Mixed Marriage , Indonesian and Hungarian.

Mixed Marriage can be easy and hard at the same time.

 

We put into a lot of ponders before we decided that we would like to do our marriage in Hungary. Especially our Civil Ceremony.

Why? 

Because to do it in Indonesia would be easy at the first process ( David's visa ) but then,  difficult after. For example we couldn't tell whether the Hungarian office will acknowledge our marriage certificate or not, whether my spouse visa will be granted fast or not, and so on.

It was a very hard time to decide and made me stress.

But finally we chose to do it in Hungary. We knew that it would be a pain in the ass for the first process but we chose to embrace it anyway.

And we were right....

First we both saved our money, me for my travel, him for the wedding. We worked our ass off for it.

Then in the mean time i worked for all of my papers in Indonesia, i Thank God that i have a super mom that always willing to help me in my time of need. Although to convince my mom to let me go to Hungary was another drama.  

I Love You Mom!

Finally, after months of working with anxiousity, came my letter from the region office.

The letters are :

1. My Birth Certificate

2. My Single Status

3. My Recomendation from our civil office in Manado for me to be able to Marry in Hungary.

These 3 letters then i sent to Jakarta to be stamped and legalized in 3 Places which are :

1. Ministry of Law and Human Rights

2. Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

3. Embassy of Hungary.

I waited 2 weeks for this process to be done. After it was done, i sent the documents to Hungary for David to bring to the Hungarian Office for Translation and Attestation.

Meanwhile , on May i went to Jakarta with Mom and Dad to go for the Visa.

I waited and waited until oneday i received an email saying that my visa has been granted. ( Horaayy! Here comes my expat dream! ).

A couple of days later i submitted my resignation letter which made my boss little bit surprised. He knew all along of my struggle but he still surprised when i gave him the letter. ( He was such a nice man and the best boss i have ever had )

Then on June 23rd i flew to Hungary to meet the love of my life.

 

Here i share my arrival in Hungary on my Youtube channel "Szia Sharon" 

 

The date of our marriage was on August 12th, but i had to be in Hungary at least 1 month prior to the marriage date for administration process.

Then 2 weeks after we submited all of our documents and before our wedding day David got a call from the Polgármesteri Hivatal saying that my document was not right.

Oh God......

It was said that my single letter was not good.

It was written that i have never been married, but not that i am single.

I was shocked, David couldn't believe what he had heard.

My mother and father and also my cousin already bought their ticket to be here.

"What do i do" i thought....

"Should i go back Indonesia and change the letter? "

"Is the translation wrong or what? , how could it be wrong, it is an official translation office!"
All of the people in both family were in tension.

But the the staff from the Polgármesteri Hivatal called again and told us to go to Indonesian Embassy to make the letter for me stating that i am single and allowed to marry in Hungary.
Thankfully the staff in my Embassy was very helpful and willing to make the letter faster. 
 

So, 1 week before our marriage we received this letter , the mighty letter that allowed me to have a marriage ceremony in Hungary.
Thanks God!