SHORT TERM STAY IN HUNGARY

Citizens allowed to enter Hungary without the requirement of short-term visa.

 

Visa free entry: Citizens of countries/entities listed in the regulation (EU) 2018/1806 Annex II. (“positive list”) may travel to Hungary without visa:

- Albania (with biometric passport only)

- Andorra

- Antigua and Barbuda

- Argentina

- Australia

- Bahama-islands

- Barbados

- Bosnia-Herzegovina (with biometric passport only)

- Brazil

- Brunei

- Canada

- Chile

- Columbia

- Costa Rica

- Dominica

- East Timor

- Grenada

- Georgia (with biometric passport only)

- Guatemala

- Honduras

- Hong Kong (only with „Hong Kong Special Administrative Region” passport)

- Israel

- Japan

- Kiribati

- Macao (only with a "Regio Administrativa Especial de Macau" passport)

- Malaysia

- Marshall-islands

- Mauritius

- Mexico

- Micronesia

- Moldova (with biometric passport only)

- Monaco

- Montenegro (with biometric passport only)

- New-Zealand

- Nicaragua

- North Macedonia (with biometric passport only)

- Panama

- Paraguay

- Palau

- Peru

- Saint Kitts and Nevis

- Saint Lucia

- Saint Vincent and Grenadine-islands

- Solomon-islands

- Salvador

- San Marino

- Seychelles

- South Korea

- Samoa

- Serbia (with biometric passport only)

- Singapore

- Taiwan (the exemption from the visa requirement applies only to holders of passports issued by Taiwan which include an identity card number)

- Tonga

- Trinidad and Tobago

- Tuvalu

- Ukraine (with biometric passport only)

- United Arab Emirates

- United States of America

- Uruguay

- Vatican

- Vanuatu

- Venezuela

- Hong Kong – (only for holders of a ‘Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’ passport)

- Macao – (only for to holders of a ‘Região Administrativa Especial de Macau’ passport)

- British nationals (Overseas)

- British overseas territories citizens (BOTC)

- British overseas citizens (BOC)

- British protected persons (BPP)

- British subjects (BS)

- Member states of the European Union

- Member states of the Schengen Agreement

 

Visa exemption valid:

  • Nationals under the visa obligation, holders of a local border traffic card issued by the Member States pursuant to relevant EC regulation, when these holders exercise their right within the context of the Local Border Traffic regime (Hungary concluded Local Border Traffic agreement with Ukraine in 2007. For more information see Act CLIII of 2007.)
  • Recognized refugees and stateless persons and other persons who do not hold the nationality of any country who reside in a Member State for longer time and are holders of a travel document issued by that Member State can stay ninety days within 6 months period without possessing visa. Member States expression means the Schengen member states; the ten states joined the European Union on 1st May 2004, plus Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia.
  • Third-country nationals who have been granted asylum or treatment as stateless persons and holding a travel document issued by the countries listed under Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2018/1806.
  • Third-country nationals who are the flight crew and attendants on emergency or rescue flights, helpers in the event of disaster or accident.
  • Third-country nationals with a valid travel document issued by the UN, the Council of Europe or the International Criminal Court
  • Civilian flight crew and attendants.
  • Sea crew
  • The civilian crew of ships navigating in international inland waters.
  • Certain third-country nationals (according to bilateral partial visa waiver agreements listed in: http://konzuliszolgalat.kormany.hu/visa-waiver-agreements
  • Third-country nationals in possession of diplomatic passport can enter the country without possessing a visa according to visa facilitation agreements: https://konzuliszolgalat.kormany.hu/euvisa-facilitation-agreements
  • According to the Regulation (EU) No 265/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 March 2010 (amending the Convention Implementing the Schengen Agreement and Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 as regards movement of persons with a long-stay visa) a third-country national holding a long-stay visa (D) issued by a Member State should therefore be allowed to travel to other Member States for three months in any six-month period, under the same conditions as the holder of a residence permit.