Hungarian State Treasury

In the case of residence in Hungary you should complete the following documents:

• for a claim for old age pension benefit, the form called “In the case of a claim for international old-age pension and other benefits in own right for service periods acquired in a contracting party of the agreement” 
• for a claim for work accident annuity, the form called “Claim for benefit work accident annuity under the scope of Act LXXXI of 1997, Act LXXXIII of 1997 and social policy or social security agreement” 
• for a claim for survivor’s pension, depending on the type of claim, the following forms are relevant:
• for widow(er)’s pension or an work accident-related widow(er)’s pension “Claim for widow(er)'s pension  or work accident-related widow(er)'s pension under the scope of Act LXXXI of 1997, Act LXXXIII of 1997 and social policy or social security agreement” or
• for orphan's allowance or a work accident-related orphan's allowance the so called „Claim for orphan's allowance or work accident-related orphan's allowance under the scope of Act LXXXI of 1997, Act LXXXIII of 1997 and social policy or social security agreement” or
• for parental pension or work accident-related parental pension „Claim for parential pension or work accident-related parential pension under the scope of Act LXXXI of 1997, Act LXXXIII of 1997 and social policy or social security agreement”

The forms required for submitting a claim can be obtained from the pension insurance bodies or downloaded from the "Related forms" menu point next to this information tab.

The claim form must be accompanied by available documents relating to the insurance periods completed in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The claim can be submitted in person or by post.

It may be submitted in person at the customer service of the government office of the capital or county according to the place of residence or stay.

If it submitted by post, the envelope must be addressed to the Government Office of the Capital City Budapest and marked with the uniform postal address 1916 Budapest.

The claim may be submitted by the applicant's legal representative (guardian) or by their authorised representative, accompanied by a document proving the representation.

In the case of an application for a survivor's benefit, if a survivor's pension has already been established in relation to the deceased insured person or if the application is for the revival of a survivor's pension previously paid, the claim may also be submitted at the customer service of the Pension Payment Directorate of the Hungarian State Treasury (1139 Budapest Váci út 73.).

The date of submission of the claim in Bosnia and Herzegovina is also the date on which the claim is submitted to the Hungarian pension insurance body.

The application, the documents enclosed by the applicant and the certificate of the period of service recognised under Hungarian legislation will be forwarded by the Government Office of the Capital of Budapest to Zajednica Penzijsko Invalidsko Osiguranja Bosne I Hercegovine (71000 Sarajevo, Azize Sacirbegovic 2), the pension insurance body competent to assess pensions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In the case of residence in Bosnia and Herzegovina:

For any questions regarding how to apply for a pension in Bosnia and Herzegovina and any questions regarding entitlement for a pension in Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is advisable to contact the Bosnian pension administration body in the place of residence.

The contact details of the Central Pension Body are:

Zajednica Penzijsko Invalidsko Osiguranja Bosne I Hercegovine (SIZ)

Address: Zivka Josila Br. 2, BH - 71000 Sarajevo,

71000 Sarajevo, Azize Sacirbegovic 2

Bosnia and Herzegovina

website: www.fbihvlada.gov.ba 

e-mail: info@fbihvlada.gov.ba

The application submitted in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be forwarded by the Bosnian body to the Government Office of the Capital City Budapest, together with proof of the periods of insurance completed there.

If the entitlement for the benefit applied for by the applicant exists on the basis of the Hungarian service period, the insurance periods certified by Bosnia and Herzegovina shall not be taken into account for the determination of the Hungarian pension.

The minimum periods required for a Hungarian pension are as follows:

• 20 years of service period for old age pension,
• 40 years of eligibility period for women's preferential pension,
• in the case of a survivor's pension, the service period required for the age of the deceased insured person.

If the entitlement for the benefits cannot be established on the basis of Hungarian service periods alone, periods of insurance completed in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, certified by Bosnia and Herzegovina, shall be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the pension, as if they had been completed under the legislation of Hungary, provided that they do not cover the same period.

The Agreement excludes the possibility of double insurance, but service periods completed in Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina before the date of entry into force may overlap. These periods may be taken into account only once when applying the aggregation rule.

If, after the application of the above provisions, the applicant is still not entitled, periods of insurance completed in a third state with which Hungary has concluded a social security agreement and which provisions cover the aggregation of insurance periods shall also be taken into account.

The following periods of insurance completed in third countries may be taken into account for the assessment of entitlement to a Hungarian pension:

• all EU Member States and EEA countries, the United Kingdom and Switzerland,
• Albania, United States of America, Australia, North-Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Mongolia, Republic of Montenegro, Canada, Republic of Korea, Kosovo, India, Japan, Russian Federation, Turkey, Republic of Serbia.

If the applicant has at least 15 years of service required for a Hungarian pension only after aggregating the periods of insurance, the amount of the pension is calculated on the basis of the Hungarian and Bosnian periods of insurance. In the case of a survivor's pension, the period of insurance in Bosnia shall be taken into account if the deceased insured person does not have the period of service in Hungary corresponding to their age.

The pension to be determined is the proportion of the insurance periods completed under Hungarian legislation in relation to the total insurance periods. The amount of the Hungarian pension is determined solely on the basis of earnings and income in Hungary.

If the completed insurance period is less than one year and no benefit can be established on that basis in the country where the insurance period was completed, the period of less than one year certified by Bosnia and Herzegovina shall be taken into account as Hungarian insurance period, while the Hungarian period of less than one year shall be taken into account as Bosnian insurance period.