Annak ellenére, hogy a lakcím ideiglenes, a jóváhagyás várható.

It means despite the fact that or even though.

In this sentence:

• Annak ellenére, hogy a lakcím ideiglenes, a jóváhagyás várható.
• Despite the fact that the address is temporary, approval is expected.

This is a very common Hungarian linking expression for introducing a contrast.

A useful way to remember it is:

• annak ellenére, hogy... = despite the fact that...
• bár... = although...

So this phrase is a bit more explicit and slightly more formal than just bár.

It is basically a fixed expression.

Parts:

• annak = of that / in spite of that
• ellenére = despite / against
• hogy = that

Together, they function as one connector: despite the fact that.

You do not usually translate it word by word in natural English. It is better to learn it as a chunk:

• Annak ellenére, hogy esik az eső, elmegyünk.
• Even though it is raining, we are going.

So in practice, treat annak ellenére, hogy as one unit.

Because hogy a lakcím ideiglenes is a subordinate clause inserted before the main clause.

Structure:

• Annak ellenére, hogy a lakcím ideiglenes = subordinate clause
• a jóváhagyás várható = main clause

Hungarian uses commas quite regularly to separate subordinate clauses from main clauses, so the punctuation here is normal and expected.

Lakcím means residential address, registered address, or simply home address, depending on context.

It is made from:

• lak- related to living/residing
• cím = address

So it is more specific than just any address. It usually refers to a person’s place of residence in an administrative or official sense.

That is why this sentence sounds somewhat official or bureaucratic.

Because a is the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• a lakcím = the address
• a jóváhagyás = the approval

Hungarian uses definite articles often, including in formal or general statements where English may or may not use the depending on style.

Here, both nouns refer to specific things understood from context, so a is natural.

Because ideiglenes is an adjective meaning temporary, and here it is used as a predicate adjective.

In Hungarian, predicate adjectives do not need agreement endings like in some other languages.

So:

• a lakcím ideiglenes = the address is temporary

The adjective stays the same. It does not change for gender, and Hungarian does not have grammatical gender.

It is omitted.

In Hungarian, the verb van = to be is usually left out in the present tense, third person singular/plural when the predicate is a noun, adjective, or similar expression.

So:

• a lakcím ideiglenes literally looks like the address temporary
• but it means the address is temporary

And:

• a jóváhagyás várható literally looks like the approval expected
• but it means the approval is expected

Compare:

• Én fáradt vagyok. = I am tired.
• Te fáradt vagy. = You are tired.
• Ő fáradt. = He/she is tired.
  No van here.

This is one of the most important basic patterns in Hungarian.

Jóváhagyás means approval.

It comes from the verb:

• jóváhagy = to approve

So:

• jóváhagyás = approval
• a jóváhagyás várható = approval is expected

This is also quite formal or administrative in tone, which fits well with lakcím.

Várható means expected, predictable, or likely to happen, depending on context.

In this sentence:

• a jóváhagyás várható = approval is expected

It comes from the verb:

• vár = to wait / to expect

But várható is not just the simple verb expect. It is more like an adjective meaning can be expected or is to be expected.

You will often see it in formal language:

• Eső várható. = Rain is expected.
• Késés várható. = Delay is expected.
• A döntés hamarosan várható. = The decision is expected soon.

Not exactly, but for an English speaker it can feel somewhat similar.

Hungarian does not use the passive nearly as much as English does. Instead, forms like várható often express an impersonal or passive-like meaning:

• jóváhagyás várható = approval is expected
• literally closer to approval is expectable / can be expected

So yes, it gives a passive-style meaning in English, but grammatically it is better thought of as an adjective-like form rather than a normal passive construction.

The sentence is arranged very naturally:

• first the contrasting subordinate clause: Annak ellenére, hogy a lakcím ideiglenes
• then the main point: a jóváhagyás várható

This puts the background obstacle first and the important result second.

That is a common information structure in both Hungarian and English:

• Even though X, Y.

You could rearrange it:

• A jóváhagyás várható annak ellenére, hogy a lakcím ideiglenes.

This is also correct, but it places the main statement first and the contrast afterward.

Yes, absolutely.

• Bár a lakcím ideiglenes, a jóváhagyás várható.
• Although the address is temporary, approval is expected.

This is shorter and a bit simpler.

Compared with annak ellenére, hogy:

• bár = more compact, common, neutral
• annak ellenére, hogy = more explicit, often a bit more formal or emphatic

Both are correct here.

Yes, it sounds fairly formal and administrative.

The clues are words like:

• lakcím
• jóváhagyás
• várható

This sounds like something you might read in:

• official correspondence
• immigration or residency paperwork
• application processing messages
• customer service or legal-administrative communication

In everyday casual speech, someone might choose simpler wording.

A few pronunciation notes:

• annak — the nn is held a bit longer than a single n
• ellenére — watch the long é sounds
• lakcím — the í is long: roughly lahk-tseem
• ideiglenes — the stress is on the first syllable: I-deig-le-nes
• jóváhagyás — both ó and á are long
• várható — long á and ó

A general rule: Hungarian always stresses the first syllable of the word.

Yes.

You can say:

• ideiglenes lakcím = temporary address

But in your sentence, the structure is different:

• a lakcím ideiglenes = the address is temporary

So compare:

• az ideiglenes lakcím = the temporary address
• a lakcím ideiglenes = the address is temporary

This is a very useful distinction in Hungarian, just as in English:

• adjective before noun = describing the noun inside a noun phrase
• adjective after noun = usually part of the predicate

Yes. Even if the meaning is already known, it helps to see how flexible the English can be.

Possible natural translations:

• Even though the address is temporary, approval is expected.
• Despite the fact that the address is temporary, approval is expected.
• Although the address is temporary, approval is still expected.
• Approval is expected despite the temporary address.

The Hungarian sentence itself is formal, so the most direct match is probably:

• Despite the fact that the address is temporary, approval is expected.