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saigafreak
Joined 2014
Posts: 16

Immigration laws for "purebread" Hungarian-American

10 years ago

I was the first generation born in America within my family. Both parents born in Hungary. Father fled in '56, my Mom moved here after marrying him in '70, both earned their US citizenship status. Mom never formally renounced her Hungarian citizenship. Both grandparents are Hungarian and pretty much a straight lineage of family born within the borders of modern day Hungary. My understanding is that I'm a good candidate for the updated immigration laws from 2011.

I was wondering what the language requirements were exactly? I've been taking Hungarian lessons very seriously as of late. I've accumulated quite a few vocabulary words over my childhood/adulthood. The proverbial minefield of conjugation/attachments within the grammar is my wear point, but that is changing with these lessons and I'm definitely improving on my reading and writing, but spontaneous speaking using longer sentences is still difficult. I plan on visiting my other family in Hungary next year, practicing very hard with them, then formally applying at the Hungarian embassy in DC upon my return, where I assume I'll undergo the formal interview process. Has anyone gone through the process at the embassy here?

I wish we could live in country for a year to get truly fluent but that isn't really possible based on my work here in the US.

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