FACTS & FIGURES

Capital City

Capital City

Budapest
Population

Population

9,781,127
Area Km2

Area, Km2

90,530
Language

Language

Hungarian
Area Code

Area Code

36
Currency

Currency

Forint (HUF)

VISA FREE

180

GDP PPP $

28,108

Time Zone

UTC +1:00

Dual Citizenship Hungary

Allowed

Hungarian citizenship is based on the principle of ius sanguinis, thus a child of a Hungarian citizen acquires Hungarian citizenship by birth. Hungarian citizenship can also be acquired by naturalisation and by registration/declaration. The ius soli principle applies only in cases of abandoned and stateless children.

 Hungarian law allows dual citizenship. In this context, Section 2 (2) of Act LV of 1993 on Hungarian Citizenship states that “The Hungarian citizen who is simultaneously a citizen of another state must be regarded as a Hungarian citizen with regard to the application of Hungarian law.”  Hungarian law does not pose  any consequences in case of non-registration of the new citizenship or non-renunciation of the first citizenship (such as loss of Hungarian citizenship, criminal sanction or administrative fine). Dual citizenship is allowed without any special conditions.

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