Important certificates

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Attention

When dealing with different cases in the Hungarian administration system it might be necessary to ask someone who speaks Hungarian to help you with translation.

Birth certificate (születési anyakönyvi kivonat)

What

It’s an official document issued to record a person’s birth. It includes name, place, date of birth, and name of the parents.

  • If your child was born in Hungary you need to register the new born in the following day he/she was born or if the child was born on an unplanned day or place you need to register him/her in the first 8 days. To do this you need to announce the birth of child to the local registrar in person or in written form or by a legally authorized person. You can find more information on birth certificate on this link (in Hungarian): http://kormanyablak.hu/hu/feladatkorok/22/ANYKV00010.
  • If you would like to naturalize an already existing birth certificate you have to start the process on any official consulate or embassy of your country. Then the officers from the embassy or consulate contact the Budapest City Government Office. You can translate a birth certificate from foreign language to Hungarian in the offices of the Hungarian Office for Translation and Attestation Ltd.
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Marriage certificate (házassági anyakönyvi kivonat)

What

It’s an official document issued to record a legal marriage. It includes names, day and place of birth and day and place of the marriage. You can find more information on marriage certificate on this link (in Hungarian): http://kormanyablak.hu/hu/feladatkorok/22/ANYKV00010. You can do the process in person or in written form or by a legally authorized person in the local registrar. You have to start the verification process on any official consulate or embassy of your country.

You can translate a marriage certificate from foreign language to Hungarian in the offices of the Hungarian Office for Translation and Attestation Ltd.

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Certificate about registered partnership (bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolat)

What

In Hungary the registered partnership is an official marital status between two persons of the same sex. The involved persons have to announce their intention to make registered partnership in the government office (capital city, county or district level). They have to appear together in front of the registrar. This marital status provides similar rights like a marriage (e.g. joint estate, inheritance) and it is ceased with the official termination of the partnership or with the death of one of the persons in the partnership. If you need interpreting during the procedure the registrar is responsible to arrange it, but if you would like you can arrange it as well. You can find more information on the registered partnership on this link (Hungarian): http://kormanyablak.hu/hu/feladatkorok/22/ANYKV00004.

Where

 

At the registrar of Budapest/county/district (in the government office) or if you don’t have Hungarian address you can apply for this at the consular representative. You can find the list of the embassies and consulates on this page:

Death certificate (halotti anyakönyvi kivonat)

What

It’s an official document issued to certify the decease of a person. It includes name and surname of the deceased, last residence, time and place of death and the last partner information.

  • If a person dies, a doctor has to examine the body of the deceased. A close family member has to go to the local registrar with the certification from the doctor and with the personal documents of the deceased person (ID, address card, birth certificate, passport) to do the procedure. You can find more information on death certificate on this link (in Hungarian): http://kormanyablak.hu/hu/feladatkorok/22/ANYKV00010.
  • If you would like to naturalize an already existing birth certificate you have to start the process on any official consulate or embassy of your country.
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Certificate of criminal record (erkölcsi bizonyítvány)

What

A document that proves that if you have committed any crime in your earlier life. The official Hungarian name of the document is the Official Certificate of Good Conduct (Hivatalos Erkölcsi Bizonyítvány). It includes name and surname, place, date of birth, address, court, file number and date of the issuance. When applying for a job the employer can ask for this document. You might need it for the residence permit application as well.
You can apply for it online in the Customer Service Centre, here you can find the page for application (in Hungarian): https://www.nyilvantarto.hu/ugyseged/. Here you can find more information about the Customer Service Centre (in English): http://www.nyilvantarto.hu/en/web_assistant You can apply for it in person directly at the Customer Service Centre of the Criminal Records Authority. You also can apply by mail by sending your application form and payment (the application form is available in the post offices) to the Central Office for Administrative and Electronic Public Services to: 1475 Budapest, Pf. 172.

Where

Központi Okmányiroda (Central document office)
Visegrádi utca 110-112.
(in Hungarian): www.nyilvantarto.hu
1133 BUDAPEST
Tel: 1818

Power of attorney (ügyvédi meghatalmazás)

What

It’s a legal binding document that authorizes to act for another person in specified or all legal or financial matters. It includes the name and signature of the attorney, name of the authorized person, date, duration of the contract and description of the power of the authorized person. In some cases, it needs a notarial authentication.

The extent of the power of representation is determined by the description in the document. There is no general template, you can make this document at any lawyer’s office in Hungary.

To verify the document you have to go to the consulate with the document and prove that the signature and the stamp is valid. In case of some countries the document verified in the country of origin can also be valid. Check at your Consulate.

Where

 

You can find the list of the embassies and consulates on this page: