What do I need to obtain a BKK Pass ID?
One good quality 3.5×4.5 cm ID photo with a plain background (you can also use a printer and photo paper). No other person(s) or object(s) may be in the picture. If there has been a significant change in your appearance since the photo was taken, you should have a new pass ID made.
If the pass has been damaged in such a way that it cannot be used for travel because its owner cannot be identified or its validity cannot be established, a new pass must be issued.
Where can I obtain the BKK Pass ID for parents with small children?
BKK Pass IDs can be issued and their validity extended at BKK ticket offices (on the basis of original, paper-based documents) and customer service centres (on the basis of original documents issued on paper or documents with electronic signature).
Please check locations near you with the help of the map-based sales point finder. When purchasing a pass, you will need to provide your Pass ID number - the 9 digits printed next to the QR code (on the right).
What eligibility, data and certificates are required for a Pass ID for parents with small children?
In accordance with the official certificate on permanent or temporary residence in Budapest, those passengers are entitled to the Pass ID-parents with small children and to the pass for parents with small children who receive child home care allowances (GYES, GYET, GYED or CSED). In order to issue the pass ID or extend its validity date, a photo ID needs to be presented along with the document specified below.
Foreigners who do not have an "address card" (lakcímkártya) can present a printout of the "Accommodation Certificate" (szálláshely-igazolás) issued by the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing (Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság).
The following qualify as residential address in Budapest:
- Permanent residence (home address) in Budapest
- Temporary residence (address) in Budapest
- Under the address only “Budapest” or also the number of a Budapest district is indicated (e.g. in case of residents with a small child in a mother’s home) without a specific street number.
Entitlement to a pass for parents with small children (in addition to residence in Budapest) can be proved by presenting either the original certificate about allowances issued by the disbursement agency or the resolution of the right to child care allowance. Electronically prepared resolutions, disbursement certificates and verifications by an authority need to be printed out and presented for the administration process related to the Pass ID.
Certificates in case of GYES or GYET allowances
The certificate about the given allowance or the disbursement certificate is issued either by the Government Office of the Capital City Budapest or by the Government Office for Pest County or by the child support agency which disburses the allowance. These certificates can be presented for a maximum of six (6) months calculated from the date of issuance in the following formats:
- original document on paper, signed and stamped
- pdf-file with electronic signature. The pdf-file must be attached to an email and sent to the [email protected] mailbox - the issue or extension of the validity of the pass ID on the basis of an electronic document is possible only at the customer service centres within 24 hours of sending the email (after that, the emails are automatically deleted together with the attachment). To ensure smooth administration, please send the electronically signed pdf file to [email protected] before visiting the customer service centre of your choice, to allow sufficient time for the electronic document to be processed.
In accordance with a specific legal regulation, the valid official certificate, which has not been revoked, issued for the proof of entitlement to pass discounts for parents with small children can be presented regardless of the date of issuance (until the payment deadline indicated on the official certificate) in the following formats:
- original document on paper, signed and stamped
- pdf-file with electronic signature. The pdf-file must be attached to an email and sent to the [email protected] mailbox - the issue or extension of the validity of the pass ID on the basis of an electronic document is possible only at the customer service centres within 24 hours of sending the email (after that, the emails are automatically deleted together with the attachment).
Certificates in case of GYED or CSED allowances in case they are granted by the social security disbursement agency operable by the employer:
The certificate about the given allowance or the disbursement certificate can be presented for a maximum of six (6) months calculated from the date of issuance in the following formats:
Original documents issued on paper or documents with electronic signature are accepted. Every disbursement agency has to be in possession of such a stamp on which the name and the registry/tax number of the company are represented and it is indicated that the company is a social security disbursement agency. Stamps of every company is different but the compulsory data in order are the following:
- Social security disbursement agency (Társadalombiztosítási Kifizetőhely)
- Name and address of company
- Company registry/tax number
The document cannot be accepted and issued and the Pass ID for parents with small children cannot be validated without the stamp on them.
Certificates in case of GYED or CSED allowances if they are issued by the health insurance agencies of Government Office of the Capital City Budapest and by the Government Office for Pest County
The certificate about the given allowance or the disbursement certificate can be presented for a maximum of six (6) months calculated from the date of issuance in the following formats:
- original document on paper, signed and stamped
- pdf-file with electronic signature. The pdf-file must be attached to an email and sent to the [email protected] mailbox - the issue or extension of the validity of the pass ID on the basis of an electronic document is possible only at the customer service centres within 24 hours of sending the email (after that, the emails are automatically deleted together with the attachment).
Validity period of the Pass ID for parents with small children
In case a new pass ID is issued, the validity period is calculated from the day of issuance, while in case the validity period of the existing pass ID is extended, the validity period has to be calculated from the day of extension. The validity period is the nearest date from among the following three deadlines: the validity period of the Pass ID – parents with small children
- can be a maximum of 6 months
- can extend to the expected deadline of allowance disbursement
- can last until the validity period indicated under the registration of address, in case the address in Budapest is indicated as temporary residence with a validity period
The expected deadline of allowance disbursement has to be defined from the certificate on the payment of GYES, GYET, GYED, or CSED (in case it does not indicate the expected deadline), as follows:
- Basically, GYES is paid up to the day when the child turns three. Upon defining the allowance, such a concrete date cannot be fixed until when the allowance is paid. The deadline for entitlement to the pass ID – parents with small children has to be defined in accordance with the child’s birthday indicated in the resolution of the right to child care allowance. By adding three years to and deducting one day from the birthday, the latest date of validity of the certificate can be defined. For instance, this date is 19 April 2009 in case of a child who was born on 20 April 2006.
- In case of twins, entitlement can be defined until the end of the year when children reach compulsory schooling age. For instance, if children reach compulsory schooling age in 2009, the expiry date of entitlement is 31 December 2009. (Children can reach the development phase necessary for schooling at the earliest in the calendar year in which they turn six (6) by 31 May, and at the latest in the calendar year when they turn eight by 31 August.)
- In case of a permanently ill or severely disabled child, parents are entitled to receive GYES until the year when the child turns 10. If the official resolution of the right to child care allowance indicates illness or disability, this deadline is applicable.
- Entitlement to GYET can be defined in case of three or more minor children and the allowance can be received from the day when the youngest child turns three until the day when s/he turns eight.
- Parents are entitled to receive GYED until the day when the child turns 2.
- Parents are entitled to receive CSED for the period of maternity leave; for 168 days.
Certificates issued by the disbursement agency generally indicate the expected deadline of payment, thus in case they are presented instead of the resolution of the right to child care allowance, the date indicated in the Certificates issued by the disbursement agency is applicable. In case passengers are entitled to this pass but their IDs have expired, those can be extended but a certificate of entitlement has to be issued and renewed.
