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Regwo wrote:

no?

I looked at it once, saw the Hungarian language requirement, realised Hungary would join the EU in a few years, then thought, if one is an EU citizen anyway, what's would be the point of it?

There are a few minorities in Hungary, sizeable German minority and Romanians as well for example. If it was possible to satisfy the requirement by knowing say German, might be worth considering it once again.

szocske wrote:

I think this was intended for "Hungarians outside the borders", the Hungarian minorities in neighboring countries.

I looked at the Ministry web site and the requirements are quite weak except for the dreaded language test.

There's a short cut if one is married to a Hungarian, resident etc - only 3 years if I remember correctly.

panzer25 wrote:

Well, you need an ancestor who have been听 a citizen of Hungary, you need to prove it via birth certificates, and a lot of bureaucracy ,there is no language test , at least I didn't got one听 , that is enough if you manage the whole process via your Hungarian skills they test it during the bureaucratic process.

What sort of questions do they ask? What happens if you don't understand something? Did you apply from inside Hungary or outside? How long does the process take?

panzer25 wrote:

Well, you need an ancestor who have been听 a citizen of Hungary, you need to prove it via birth certificates, and a lot of bureaucracy ,there is no language test , at least I didn't got one听 , that is enough if you manage the whole process via your Hungarian skills they test it during the bureaucratic process.

AFAIK, this is a different avenue. If you are of hungarian ancestry, and you have the necessary papers the case may be relatively, i.e. no language test听 - I am guessing so, as I had a brazilian friend who considered this, perhaps finished the process by now.
The process for the Hungarians in the surrounding countries was made easyer recently - there was a stupid test on cultuture/history.

As for 'normal' immigrants.. As you can guess, this country does not yet have to fight the rivers of would-be immigrants.
Still we have some chinese and a number of arab, perhaps african immigrants (some africans studied here in earlier times).
So, I guess, you might meet relatively friendly attitude during the process...
(I had the experience of lining up for Visa in Austria in the nineties, at least compared to that)

karen wrote:

@ Paul -> Hello In english please Thanks. Karen

Sorry Karen, I would like to ask that you read the context before commenting. Paul quoted the text in the local language exactly as he was asked and the hungarian text does help for those interested in the subject matter. Please be reasonable on such 'forum rules'.

fedestier wrote:

- What about the felony check? She's ok with that, but what's the document that supports that?

I had to do this to gain residency in Europe (in Switzerland). I went to the police, both in the US and Switzerland, got fingerprinted, which were then used to do a background check (both by the US FBI and Interpol I assume), and then the police issued a document stating I was not a criminal, which I provided to the immigration office.

That was over a decade ago. Today they may ask for more (cheek swab (for DNA) ?), but the process should still be similar.

audiophile wrote:

I am applying through my grandfather who is ALIVE and a Hungarian citizen. ... My mother was born in the United States and does not have Hungarian citizenship. I just needed to supply the birth certificates that show the chain of descent from my Hungarian grandfather.

From the law ():

Derivation of Hungarian Citizenship
Section 3

1.听 听 听 听The child of a Hungarian citizen shall become a Hungarian citizen by birth.

So one interpretation: your mother is a Hungarian citizen, since her father (your grandfather) is one. And ergo, so are you, since your mother is one (even if she never formalized it or got a passport).

audiophile wrote:

I'm curious to know if anyone else has had a similar experience as easy as mine.

My experience in Hungary is that you can get different answers to the same question from different offices. So be thankful you got an easy answer.听

hungary84 wrote:

....Would they let me apply? I went to hungarian school and speak the language.
They seem to have 8 year rule of living there, in order to be naturalised....

I looked at it once quite a time a go and I think you had to live in the country for 5 years or so, have job, pay taxes etc and be of good character.听 It can also be confered on a person as a honour.听 听5 years is quite a long time or so. Other countries only need about 3 years. If one has another citizenship from the EU, then it doesn't really make any difference to be Hungarian.

hungary84 wrote:

Yes I did live there more than 5 years, but I was a student less than 18 years old. But my question more is did I have to live there 5 years right before applying or not?

Yes, it was about 5 years. However, as you were a minor, maybe it does not count.听 My knowledge is vague because I looked at it more than 10 years ago. My reasons at the time was because Hungary was not in the EU. Obviously once it became an EU member, it was irrelevant.

I do remember the language skill test was an issue. I also remember that it was necessary to have worked here for a number of years (i.e. not be a burden on the state) etc.听 I think it should be easy to find out from the Hungarian embassy in your location or simply Google it.

BTW, 5 years seems a lot to me. In other countries like Canada and the UK, it's only about 3 years.

hungary84 wrote:

Yes I did live there more than 5 years, but I was a student less than 18 years old. But my question more is did I have to live there 5 years right before applying or not?

Look on Wikipedia (with caution).听 There's a page on HU nationality.

See here: