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Forum: Hungary
Jan 17th 2024, 3:52 am
Replies: 9
Views: 390
Posted By jetsam1

Re: Hungarian Government pension

Interesting. I spent too much time in Universities in the UK so I don't think I have quite enough NI years to qualify for anything. And yes young children and the relentless pressure financially with...
Forum: Hungary
Aug 5th 2023, 5:16 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 743
Posted By jetsam1

Re: Residency Card and travel

Well, the card hasn't made it. So off to the airport on Tuesday morning and see what happens! I am sure that with the Letter (even in Hungarian) and my biometric Hungarian ID Card plus address card...
Forum: Hungary
Jul 28th 2023, 6:41 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 743
Posted By jetsam1

Re: Residency Card and travel

I have gone ahead. I have only travelled outside Hungary once in the last 4 years so I don't have much experience of the new rules etc!
Forum: Hungary
Jul 28th 2023, 11:01 am
Replies: 12
Views: 743
Posted By jetsam1

Re: Residency Card and travel

I have the residency sorted years ago. It is just the physical card (replacement for a lost one) might not make it in time for when I would ned to travel. I have a letter to confirm it is applied for...
Forum: Hungary
Jul 28th 2023, 10:51 am
Replies: 12
Views: 743
Posted By jetsam1

Re: Residency Card and travel

Still a border post though. In Zurich when you transfer between the different terminals for flights you get a Passport check. Same in Germany. I wasn't asked anything outside of the Passport at...
Forum: Hungary
Jul 28th 2023, 7:23 am
Replies: 12
Views: 743
Posted By jetsam1

Re: Residency Card and travel

Have a full UK passport! It is the residency permit that in te advice I read says has to be presented alongside the UK passport? I went to the UK a few months ago and the UK Border was just passport,...
Forum: Hungary
Jul 27th 2023, 5:31 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 743
Posted By jetsam1

Residency Card and travel

Hi, further to losing and reapplying for all my Hungarian cards and life, I have been at the Immigration office getting a replacement for my Permanent biometric Residency card.
Now, I have to be in...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 30th 2023, 8:11 am
Replies: 11
Views: 502
Posted By jetsam1

Re: So. Managed to lose all my cards (ID, ADO etc)

Received the ID card and Driving Licence today. I really need a holiday. Fortunately I am taking next week and try to destress myself and calm down. Literally shaking today at the BS for the last few...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 13th 2023, 5:15 am
Replies: 11
Views: 502
Posted By jetsam1

Re: So. Managed to lose all my cards (ID, ADO etc)

It's the culmination of a rubbish few months. Thinking about wrapping the car around a tree to save time for the inevitable.
Forum: Hungary
Jun 12th 2023, 6:44 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 502
Posted By jetsam1

Re: So. Managed to lose all my cards (ID, ADO etc)

I should have photos of all of them as they were needed for HR at work. Handy.
Forum: Hungary
Jun 12th 2023, 6:06 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 502
Posted By jetsam1

So. Managed to lose all my cards (ID, ADO etc)

Just realised they have gone and spent the last couple of hours going back to the Tanya and places I have been.

To say I am angry at myself is an understatement. Only place left is to verify...
Forum: Hungary
Aug 23rd 2022, 6:36 pm
Replies: 64
Views: 2,644
Posted By jetsam1

Re: New restrictions on energy usage? KATA Changes?

And now they want to raise the gas prices................. Right, bringing in the wood burner to the kitchen then.

Electricity wise we have managed to slip in under the limit for paying massive...
Forum: Hungary
Aug 23rd 2022, 4:42 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 948
Posted By jetsam1

Re: Nosey builder!

I would rather live with problems with the house than get builders in. Don't trust tradesmen any more.
Forum: Hungary
Jul 16th 2022, 11:09 am
Replies: 64
Views: 2,644
Posted By jetsam1

Re: New restrictions on energy usage? KATA Changes?

Unless it is a company owned by the "right" people though I suppose. Loopholes abound.
Forum: Hungary
Jul 16th 2022, 11:04 am
Replies: 64
Views: 2,644
Posted By jetsam1

Re: New restrictions on energy usage? KATA Changes?

I heard that a a huge amount of Hungarian firewood is now in Slovakia. And now the forestry companies are panicking. Great work guys!

We are on a monthly reporting but I am still woried about it...
Forum: Hungary
Jul 16th 2022, 9:48 am
Replies: 64
Views: 2,644
Posted By jetsam1

Re: New restrictions on energy usage? KATA Changes?

People we know were being hit with 100,000 HUF extra in December. I would imagine that may double or triple? So bankrupting really considering even decent salaries combining with 600 HUF for a loaf...
Forum: Hungary
Jul 14th 2022, 6:36 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,021
Posted By jetsam1

Re: I hate Hungarian drivers!

Normal in general if you are being good and obeying the traffic laws. I slow down for them to make sure I cannot be in trouble for speeding if they do hit me. This is Humans. Humans are awful.
Forum: Hungary
Jul 14th 2022, 1:55 pm
Replies: 64
Views: 2,644
Posted By jetsam1

Re: New restrictions on energy usage? KATA Changes?

The average consumption is very low. Most families are going to be more like 430 KW/H.

Yes, if I had the spare money right now there would be solar getting set up.But young family etc suck all my...
Forum: Hungary
Jul 14th 2022, 1:03 pm
Replies: 64
Views: 2,644
Posted By jetsam1

Re: New restrictions on energy usage? KATA Changes?

I am genuinely concerned if this is right. Going to bankrupt half the country! We will be struggling with it.

My next concern is going to be the fallout, I see rioting and political violence on...
Forum: Hungary
Jul 14th 2022, 8:03 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,326
Posted By jetsam1

Re: Why do house sellers do CRAZY price increases

Comes down to jobs. Budapest is turning into the London of Hungary sucking economic activity from the rest of the country. However, apocryphal again, my employer has been forced to allow more and...
Forum: Hungary
Jul 14th 2022, 6:29 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,021
Posted By jetsam1

Re: I hate Hungarian drivers!

Well, all these problems will go away when petrol is 800 HUF a litre! No one will be able to afford to drive! :lol:
Forum: Hungary
Jul 14th 2022, 6:28 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,326
Posted By jetsam1

Re: Why do house sellers do CRAZY price increases

A colleague of mine has recently bought an apartment that in between applying for and finalising the mortgage had gone up in "value" by 5 million HUF...............

When I first came to Hungary...
Forum: Hungary
Jul 14th 2022, 5:37 am
Replies: 64
Views: 2,644
Posted By jetsam1

Re: New restrictions on energy usage? KATA Changes?

My wife almost exploded over this...................... A lot of Hungarians are apparently especially younger ones. We are already paying Western prices on Eastern wages for everything. I have been...
Forum: Hungary
Jul 13th 2022, 5:06 pm
Replies: 64
Views: 2,644
Posted By jetsam1

New restrictions on energy usage? KATA Changes?

Hi,
The planned changes that limit households to 200 MWH a month at the current cheap price and anything above on a much higher tariff.

The KATA changes?
Forum: Hungary
Jul 6th 2022, 6:44 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,021
Posted By jetsam1

Re: I hate Hungarian drivers!

I do an hour and a half commute to work on mixed roads. It is a LOT better than it was the first time I drove in Hungary 10 years ago.

Still big pricey Mercs etc that are a problem (we had this...
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