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Visa free entry:
Citizens of countries/entities listed in the 539/2001/EC council regulation Annex II. (“positive list”) may travel
to Hungary without visa:
• Albania (only holders of biometric passports)
• Andorra
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Australia
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (only holders of biometric passports)
• Brazil
• British nationals (overseas)
• Brunei Darussalam
• Canada
• Chile
• Costa Rica
• Croatia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (holders of biometric passports)
• Guatemala
• Holy See
• Honduras
• Hong Kong (holders of a “Hong Kong Special Administrative Region” passport)
• Israel
• Japan
• Macao (holders of a “Regiao Administrativa Especial de Macau” passport)
• Malaysia
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Moldova (only holders of biometric passports)
• Monaco
• Montenegro (holders of biometric passport)
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Salvador
• San Marino
• Serbia (holders of biometric passports)
• Seychelles
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Taiwan (the exemption from the visa requirement applies only to holders of passports issued by
Taiwan which include an identity card number)
• United States of America
• Uruguay
• Venezuela
Furthermore visa exemption is applied to:
a) Nationals of countries under visa obligation, who are 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.)
b) The flight crew and attendants on emergency or rescue flights and other helpers in the event of disaster or accident.
c) Persons 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.
d) Third-country nationals who have been granted asylum or treatment as stateless persons and holding
a travel document listed under Annex II of Council Regulation 539/2001/EC.
e) Third-country nationals who are the flight crew and attendants on emergency or rescue flights another helpers in the event of disaster or accident.
f) Third-country nationals whose travel document was issued by the UN, the Council of Europe, the
International Criminal Court
g) Civilian flight crew and attendants.
h) Sea crew
i) The civilian crew of ships navigating in international inland waters
j) Third-country nationals, who have permission issued by Member States listed in the Annex II. of the Commission Decision (No.: C(2010)1620) Establishing the Handbook for the processing of visa applications and the modification of issued visas, in possession of the permission and valid travel document can stay ninety days within 6 months period without possessing visa in the Schengen area until the expiration date of the permission.
k) Certain third-country nationals (according to bilateral partial visa waiver agreements listed in: /Consular Services) in possession of diplomatic or service passport can enter the country without possessing a visa.
l) 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/eu-visa- facilitation-agreements)
m) 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.
Attention!
A visa is only a preliminary permission for entry, which does not authorize its bearer automatically to enter the country. The traveller may be requested to provide proof of the existence of the conditions of his entry and stay in Hungary and, if he is not able to fulfil this, he may be returned from the border.
Citizens of countries/entities listed in the 539/2001/EC council regulation Annex II. (“positive list”) may travel
to Hungary without visa:
• Albania (only holders of biometric passports)
• Andorra
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Australia
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (only holders of biometric passports)
• Brazil
• British nationals (overseas)
• Brunei Darussalam
• Canada
• Chile
• Costa Rica
• Croatia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (holders of biometric passports)
• Guatemala
• Holy See
• Honduras
• Hong Kong (holders of a “Hong Kong Special Administrative Region” passport)
• Israel
• Japan
• Macao (holders of a “Regiao Administrativa Especial de Macau” passport)
• Malaysia
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Moldova (only holders of biometric passports)
• Monaco
• Montenegro (holders of biometric passport)
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Salvador
• San Marino
• Serbia (holders of biometric passports)
• Seychelles
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Taiwan (the exemption from the visa requirement applies only to holders of passports issued by
Taiwan which include an identity card number)
• United States of America
• Uruguay
• Venezuela
Furthermore visa exemption is applied to:
a) Nationals of countries under visa obligation, who are 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.)
b) The flight crew and attendants on emergency or rescue flights and other helpers in the event of disaster or accident.
c) Persons 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.
d) Third-country nationals who have been granted asylum or treatment as stateless persons and holding
a travel document listed under Annex II of Council Regulation 539/2001/EC.
e) Third-country nationals who are the flight crew and attendants on emergency or rescue flights another helpers in the event of disaster or accident.
f) Third-country nationals whose travel document was issued by the UN, the Council of Europe, the
International Criminal Court
g) Civilian flight crew and attendants.
h) Sea crew
i) The civilian crew of ships navigating in international inland waters
j) Third-country nationals, who have permission issued by Member States listed in the Annex II. of the Commission Decision (No.: C(2010)1620) Establishing the Handbook for the processing of visa applications and the modification of issued visas, in possession of the permission and valid travel document can stay ninety days within 6 months period without possessing visa in the Schengen area until the expiration date of the permission.
k) Certain third-country nationals (according to bilateral partial visa waiver agreements listed in: /Consular Services) in possession of diplomatic or service passport can enter the country without possessing a visa.
l) 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/eu-visa- facilitation-agreements)
m) 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.
Attention!
A visa is only a preliminary permission for entry, which does not authorize its bearer automatically to enter the country. The traveller may be requested to provide proof of the existence of the conditions of his entry and stay in Hungary and, if he is not able to fulfil this, he may be returned from the border.