Comments on: Permanent Residency in Hungary and how we finally got it http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/ My Personal blog about Travel, IT and general news Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:33:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: ali http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/comment-page-1/#comment-605 ali Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:19:52 +0000 http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/#comment-605 Hi. does any one know what documents are required for permanent visa application? is apeh certificate of last previous year required? Hi. does any one know what documents are required for permanent visa application? is apeh certificate of last previous year required?

]]> By: Richard Richards http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/comment-page-1/#comment-559 Richard Richards Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:58:24 +0000 http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/#comment-559 Hi everybody, Please i will like to know if it is possible to apply for the hungarian permenant resident from England since me and my wife are living and working in England. We got married in Hungary and but left when i got a Job here in the UK. Please can someone share information on how i will be go about it because my 5 years resident permit i got from hungary is about to expire. Look forward to ur answer Hi everybody,

Please i will like to know if it is possible to apply for the hungarian permenant resident from England since me and my wife are living and working in England. We got married in Hungary and but left when i got a Job here in the UK. Please can someone share information on how i will be go about it because my 5 years resident permit i got from hungary is about to expire. Look forward to ur answer

]]> By: bence8810 http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/comment-page-1/#comment-558 bence8810 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:35:02 +0000 http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/#comment-558 Szia Jolene, Its always good to hear from another Hungarian mix relationship :) Best of luck to you guys! Well, that's a tough one to answer, I am afraid I dont have much knowledge about it. If you do get married, I believe that will only entitle you to stay in Hungary permanently, and not sure about England. Since the UK is not in the Schengen area where we can travel without a passport, they'll require you to have some sort of a VISA for long term stay, as opposed to us residents of the EU who can stay unlimited. Our situation was different, we wanted to stay in Hungary so for us the only way to go was to get the residency permit. Also, if you get married in Hungary to begin with, you won't face any of the issues we faced, as we got married in Japan and trying to import our marital status back to Hungary was the difficult part. Hope all goes well, and keep us updated, Ben Szia Jolene,

Its always good to hear from another Hungarian mix relationship :) Best of luck to you guys!

Well, that’s a tough one to answer, I am afraid I dont have much knowledge about it. If you do get married, I believe that will only entitle you to stay in Hungary permanently, and not sure about England. Since the UK is not in the Schengen area where we can travel without a passport, they’ll require you to have some sort of a VISA for long term stay, as opposed to us residents of the EU who can stay unlimited.

Our situation was different, we wanted to stay in Hungary so for us the only way to go was to get the residency permit.

Also, if you get married in Hungary to begin with, you won’t face any of the issues we faced, as we got married in Japan and trying to import our marital status back to Hungary was the difficult part.

Hope all goes well, and keep us updated,

Ben

]]> By: jolene http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/comment-page-1/#comment-549 jolene Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:56:27 +0000 http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/#comment-549 szia!! it's amazing to read about what others have gone through trying to get married :) Anyway, I am now currently in a relationship with a Hungarian I met on my travels... we've been going strong for almost two years and marriage seems to be in the picture, especially if we are to have a future together. Seeing as you've been through it I would like a few words of advice... basically he is now working in London and we've been in a long distance relationship for about half a year... i will be flying over to London later this year to spend a few months with him again but can't stay for long as I am not allowed to work there and I don't have that much cash to last me any longer. The only viable option to remain together is to actually get married and then work together in London...However, from what I've dug up from various internet sources... in order for me, his spouse, work in London, he has to either be a permanent resident there (which he isn't... he works there on his EU passport) or I had to own an EU passport (which I don't). And in order to get an EU passport I would need to have married him and lived in Hungary for 3 years. He doesn't want to work in Hungary as the money is shit but I really don't know how to go about this... Any advice? we'd be really grateful. I hold a Malaysian passport. my email is EMAIL REMOVED i'd be really grateful for a response god i hope no spambots catch me. szia!!
it’s amazing to read about what others have gone through trying to get married :)

Anyway, I am now currently in a relationship with a Hungarian I met on my travels… we’ve been going strong for almost two years and marriage seems to be in the picture, especially if we are to have a future together.
Seeing as you’ve been through it I would like a few words of advice…

basically he is now working in London and we’ve been in a long distance relationship for about half a year… i will be flying over to London later this year to spend a few months with him again but can’t stay for long as I am not allowed to work there and I don’t have that much cash to last me any longer.

The only viable option to remain together is to actually get married and then work together in London…However, from what I’ve dug up from various internet sources… in order for me, his spouse, work in London, he has to either be a permanent resident there (which he isn’t… he works there on his EU passport) or I had to own an EU passport (which I don’t). And in order to get an EU passport I would need to have married him and lived in Hungary for 3 years. He doesn’t want to work in Hungary as the money is shit but I really don’t know how to go about this…

Any advice?
we’d be really grateful.
I hold a Malaysian passport.

my email is EMAIL REMOVED i’d be really grateful for a response
god i hope no spambots catch me.

]]> By: bence8810 http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/comment-page-1/#comment-501 bence8810 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:40:14 +0000 http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/#comment-501 Wow nice comment, thanks for stopping by. Ben Wow nice comment, thanks for stopping by.

Ben

]]> By: holly mess http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/comment-page-1/#comment-500 holly mess Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:04:51 +0000 http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/#comment-500 Comment removed.... Comment removed….

]]> By: bence8810 http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/comment-page-1/#comment-439 bence8810 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:44:35 +0000 http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/#comment-439 Szia Attila, Yes, I agree with your point, the restrictions need to be in place and exceptions should not be given to anyone, that would compromise the EU's borders. However, if you have an appointment say at 12noon, they should actually serve you at 12noon, otherwise don't give appointments out in the first place. Like you said, its the bureaucracy which needs to be eliminated, not the rules. Cheers Ben Szia Attila,

Yes, I agree with your point, the restrictions need to be in place and exceptions should not be given to anyone, that would compromise the EU’s borders. However, if you have an appointment say at 12noon, they should actually serve you at 12noon, otherwise don’t give appointments out in the first place.

Like you said, its the bureaucracy which needs to be eliminated, not the rules.

Cheers

Ben

]]> By: Attila http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/comment-page-1/#comment-438 Attila Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:42:41 +0000 http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/#comment-438 Well, there might be a good reason for why the Hungarian authorities work the way they do and they may not be as inefficient as you think although I understand your concern. I am a native Hungarian (British citizen) living in the UK. I see how many immigrants or would be immigrants legal/or illegal from Africa, Asia, South-America and some even from North-America try to obtain residency in a EU country to later get into the UK or other EU countries with documents obtained elsewhere in the European Union. Also, the existence of the Schengen zone requires all member states to follow strict and thorough procedures when issuing residence permits. Unfortunately, it is always the honest people, like you, who suffer and I am sure there is plenty of room for improvement to lessen or weed out burocracy in the Hungarian way of doing things. Well, there might be a good reason for why the Hungarian authorities work the way they do and they may not be as inefficient as you think although I understand your concern.
I am a native Hungarian (British citizen) living in the UK. I see how many immigrants or would be immigrants legal/or illegal from Africa, Asia, South-America and some even from North-America try to obtain residency in a EU country to later get into the UK or other EU countries with documents obtained elsewhere in the European Union.
Also, the existence of the Schengen zone requires all member states to follow strict and thorough procedures when issuing residence permits.
Unfortunately, it is always the honest people, like you, who suffer and I am sure there is plenty of room for improvement to lessen or weed out burocracy in the Hungarian way of doing things.

]]> By: bence8810 http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/comment-page-1/#comment-437 bence8810 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:26:21 +0000 http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/#comment-437 Hello All, Sorry for the long silence, I have been away from this site. To Alex: Yes, I guess I could have paid someone, but as being "home" I felt pretty comfortable doing it all by myself, and did not imagine the hassle we were up against. The appointment stuff I knew about and every time I went there and waited 4 hours I had an appointment, go figure that. Its just a crazy institution, but since I talked to others and heard horror stories from different EU countries. Seems like Immigration is made to be such a hassle, maybe to reduce the number of applicants? Don't know, but to all, good luck and keep at it. The law allows you to have the permit, just don't give up. Cheers Ben Hello All,

Sorry for the long silence, I have been away from this site.

To Alex: Yes, I guess I could have paid someone, but as being “home” I felt pretty comfortable doing it all by myself, and did not imagine the hassle we were up against. The appointment stuff I knew about and every time I went there and waited 4 hours I had an appointment, go figure that. Its just a crazy institution, but since I talked to others and heard horror stories from different EU countries. Seems like Immigration is made to be such a hassle, maybe to reduce the number of applicants?

Don’t know, but to all, good luck and keep at it. The law allows you to have the permit, just don’t give up.

Cheers

Ben

]]> By: Alex http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Alex Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:15:29 +0000 http://www.celifornia.com/blog/2008/03/01/permanent-residency-in-hungary-and-how-we-finally-got-it/#comment-403 Mate your life would have been much easier if you just payed around 600 EUR to one of the relocation companies.They would have done it all for you. Alternatively, you could have booked appointment at the immigration office on a specific day/time rather than going into that "chaos" room and waiting for 4 hours. Honestly, it is your fault because you did not inform properly. All the best. Mate your life would have been much easier if you just payed around 600 EUR to one of the relocation companies.They would have done it all for you. Alternatively, you could have booked appointment at the immigration office on a specific day/time rather than going into that “chaos” room and waiting for 4 hours.
Honestly, it is your fault because you did not inform properly.

All the best.

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