Who needs to attend the appointment?
Husband and wife both need to attend the appointment.
What do I need to present upon my visit?
1. Original marriage certificate
Please be aware that Islamic marriages (religious ceremony only) are not acknowledged as valid in Hungary, only civil marriages.
For marriages solemnized in the UAE, you need to provide a hard copy of the Emirati marriage certificate with (1) UAE MOFA attestation and (2) our Embassy’s diplomatic legalization. First you need to obtain the UAE MOFA’s attestation stamp, after which you have to book an appointment for diplomatic legalization with our Embassy. This is needed to verify the document’s authenticity to the competent Hungarian authority. Please be informed that we cannot legalize UAE MOFA attestations that were stamped prior to July 2023.
After attestation is complete, you need to obtain a certified Hungarian translation from the Hungarian Office for Translation and Attestation Ltd. https://offi.hu/en To your marriage registration appointment you have to bring the already attested and translated UAE marriage certificate.
If you got married in a different country, you are advised to contact us at consulate.abu@mfa.gov.hu for guidance on attestation and translation requirements.
2. Proof of citizenship and identity
In case of Hungarian citizens: valid Hungarian passport or national ID card
In case of non-Hungarian citizens: for citizens of any EU member state, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland valid passport or national ID card, for citizens of all other countries, valid passport only
Request for official ID card proving personal
3. Proof of marital status prior to marriage
For Hungarian citizens:
- If you are unmarried, no need to provide any documents
- If you are divorced/widowed, you need to provide a Hungarian document as proof (legally binding court order/marriage certificate containing the details of the divorce, death certificate of late husband/wife).
Hungarian citizenship while living in Hungary
4. For non-Hungarian citizens:
Kindly contact us at consulate.abu@mfa.gov.hu to seek guidance. Make sure you include your husband’s/wife’s nationality and marital status (prior to this current marriage) in your enquiry.
Hungarian party’s address card
You need to submit your Hungarian address card if your name will change after the marriage.
Registration of Hungarian citizens living abroad
5. Application form filled in
Please fill in the form with a blue ink pen or typewriter and do NOT sign it anywhere.
- Hungarian citizens have to provide their official residential address appearing on their address card. This may be a Hungarian (or other non-UAE) address even if you reside in the UAE. (page 1, section I)
- You don’t have to provide your individual electronic registration ID if you don’t know whether you have one or not. (page 1, section II)
- For a non-Hungarian wife you can only put down married name if she already holds a passport with her married name on it. (In this case she needs to present both her current and previous passports). (page 1, section II)
- Your Hungarian personal identification number (magyar személyi azonosító) can be found on your address card (begins with 1 or 3 for males and 2 or 4 for females). (page 2, section II)
- You only need to fill in the part asking the family name of any children born from this marriage if husband and wife will have different family names (e.g. wife keeps her maiden name or takes her husband’s name, attaching it to her own). (page 3, section II/D)
- The multilingual translation aid is only accepted in the EU as a translation. The Hungarian marriage certificate itself contains details in Hungarian, English and French. (page 3, section III)
- If any parties do not speak Hungarian, the interpreter will be our desk officer. Our desk officer will translate everything into English. If you need interpretation in another language, kindly ensure you have an interpreter with you. (page 4, section IV)
- If you need your original marriage certificate back, we can make a certified copy of it and send that to Hungary – make sure you ask for this upon your visit (page 4, sectio
How long will the procedure take?
Processing time is 75 days by law (not including a possible deadline extension in case additional documents are required). This deadline is counted from the time the competent Hungarian authority receives your application. Including delivery time to Hungary and back, the procedure usually takes 2-4 months. You will be notified via e-mail when your marriage certificate is ready for collection.