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Forum: Hungary
May 15th 2026, 1:58 am
Replies: 8
Views: 344
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: Bureaucratic Chasm

My experience of the Hungarian bureaucracy is fairly good. Things like passport, ID card, driving licence etc is generally no more than 1/2 hour in the local Kormányablak a time and the cost is...
Forum: Hungary
Apr 24th 2026, 3:33 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,172
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: Expelled from Hungary

That is more or less what I read but unless you know what type of exclusion is listed and available to all border crossings you don't want to be discussing the finer points of your exclusion with...
Forum: Hungary
Apr 24th 2026, 1:10 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,172
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: Expelled from Hungary

If you are excluded from one Schengen country then you are excluded from all. So if you are excluded from Hungary flying into a neighbouring country won't help unless you fly into a non-schengen ...
Forum: Hungary
Apr 23rd 2026, 9:56 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,172
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: Expelled from Hungary

There is a Hungarian embassy in Thailand (According to Google at 14th Floor, Park Ventures Ecoplex, 57 Witthayu Rd (Wireless Road), Lumpini, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330.) Part of an embassy's mission...
Forum: Hungary
Apr 22nd 2026, 2:21 am
Replies: 21
Views: 1,917
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Unhappy Re: Hungarian General Election, '26

Yes - I noticed that on my state OAP
Forum: Hungary
Apr 13th 2026, 6:14 am
Replies: 21
Views: 1,917
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: Hungarian General Election, '26

Orban also had a 'super majority' (more than 2/3ds) for most of his time from 2010 to 2026. (A change to the constitution requires a 2/3 vote in parliament - easy if the governing party has that...
Forum: Hungary
Apr 12th 2026, 6:02 am
Replies: 21
Views: 1,917
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: Hungarian General Election, '26

So I went to vote today and as a first time voter I got a memento of this auspicious occasion (spoiler alert - it was not the watch)
...
Forum: Hungary
Mar 10th 2026, 10:52 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 1,917
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: Hungarian General Election, '26

I'M half expecting a hung parliament with a minority government beholden to the minor parties to do anything.
Forum: Hungary
Mar 5th 2026, 7:19 am
Replies: 4
Views: 567
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Travailing with an expired UK passport

Passport changes after February 25th - do you need a current UK passport? (Spoiler alert - maybe not!)

The Home Office regulations state that an expired UK passport is sufficient proof of the...
Forum: Hungary
Mar 4th 2026, 7:32 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 1,917
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: Hungarian General Election, '26

And we have yet to have the social media fake news and disinformation by the various foreign (and domestic) bad actors
Forum: Hungary
Feb 25th 2026, 6:57 pm
Replies: 56
Views: 4,793
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: Renew National Permanent Residence Permit

Er - some of mine have due to some scar tissue following an accident !
Forum: Hungary
Jan 31st 2026, 9:50 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 1,974
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: Experience of retirement in Hungary.

You are right ! I tend to forget the double and triple letters counting as one letter and W and Q now commonly included but were not in the 'traditional' alphabet. Anyway my excuse is that I'm not...
Forum: Hungary
Jan 31st 2026, 6:40 am
Replies: 25
Views: 1,974
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: Experience of retirement in Hungary.

The cost of living in Croatia is approx 15% than Hungary, but that can change over time and it is probably skewed by the tourist industry at the coast

Hungarian is a fonetik language so once you...
Forum: Hungary
Jan 30th 2026, 7:20 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 1,974
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: Experience of retirement in Hungary.

A google search ' can a non EU citizen retire to Hungary ' will give you the basics after that talk to the Hungarian Embassy. Health care is probably the big one to sort out I can't offer advice on...
Forum: Hungary
Jan 18th 2026, 10:11 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 854
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Entry in to the UK for dual citizens UK Passport needed

The rules have been tightened as of 24th Feb 2026. From that date a UK passport will be needed for dual citizens entering the UK. The alternative is a certificate of entitlement (to live in the UK)...
Forum: Hungary
Jan 14th 2026, 5:46 am
Replies: 2
Views: 576
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: Yellow tickets ...

We pay all our utility bills by debit card on line - so much easier than driving to the post office (8 km) paying to park or an 8 min. walk. As I recall registering with the utility Companies was no...
Forum: Hungary
Jan 11th 2026, 5:23 am
Replies: 30
Views: 4,304
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: UK and Hungarian State Pension

I asked the UK pension service how they convert the pensions paid to overseas pensioners ('cos I didn't know) and got the following reply. (It seams that you have no choice but to have DWP convert...
Forum: Hungary
Dec 30th 2025, 5:26 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,321
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: Fitness to drive

Probably about time. I have always thought that the self assessment health checks were of marginal value.

I understand that special kit is needed to assess periphery vision and specsavers have...
Forum: Hungary
Dec 22nd 2025, 6:39 am
Replies: 11
Views: 902
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: Turkey for Christmas dinner - or not.

One of SWMBOs cookbooks republished about 6 years ago quotes turkey as one of the traditional Christmas dinners.
No wild turkeys here!
2 - 3 years ago we could get locally grown ones but the...
Forum: Hungary
Dec 22nd 2025, 4:14 am
Replies: 11
Views: 902
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Turkey for Christmas dinner - or not.

For the first time in several years we decided to have turkey for Christmas dinner and also for the first time in many years we would have to buy one. (In previous years Christmas dinner was home...
Forum: Hungary
Dec 18th 2025, 8:42 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 4,304
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: UK and Hungarian State Pension

Another point is that the Department for work and pensions (DWP) will send your pension to your Hungarian bank account if you ask them. This means it will drop into your Hungarian account every 4...
Forum: Hungary
Dec 17th 2025, 9:15 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 4,304
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: UK and Hungarian State Pension

Not quite.
Both myself and my wife receive UK state pensions and we both have some Hungarian income. We have an accountant fill in our tax returns and he has never asked for our pension income nor...
Forum: Hungary
Dec 17th 2025, 8:21 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 4,304
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: UK and Hungarian State Pension

The UK personal allowance has no effect on your UK state pension or any private pension paid to you whilst you are a tax resident in Hungary. According to a dual taxation treaty between the UK and...
Forum: Germany
Dec 9th 2025, 3:17 am
Replies: 3
Views: 1,469
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: Renting a car in UK

Agree with wot is said above about licences.

I've not had problems using my debit card for car hire. Mine has raised numbers and I have been told that this makes the difference.
When I have hired...
Forum: Hungary
Dec 9th 2025, 3:07 am
Replies: 2
Views: 817
Posted By Peter_in_Hungary

Re: Christmas lights

If the wire can be pushed back and the sparking stops then it is a loose connection. If you can take the plug apart then do so and reattach the wire. If you can't take it apart 'cos it is a moulded...
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