Registering a birth, marriage, or death that occurred abroad in the Hungarian civil registry

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1. As a Hungarian citizen, request domestic registration of a birth, marriage, registered partnership or death that occurred abroad. You may submit the application to any registrar (anyakönyvvezető).

When?

After a family event abroad that is subject to domestic registration in Hungary.

Where / who?

The application may be submitted to any registrar, regardless of place of residence; the case is processed by the designated domestic civil registry authority. (official Hungarian name: anyakönyvvezető)

What to prepare?

The foreign civil registry document and additional documents depending on the event.

What to check?

Translation, authentication, or other supplementary documents for the foreign record may be required depending on the document's place of origin and the type of case.

Official source: magyarorszag.hu

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