... is the 11-months-plus-a-few-weeks when I don't have to deal with Hungarian bureaucracy.
Today I started the annual process of renewing my tartózkodási engedély (residence permit).
It involved forms (first the wrong one, later the correct one).
It involved phone calls.
It involved web searches.
It involved waiting.
It involved at least 8 people, precious few of who speak English at a level fluent enough for this kind of business (not that my Hungarian is anywhere close, ahem).
It involved paperwork, copies of paperwork, and copies of copies.
It involved whining.
It involved apologizing.
It involved begging.
And we didn't even make it to the Bevándolási Hivatal (Immigration Office) yet. That'll be tomorrow's task, if by some miracle all the paperwork comes together before then...
A citizen of nowhere checks out
5 years ago
1 comment:
You forgot signing copies of paperwork so you can be given other copies. Not to mention signing through improbably small templates. I'm from the UK so it's easier it only needed three staff to process me an the family. Less than an hour in total.
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