Documents issued abroad in a foreign language may be needed to determine both foreign and Hungarian pensions in the following international pension cases:
- in pension cases to be assessed on the basis of EU regulations,
- in the case of a service period completed in the United Kingdom,
- pension cases assessed under bilateral agreements.
What documents may be required to determine a pension abroad?
The documents required to establish a pension abroad may include in particular:
- documents relating to the use of the name, change of name,
- a certificate proving the foreign pension insurance number,
- documents relating to legal relationship abroad, e.g. labour book, work contract, military record book, period of higher education,
- other documents requested by the foreign institution, e.g. proof of income, proof of marital status.
Documents submitted in a foreign language in Hungary for the purpose of determining the foreign pension do not need to be translated into Hungarian, but will be forwarded by the Hungarian pension determination body to the foreign body concerned.
What documents may be required to determine a Hungarian pension?
The documents required to determine a Hungarian pension may include:
- documents relating to the use of the name, change of name birth, marriage or death certificates issued abroad,
- diploma and course book of higher education abroad,
- a certificate of full-time studies abroad in the case of orphan's allowance,
- court or notarial documents, documents relating to guardianship,
- documents relating to employment abroad, pensions abroad in cases covered by the Hungarian-Soviet Agreement.
The foreign documents required for the establishment of the Hungarian pension do not need to be translated into Hungarian if the document is issued in an official language of a European Economic Area country or a convention country.
The official languages of the European Economic Area are: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish and Swedish.
The official languages of the state parties to the Agreement are Albanian, Bosnian, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Mongolian, Montenegrin, Russian, Serbian and Turkish.
If the document required for the determination of the Hungarian pension in an international pension case is not issued in the foreign language listed above, a certified translation of the document into Hungarian must also be provided, in which case the client must arrange for the certified translation of the document.