mfa.gov.hu/

or

https://www.facebook.com/HunEmbassy.Nai … e_internal

Hi,I am also Kenyan lady  married and living here, would be great to connect with your guys if you don't mind

jsphharvan wrote:

Thank You so much for sharing all of this with me And yes, things can be quite difficult here in Hungary, but...I do love it here. I wish your son the best...he reminds me of me a bit I wish You all the best as well Marilyn...without knowing you, seems your son is quite fortunate to have you for a mother Be well...

~Joseph

Thank you as well for your kind words.
Not so sure he is fortunate to have me as a mom but I will say most people would of snapped if they had to deal with some of the things he has put us through.
Guess he is lucky he is a only child because he is a full time job of worry!
I will say being his mom was the best thing to happen to me in this life.
Good luck with your marriage and dealings here in Hungary.

Tomi HU wrote:

I'm hungarian male my wife is from Kenya. It was easy to arrange the marriage. I went to lawer and he filled all apers for a moderate price. Better doing with lawer. If the fiancee foreigner will be more qiuckly As opposed to

Hello please can you give me info of this lawyer. How can I get in touch with you? I need to ask some questions which you might be able to help with. Thank you

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👋 would you kindly help me with the information about the whole process
Like what did the Kenyan embassy expect your wife to present and how long did your spouse visa take ?

klsallee wrote:

As a US Citizen, you have an automatic visa to be in or travel in all Schengen countries, including Hungary, for up to 90 days in any 180 period. If you go beyond that time you can be banned from Schengen Europe for 2 years. To extend your stay you either have to get a Schengen visa extension before your 90 days are up, or you have to get a Fiancé visa for yourself. Often you have to apply for the Fiancé visa from your home country. But you need to contact the Hungarian immigration office for details and what you need to do in your case and what, if any, extensions or additional visas you can acquire here in Hungary. They will deal with your case based on its details and merits.

Translations must be done by the official translation office. Have your Fiancée check the translations for accuracy if you are concerned. If they cost more to make corrections, that is just the way it goes.

This is all correct info.
In fact just because you have legally married a HU citizen does not automatically give you a resident permit to stay.
You still need to follow all their demands, such as having your own private health coverage, proving your spouce can support you if you are not on a work permit, translations, yes, the more, the better.
You will also have to show you have enough funds in the bank in case something should happen because you will have to sign a document that you will never try to apply for any HU gov. aid should something happen to you or your spouce.
My son married a HU women in HU years ago but he was a dual citizen of the US and HU.
He still needed to file translations because he was born in the US and he had to show he was single at the time of his marriage here.