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Constant Relocation is a reality of life in the current interconnected world, however found to be an exciting experience with many unknowns.

This page is built with intention to share ones expats experiences and lessons learnt, which may help to ease the moving experience a less painful for future arriving fellow expats.

This page is more of a view point of an Bharathian/Indian moving to Hungary, Budapest in particular.

Know about Hungary: Hungary is a country with rich heritage and History with lot of similarities to India. Please make yourself familiar with what this wonderful nation had to gone thru to realize what made them today.

Some of Useful Links: http://www.britannica.com/place/Hungary

https://www.everyculture.com/Ge-It/Hungary.html

http://businessculture.org/eastern-europe/hungary

https://visithungary.com/

Mobile Tools that ease your Life: (Note: if your Google playstore account is India based, you may face some of Hungary local mobile apps not able to be installable. So Please create a new google account with Hungary as location. using that new Google account, your India based mobile handset allows to install Hungary Mobile Applications)

1) Google Lens : https://lens.google/ (Why is this necessary? English is not main language in Hungary, Mostly, the communication, shopping products in Hungary only. So, please use this tool to scan and translate to English)

2) Google Translator: Hungary to English Translation https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.translate&hl=en

3) Google Maps

4) Hungary Govt. travel Tickets: BudapestGo https://bkk.hu/jegyek-es-berletek/budapestgo/

5) Hungary local Taxi service: BOLT https://bolt.eu/

6) Food ordering Apps: Wolt, Foodpanda, BoltFooda

TME SENSITIVE TASK: ( Applies to Intra company Transfer Employees)


 * Accommodation: within 28 Days of arrival
 * How to to find Accommodation:

Rental house search Tools: https://ingatlan.com/

Facebook Groups e.g. Budapest flats for rent and sale

Facebook group: Indians in Budapest : https://www.facebook.com/groups/528027583952814/?ref=share

(all new comers can post the questions here and learn from others)

Guestimate Cost of Living: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=Hungary

Note: After ongoing Ukrain War (Hungary boarder country), the rental market became more hostile to expats due to the cost of living in Hungary is sky rocketed at least by 40% compared to 2022 Jan Estimations.


 * Address Card: within 28 Days of your arrival: This is one of the Legal critical document ( as important as Passport), while you are in Hungary.
 * After you find an accommodation and get your Name(family, if any) added to your “Address Card” and signed by landlord

if you are lucky, your employer Admin team may assist in filling the document. will give this paper to you to get signed

Address card - How it looks like ?

Sample: https://www.imt.bme.hu/wp-content/uploads/accommodation-reporting-form.pdf

Collect the “Residence Permit” Plastic card: using the above mentioned address card.
 * Residence permit: within 28 Days of your arrival

if you are lucky, your employer Admin team may help to apply and collect the RP card.

RP Card Tenure: First time 2 Years by Default


 * TAX card:  Within  a week on your arrival,

Please go to nearest TAX office and get the TAX number.

Documents needed: Passport


 * Salary  BANK  Account:  After Tax number is arrived,

Please walkin to any bank ( with TAX number, Passport) e.g. Raiffeisen BANK

Credit Cards: Not a Popular product for Expats. banks demand a Local HUngarian to vouch you to issue a Credit card. So other options (Revoult, WISE) cards are popular.


 * Medical Insurance:

Your employer might offer 1 month default medical insurance on your arrival. But please consult your employer to activate a local private Health Insurance card (e.g. Swissclinic).

Hungarian translator services may be helpful while in some emergency cases, where most of medical support teams wont speak English.

Transport/Travel app: Public transport services are reliable.

(Same travel card be used any Travel mode Onroad-Bus&Tram/ under ground-Metro/ on Water-Ferry)

https://bkk.hu/   Note: monthly pass appx 9500 HUF (same card valid in all tram, bus, metro,ferry)

(travel is free for kids below 14 years- with school provided ID card)

Private Taxi: bolt Taxi https://bolt.eu/ is popular

5) Find school for Kids :

Education/Schooling: * Generally, the International English Medium schools are costly. Some employers ( e.g. TCS) offers expats kids school fees (excluding tax). please check your employer, as this plays key role in Monthly Financials.

Kindergarten schools:

hints:

The English Garden

Under the Rainbow

Upper Primary School:

Home | Britannica International School, Budapest (britannicaschool.hu)

The British International School Budapest, Hungary | Nord Anglia (nordangliaeducation.com)

 Cheatsheet: 

Indian grocery shops:

Kashmir Bazar

Kohinoor Bazaar

Namaste India

Indian eatary:

Hints:

Indigo Indian

Havely

Bombay

Tajmahal

Malls/Markets:

Spar( most widely found Chain in Budapest at every corner)

Prima

Lidl

TESCO

pennymarket

Electronic Shops: Not much choice, sorry

mediamarkt

Surprise, Surprise! There is NO AmaZon service in Hungary.

Malls:

Corvin plaza

Arena mall

Westend mall

Allee mall

etc..

Furniture/Retail shops:

IKEA.com – International homepage – IKEA

https://online.auchan.hu/

Post office:

https://posta.hu/

Home Broadband Internet+TV:

Vodafone

TELEKOM (TMobile)

MOBILE SIM Cards:

Tariffs Mobile (vodafone.hu)

You may get local SIM using India passport as proof.

Money Transfer to India:

Wise, Formerly TransferWise: Online Money Transfers | International Banking Features

Food Home Delivery apps:

Wolt

foodpanda (NetPincer.hu)

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