International Programs - U.S.-Hungarian Social Security Agreement - Article 1.1.a

Under section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, “[t]he term ‘national of the United States’ means (A) a citizen of the United States, or (B) a person who, though not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to the United States.”  Those in category (B) include natives of American Samoa.

The law on Hungarian citizenship is Act XLIV of 2010, amending Act LV of 1993 on Hungarian Nationality.  The current law entered into force January 1, 2011.  Hungarian law confers citizenship based on Hungarian ancestry and language, or on naturalization.  A Hungarian national is any person accorded nationality by Hungary, including, but not limited to, a person carrying a valid Hungarian passport or other valid identity document designating the person as a Hungarian national.

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