Hungary citizenship: required documents
The documents you'll gather for Hungary citizenship by descent, by route and by ancestor. Your exact list is generated from your lineage in the wizard.
Simplified naturalisation (honosítás)
Simplified naturalisation for descendants of Hungarian citizens; no residence, but a conversational Hungarian interview at your consulate.
You
- •Birth certificate
- •Valid passport / national ID
- •Language / integration certificate
- •Criminal-record / police clearance
- •Naturalisation application form
Each ancestor in the chain
- •Birth certificate
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
Your qualifying ancestor
- •Birth certificate
- •Proof of your ancestor's citizenship
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
Verification of citizenship (megállapítás)
Verification that you ARE already a Hungarian citizen by descent (e.g. through a Trianon-territory ancestor) — a distinct, no-language process from naturalisation.
You
- •Birth certificate
- •Verification (megállapítás) application
Each ancestor in the chain
- •Birth certificate
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
Your qualifying ancestor
- •Birth certificate
- •Proof of your ancestor's citizenship
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
See if you qualify for Hungary citizenship
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