That was what I thought which is why I did it.

no, just incase you didn't realise it was me. Although I can't imagine there are too many Pauls in Eger with the same story

Actually I didn't make the connection that you were one and the same person. For some reason I thought the Paul in Eger was much older than the FB Paul and also that he (the FB guy) didn't live in Eger but somewhere nearer to the Slovakian border, Eger being his nearest city..

Nope, one and the same

Can you please tell me, where is this office in Pest? Thank you, much appreciated.

​​​​​If you are British then the office is in Harmat Utca, District 10. Otherwise it's Budafoki Út, district 11 (I think it's 11).

New residency card arrived this morning but looking at the letter that came with it and also the approval letter, I can't see anything about returning my original Regisztracios Igazolas card which has been mentioned on previous posts ... is it still necessary to return it ?
Also a question regarding obtaining the identity card ... I'm guessing the "official certificate on personal identifier" mentioned in the letter means "passport" ? !

I have not returned ours also. Got our new cards about 3 months ago, no mention about returning old ones. Also for the ID card we took all cards/passport just in case, think they copied passport, can't remember.

Thanks for that, I will hold onto mine then until / unless they request I return it ! I will also now go and see if I can get my I.D card sorted out !

Thank you very much for the information.

Finally received my id card today. It has been a long and stressful journey but I'm glad it's all sorted before the year end.
Everyone seems to have had a different journey, even using the same office.

I went to the kormanayablak today to get my I.D card but nobody speaks English in there and after an hour of struggling with Google Translate, the lady who drew the short straw to deal with me got someone in Budapest on the 'phone to translate between us ! It transpired that I'm in no man's land as far as the computer system is concerned and that it recognises both my old card and the new one but neither ! I was advised to come back in January by which time the system will recognise my new card and then allow me to be issued with an I.D card !

You have to return your old Residents card to the Immigration office that issued your new one. They then enter all the details onto the computer and give you a receipt confirming your card has been returned. Once everything is processed by the computer the information is sent to your local kormayablak who will send you a letter asking you to come in and apply for your ID. I did mine a couple of weeks ago and was given an Ecard until my ID arrives in the post which it should do any day now.

Thanks for that info Sachina ... I will do that then ... I wasn't sure about returning my old card as there was nothing in any of my letters to indicate that I had to return it but will now do so ... hopefully that will clear the way, as you say, to getting my ID card !

Previously I had been told by Immigration and 2 kormanyablaks that I didn't need an ID, but then I received a letter drom the Immigration asking me to return my old Residents card, which I did and everything happened after that,so to speak!