Hungarian Simplified Naturalization (Ethnic Hungarians)

Country

Hungary

Program

Hungarian Simplified Naturalization (Ethnic Hungarians)

Local name

Egyszerűsített Honosítás

Type

Ethnic Return

Status

Active

Dual citizenship

Allowed

Visa-free countries

184 destinations

Passport rank

#6 (Henley Index)

Simplified naturalization is available to an applicant whose ancestor was a Hungarian citizen or is likely to have been of Hungarian origin, subject to Hungarian-language, criminal-record, and public- and national-security conditions. There is no residence requirement. Applications are submitted in person by appointment at a Hungarian consular post or competent office in Hungary; citizenship is acquired after taking the oath or affirmation.

Application fee

$0

Government fee

$0

Processing fee

$0

• Police clearance not required
• Medical exam not required
• Interview required
• Language Intermediate conversational Hungarian (Conversational assessment by the receiving authority; no formal language exam)
• Oath required

Generational limit

No limit

Ancestor citizenship

Not required

Ethnic origin

Hungarian

Method

In person

Apply from abroad

Yes

Application type

Open

Official website

haga.mfa.gov.hu

Legal basis

Act LV of 1993 on Hungarian Citizenship, Section 4(3)

Applicants aged 14 or older must demonstrate intermediate two-way Hungarian communication; there is no formal language exam. The citizenship procedure itself is free, though document translation and authentication may cost extra. The authority checks criminal-record and security conditions; the consular document list does not require an applicant-supplied police certificate. The statutory eligibility also includes a separate spouse route, recorded separately. Processing may take up to three months, extendable by 60 days, excluding extra time needed to obtain documents. An oath or affirmation must be taken within one year of first being summoned, or the decision ceases to have effect. Citizenship acquired unlawfully, including by false or concealed information, may be revoked within 20 years.

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1. Oct 9, 2026
   • Official page https://allampolgarsag.gov.hu/ https://haga.mfa.gov.hu/en/simplified-naturalization

   set citizenship procedure fees to zero and removed the unsupported fixed passport fee Source