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John Woods John Woods · 02/03/2022
· Society

Long queues for passports in Hungary, people started to buy foreign currencies

Covid immunity certificate/vaccine passport Hungary Russia travel Ukraine war

Many people stood in long queues at the doors of the government offices yesterday. The waiting time was already hours for those who arrived at the opening of the offices. Many people would gladly pay 104 EUR to get their passport in 24 hours. Furthermore, people started to buy up foreign currencies.

Does everybody want a passport in Hungary?

According to napi.hu, people keep saying that everybody should have a valid passport and low-denomination foreign currency banknotes since Russia attacked Ukraine. The war is far from the borders of Hungary yet. However, many Hungarians already decided to collect all their necessary belongings, provided they had to flee their homes. Therefore, people stood in long queues at the doors of the government offices yesterday. One of the readers told napi.hu that they had to wait hours to submit their request for a passport.

The same happened in many government offices in Budapest yesterday. Forty people waited to enter the building of the Central Administration Office on Visegrádi street. Many of them stood in the queue with children. Only one or two wanted to prolong their expired documents, while some lost their documents.

But most of them wanted a new passport.

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A Hungarian passport valid for five years costs 20 EUR. For 40 EUR, it will be valid for 10 years. However, the normal process of getting it takes eight days. If somebody wants it urgently, they have to pay an additional fee. Reducing the waiting time to 5 days costs 50 EUR. To receive a new passport in three days, you need to pay 77 EUR. 104 EUR, in addition, means you can have your new passport in 24 hours. There were a lot who opted for this last option – napi.hu said. A co-worker at one of the Central Administration Offices welcomed clients at 8 am saying that

they should expect 3-4 hours waiting time.

The same happened in the office of the 12th district yesterday. There, 14-15 people waited in the queue. One of them told napi.hu that he was not afraid of the war, but it is good to have a passport. In the Attila út office in Budapest,  there were already 20-22 clients waiting at 8 am. Interestingly, 4-5 young families with children waited hours for a photo ID.

Hungarians buying up foreign currency

The business has been skyrocketing in the currency exchange market since the start of the Russian invasion. Some customers would like to exchange their EUR or USD to forint because the Hungarian currency is rapidly losing its value. 

  • Read also: Hungarian Forint reached its historic low against Euro today! 

Others arrive to buy foreign currency. They want to buy dollars, Euro, Swiss franc or GBP.

There is no panic among Hungarians, but the tension is palpable. Furthermore, currency exchanges still have enough money in store. Hungarians have not exchanged fortunes yet. The trend shows that everybody would like to get their hands on some euro or dollar banknotes.

 

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5 Comments

  1. Juhasz Peter says:
    02/03/2022 at 18:28

    Fear porn, Russia is not going to attack or invade Hungary unless Hungarian troops are sent to fight in Ukraine. Orban has already stated that would not happen.

  2. Infuriated : says:
    02/03/2022 at 20:30

    Why commit and “Rock the Boat” – and Fight a Partner in Crime ///
    Part of the Family remembering – “A Family that Plays and Plots to-gether – Stays To-gether” – Maybe for the time being.
    Got to keep “Butter on the Bread” other-wise – you Mess and Lie in your Bed – you wear the concequences of the Messy outcome – Hungary.

  3. Fake news says:
    02/03/2022 at 21:49

    What a horrible article. I am a Hungarian and there are always long queues to get a passport. There is absolutely nothing to fear in Hungary.
    We are devastated for our Ukrainian friends but there is zero signs Russia showing interest in Hungary whereas there have been years and decades of conflict predicting the war in Ukraine.

    This journalism just an other example of fear-mongering people. Sad.

  4. Fear mongering article says:
    02/03/2022 at 21:54

    Manipulating article. Hungarians are not scared, the Ukraine conflict is terrible however it was predicted for decades whereas Hungary is a NATO member with nothing to worry about.
    Queues for passports in Hungary has alway been the case, we just have terrible administration system, nothing new here. I’m Hungarian btw!

  5. Eleonora Jobst says:
    03/03/2022 at 20:48

    Dear Reader, we try to report as objectively as possible about current events. As far as this article is concerned, our aim was not to create fear among people but merely to convey the general sentiment.

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