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Certified Hungarian Passport Translation
Certified translation of the documents that establish identity and nationality in Hungary, including the registry annotations and endorsements that carry the legal effect and that a reader unfamiliar with the system will otherwise skip.
$24.95/page
Flat rate per page, up to 250 words. No hidden fees.
100% USCIS acceptance
Every certified translation is guaranteed to be accepted by USCIS.
24-hour delivery
Most 1-3 page documents are delivered within 24 hours. Same-day available.
Surname first, on the passport too
Hungarian writes the family name before the given name, and Hungarian documents follow that order. A passport reading Nagy István belongs to István Nagy, and a US system taking the last word as the surname inverts it.
The machine-readable zone uses the international order, so the printed page and the machine-readable line disagree on the same document. We make the order explicit rather than leaving a reader to guess.
Married name forms
Hungarian law offers several married name forms, including the traditional -né suffix: Nagy Istvánné means "the wife of István Nagy" and contains none of the woman's own name.
An older passport may show that form and a newer one her own name, with no change of identity behind it. We explain the form rather than transliterating it into something meaningless.
Simplified naturalisation, and passports held abroad
Hungary's simplified naturalisation route for people of Hungarian descent has produced very large numbers of Hungarian passports held by residents of Romania, Serbia, Ukraine and Slovakia.
So a Hungarian passport may belong to someone who has never lived in Hungary and whose other documents are Romanian or Serbian. That is dual nationality by descent, not a discrepancy, and we name the issuing state of each document.
ő and ű, and the identity card
Hungarian uses ő and ű alongside the more familiar accented vowels, and the machine-readable zone strips them. The printed page is where the name survives.
The személyazonosító igazolvány is a travel document within the EU, so a Hungarian client may present a card. The passport shows no parents; the anyakönyvi kivonat does. See our Hungarian page.
Ordering, and what the certification covers
Upload the document, choose certified translation at $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, and it comes back typically within 24 hours as a PDF formatted to mirror the original, with a signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead. Marginal annotations are translated in place, in the margin, and every seal, stamp and registry endorsement is translated with the text. See how we translate and certified versus standard.
Frequently asked questions
Which of the two names is the surname?
The first on the printed page. The machine-readable line uses the international order, so the two disagree.
What does -né mean?
Wife of. Nagy Istvánné contains none of the woman's own name, and a later passport may show her own.
My client has a Hungarian passport and lives in Romania.
Simplified naturalisation for people of Hungarian descent. Dual nationality, not a discrepancy.
Does the passport show my parents?
No. The anyakönyvi kivonat does.
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Upload the document and receive the certified translation, typically within 24 hours.