Hungarian Simplified Naturalization--legal assessment needed

deelindsay wrote:

I am curious if my cousin and I qualify for Hungarian citizenship by descent. 

Can anyone recommend a lawyer that could analyze our situation before going through the process of collecting, translating and certifying a bunch of documents?  Our situation has a couple of complications that need an expert opinion.

Thanks,

There's lots of information and well informed people in these forums. 

Post your question in the right thread and you'll get quite a bit of helpful info.

zsuzsannacsaladkutatas wrote:

Dear Marylyn! Austria/Hungary was a Dualist State. These were two States with concrete borders.
At first I need to exactly know, what was the birth place of  "the grandmother".  After this I can say opinions.
Susan

Kunkowa now in Poland.
Near Gorlice, Poland.
6 km north of Slovakia. It was part of what was known as Galicia.
My father was also born in the same house, number 19 but in 1921 when it was part of Poland.
Just curious, I have HU citizenship forms here that still need to be filled out. My husband and son are HU citizens and I've lived here long enough to give HU citizenship a try out. See if they reject me or not.
I do not speak Hungarian but I am 66 and perhpas they may let that slide?
Thanks Susan for any in put, just mostly curious because going through the Polish route may be harder then going just through being married to a HU citizen in the long run.
It's all good rejected or not.

Marilyn Tassy wrote:

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As my Hungarian husband was being introduced to a relation in his 80's the older man was told my husband was Hungarian. My relation got so excited that he kissed my husband on each cheek and then just sort of pulled him closer and gave him a huge smack/kiss on the mouth!
It was crazy and funny. One cousins said, guess he really likes Hungarians.
My poor husband turned red as a beet but soon got over it after a few shots of homemade honey brandy.
It was a magical few days.
Thanks again for your information it was very helpful.

That bit made me laugh.  I'm kissing Hungarians every day.  Well one of them anyway!

fluffy2560 wrote:

Marilyn Tassy wrote:

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As my Hungarian husband was being introduced to a relation in his 80's the older man was told my husband was Hungarian. My relation got so excited that he kissed my husband on each cheek and then just sort of pulled him closer and gave him a huge smack/kiss on the mouth!
It was crazy and funny. One cousins said, guess he really likes Hungarians.
My poor husband turned red as a beet but soon got over it after a few shots of homemade honey brandy.
It was a magical few days.
Thanks again for your information it was very helpful.

That bit made me laugh.  I'm kissing Hungarians every day.  Well one of them anyway!

It was very funny, my husband nw tells me my entire family is off it's rocker!
I think my old relation had been dipping into the brandy before we arrived!

Kissing! That's a good one! I am now wondering how my husband will handle the cheek kissing thing if it happens. ;D

My husband is 2nd generation American, descended from Hungarian grandparents.  When folks from Europe see him or our kids, they ask where they are from because they look European.  We are planning a spring visit to Hungary.  First time ever.  We are studying the language, watching programs and looking into citizenship by descent.  Hope we can connect with some English-speaking Expats in the Tokaj region. 

If there is a better thread for info on citizenship and/or Tokaj, please direct me there.

Thank you. köszönöm

-Sepety4

    Kissing! That's a good one! I am now wondering how my husband will handle the cheek kissing thing if it happens. ;D My husband is 2nd generation American, descended from Hungarian grandparents.  When folks from Europe see him or our kids, they ask where they are from because they look European.  We are planning a spring visit to Hungary.  First time ever.  We are studying the language, watching programs and looking into citizenship by descent.  Hope we can connect with some English-speaking Expats in the Tokaj region.  If there is a better thread for info on citizenship and/or Tokaj, please direct me there.Thank you. köszönöm -Sepety4        -@Sepety4

We're off topic and an old topic but well, so what....

I actually like the kissing thing.  People are much more affectionate than my fellow country(wo)men.  People are far too silly about it.

I'm working in another country temporarily.  A guy I work with from this specific country gave me a hug.   We were all terribly concerned about him as we were shocked to hear he'd been in hospital with a serious heart condition.  I think he was feeling quite vulnerable and wanted contact with people and to show human "solidarity".  Life's too short etc.

I was surprised but happy to receive a hug. And as a human being, I think he deserved to be hugged back! 

There's an extremely long thread on Simplified Naturalization below as well as a few much shorter threads.

My father's maternal grandmother (my great-grandmother) was born in what is the present day Košice region of Slovakia. Her husband (my great-grandfather) was born in America, but both of his parents were also from the Košice region. The was in the mid and late 1800s. They were Magyar speaking and identified as Hungarian Jews (my father's side of the family is Jewish). Would I potentially be eligible for simplified naturalization?

My father's maternal grandmother (my great-grandmother) was born in what is the present day Košice region of Slovakia. Her husband (my great-grandfather) was born in America, but both of his parents were also from the Košice region. The was in the mid and late 1800s. They were Magyar speaking and identified as Hungarian Jews (my father's side of the family is Jewish). Would I potentially be eligible for simplified citizenship?

Descent from an ancestor born in Kosice when it was part of Hungary should qualify. But you'll need a complete chain of birth and marriage certificates showing your descent from the Hungarian ancestor.

Before 1895, churches (and temples) kept the birth registers in Hungary. So your first step would be to find your ancestor's birth record.