Due to the recent inappropriate approach of visa applicants to an official authority, the Consulate General's visa section telephone line has had to be suspended for a period of time as of 27 May 2024. No outside calls will be accepted regarding visa matters
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If the foreign employee's application for a residence permit is submitted by the priority employer through the Enter Hungary program, from now on the client's written consent is sufficient without consular signature authentication.
Read MorePlease kindly note that as of 1st April, 2022 appointments for residence permit (D visa) applications can only be booked in the online appointment system by purpose of stay (work, study, Enter Hungary program, D-visa application with signature authorization, etc.). In case you choose the wrong type of purpose of stay in the appointment system, we cannot receive your application when you come to the Consulate and you have to book a new appointment.
Read MoreWe would like to inform our dear Applicants, that as of January 22, 2022, the fees for applying for the following procedures at the Consulate will be changed
Read MoreIn order to avoid traffic jam at the Röszke Hungarian-Serbian border, please note that Turkish lorry drivers transporting plant and vegetable products which were already examined before entering Hungary can use all the Hungarian-Serbian border-crossing points (not only Röszke) where there are no plant and animal health checkpoints.
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Attention Visa Applicants
Due to recent negative experiences and problems with the application process, some updates have been made to ensure that visa applications can be processed more regularly and smoothly.
Information on Visa Application Fee
In accordance with the Schengen Law, C type Schengen visa application fee will be 90 EUR instead of 80 EUR as of 11 June 2024. From this date, the amount to be paid for visa applications will be 90 EUR. As of the same date, the visa application fee for applicants between the ages of 6 - 12, who are not citizens of the Republic of Turkey, is 45 EUR instead of 40 EUR. For applicants between 6 - 12 years of age, who are not citizens of the Republic of Turkey, the amount to be paid is 45 EUR.
Important announcement
Due to the recent inappropriate approach of visa applicants to an official authority, the Consulate General's visa section telephone line has had to be suspended for a period of time as of 27 May 2024. No outside calls will be accepted regarding visa matters
Important Announcement!
The new law on D type visa applications will come into force on January 1, 2024.
Information
The Consulate General of Hungary in Istanbul will be closed between 23 December 2023 and 2 January 2024 due to Christmas and New Year holidays.
Information
Due to the Feast of the Sacrifice (Kurban Bayramı), the Consulate General will be closed between June 24 and July 2, 2023. Only emergency cases are managed in this period for Hungarian citizens being in trouble.
Information regarding the submission of residence permit applications by companies with Hungarian national economic interest (pritority employer)
If the foreign employee's application for a residence permit is submitted by the priority employer through the Enter Hungary program, from now on the client's written consent is sufficient without consular signature authentication.
New appointment system for D-visas
Please kindly note that as of 1st April, 2022 appointments for residence permit (D visa) applications can only be booked in the online appointment system by purpose of stay (work, study, Enter Hungary program, D-visa application with signature authorization, etc.). In case you choose the wrong type of purpose of stay in the appointment system, we cannot receive your application when you come to the Consulate and you have to book a new appointment.
Information on changes of procedure fees
We would like to inform our dear Applicants, that as of January 22, 2022, the fees for applying for the following procedures at the Consulate will be changed
To the attention of Turkish lorry drivers
In order to avoid traffic jam at the Röszke Hungarian-Serbian border, please note that Turkish lorry drivers transporting plant and vegetable products which were already examined before entering Hungary can use all the Hungarian-Serbian border-crossing points (not only Röszke) where there are no plant and animal health checkpoints.
VISA APPLICATIONS TO PORTUGAL
Please kindly be informed that Turkish citizens, who have valid EU vaccination certificate and wish travel to Portugal can submit visa application at the AS VISA offices, appointments are available on the following website: https://www.as-visa.com/
Visa applications to Slovenia
Please kindly be informed that from 1st September 2021, Turkish citizens travelling to Slovenia can submit visa application at the AS VISA offices, appointments are available on the following website: https://www.as-visa.com/
Hungary took over the annual presidency of the Visegrad Group
On 1 July, 2021 Hungary took over the annual presidency of the Visegrad Group (the V4—Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) from Poland.
INFORMATION FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS STUDYING IN HUNGARY
The student is obliged to contact the higher education institution of which they are a student within 24 hours after entering the territory of Hungary, and is obliged to show up at the accommodation specified in the certificate within 24 hours.
Announcement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary
Certain unidentified persons are taking advantage of the situation generated by the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID19) global pandemic with the intention to commit fraud. Various cases have been reported where persons acting on behalf of fictious companies or companies in liquidation were approaching foreign healthcare institutions with business offers, claiming to be in possession of a large supply of health protective equipment (mainly facial masks).