Re: [budapestmoms] Hungarian citizenship exam

[Krisztina Gaal]

I am also interested in this. How well do you speak Hungarian, Kristin?

 

Krisztina

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From: Kristin Makszin <kristin...@gmail.com>
To: budape...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 10:54 PM
Subject: [budapestmoms] Hungarian citizenship exam

Dear All,

I am planning to apply for Hungarian citizenship this year (via the non-expedited route, as I do not have any Hungarian ancestors that I know of!) and I was wondering if anyone has advice about the citizenship exam or the process in general. 

Many thanks!

Kristin

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[Julia Kovacs]

Hello, 

I recently got my citizenship. I applied for it in March 2011 and took the oath in November. 

I took the general knowledge test or as it is called the "alkotmanyos alapismertek" back in 2008, when we still lived in UK but it has not changed since much. 

The test consists of written an oral exams, and you need to pass both separately to be awarded the cert. 

You need to prepare from a textbook written on literature, history, geography and general knowledge of Hungarian constitution, the public administration system and everyday politics. My Hungarian is proficient, and I suggest that you need to be at least higher advanced level to be able to pass. 

The written exam consists of multiple answer quiz and 3 essay questions. For the oral exam you are randomly given 2 topics and some preparation time before you present to the 3 member committee.

The citizenship application is easy peasy. You apply at the local council - the Anyakonyv vezeto office, usually there is only one person per district dealing with the citizenship applications. 

You fill out the detailed form, submit translations on every document you own in your language together with the originals, and you prove your ability to sustain yourself - in form of jovedelem izagolas going 2 years back, present documents proving your address- like tulajdoni lap, rental contract and basically anything else they will randomly request.

 If you do it independently like I did I i were you would just go in and speak to the person in your district and take notes on every step of the procedure. 

You then collect your paperwork, and call them meanwhile with any questions you have. Always proactively ask what kind of paperwork will make the decision making process easier. For example, they may not request your husband's tax return info, but I still gave it in to make sure as per moment I am at home on maternity leave. 

PM me if you need any more help.

Julia

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