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Acquisition or reacquisition of Hungarian citizenship with statement

What

You can acquire Hungarian citizenship with submitting an application form to the President of Hungary.

Who

You can acquire Hungarian citizenship with this process if:

  • your Hungarian citizenship ceased between 15 September 1947 and 2 May 1990 by expatriation;
  • you were forced to move to Germany from Hungary after the 2nd world war
  • you were born before the 1st of October 1957 and your mother was Hungarian citizen while your father was foreign citizen and you didn’t receive Hungarian citizenship at the time
  • if you are stateless and you were born in Hungary, your parents aren’t Hungarian, but they had residence in Hungary when you were born and you didn’t receive your parents’ citizenship. You can submit acquisition until you reach 19 years of age and if you have been living in Hungary for 5 years.

How

You have to submit the application with the following documents:

  • birth certificate
  • certificate about family status
  • the documentation about expatriation if you were expatriated between 15 September 1947 and 2 May 1990
  • if you are stateless: the documentation about statelessness
  • if you were born before 1st of October 1957, your mother was Hungarian and your father was foreign citizen: the birth certificate of your mother and your parents’ marriage certificate

You can find more information about the acquisition or reacquisition of Hungarian citizenship with statement on this link (in Hungarian): http://kormanyablak.hu/hu/feladatkorok/14/BAHIV00001

Good to know

For information in English about the Hungarian administration system (government offices, government windows, allowances, etc.) you can call the governmental helpline, what you can find under “Everyday life – Governmental helpline” on this link:  http://hu.danubecompass.org/archives/situations/governmental-helpline. If you are calling from Hungary call this number: 1818, if you are calling from abroad call this number: +36 (1) 550-1858

Where

You have to submit the application in the:

  • district office of the capital and county level government offices,
  • integrated customer service of the capital and county government offices,
  • to the Hungarian consular officials

Regional Offices of the Immigration and Asylum Office

On the following links you can find the regional offices of the Immigration and Asylum Office:

Last update on Sep 28th 2018