Hungarian Airport Transit Visa
The travel industry has experienced a major boom in Hungary and the country had been able to uplift its socioeconomic status through its flourishing hospitality sector. The national authorities, in order to ensure the safety of the international visitors provide better law and order enforcement and improved the complicated process of obtaining visas for British residents. We are glad to share a complete procedure on how to get a Hungarian visa in 2022.
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Introduction
1. Top questions
1.1 What is a visa & who needs to get it?
1.2 What Airport Transit Visa is to enter Hungary?
1.3 How long is an Airport Transit Visa valid for?
1.4 When should I start applying to get an Airport Transit Visa?
1.5 How long does it take to get a Hungarian Airport Transit Visa?
1.6 Where is the Airport Transit Visa processed?
1.7 How much does it cost to obtain a Hungarian Visa?
1.8 How to pay?
2. Application process
2.1 Documents to apply for Hungarian Airport Transit Visa
2.2 Steps to apply for Hungarian Visa
In overall
The growth in the number of incoming tourists in Hungary has led to innumerable prospects in terms of local entrepreneurship & employment generation. This is also associated with international investments and infrastructure development. At the same time, there is concern about their impact on local inhabitants in Hungary. While questions have been raised regarding the negative impacts that accompany the growth in the Hungarian travel sector, it is worth mentioning that, by enforcing stern law and order and implementing strict legislations, governments can control most of these negative impacts of tourism in Hungary. In this context, strict visa requirements have brought enormous benefits to Hungary and especially the local population. However, we are convinced that the procedure of getting a visa to enter Hungary is a piece of cake matter. Let’s start to answer as well as reply to some questions to better understand the Hungarian visa application process.
1. Top questions
1.1 What is a visa & who needs to get it?
According to Wikipedia definition, a visa is a permit given by Hungary that allows someone to fly, stay in, or pass through the border of Hungary. This document is stamped on one’s passport by an embassy. It goes without saying, there is the type of visit and the duration of staying in the country. In rare cases, people have to be interviewed at the embassy before they obtain a visa. Henceforth, it can be confidently conveyed that some categories of citizens who reside in the UK are offered visa-free conditions to see Hungary.
British citizens are exempted from visas for short stay visits to the Schengen area (up to 90 days in any 180 days period) but will require a visa if staying more than 90 days in Hungary. On the other side, if you do not hold a UK passport meaning that you are a UK resident there is a need to get a Hungarian visa to visit Hungary.
Please, take a look at the tables to check out whether your nationality requires you to apply for a Hungarian visa or not.
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| Afghanistan | Algeria | Angola | Armenia | Azerbaijan | |
| B | |||||
| Bahrain | Bangladesh | Belarus | Belize | ||
| Benin | Bhutan | Bolivia | Botswana | ||
| Burkina Faso | Burma/Myanmar | Burundi | |||
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| Cambodia | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | |
| China | Comoros | Congo | Cote D’ivoire | Cuba | |
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| Dem. Rep. Of Congo | Djibouti | Dominican Republic | |||
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| Ecuador | Egypt | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Ethiopia | |
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| Fiji | |||||
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| Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Guyana |
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| Haiti | |||||
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| India | Indonesia | Iran | Iraq | ||
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| Jamaica | Jordan | ||||
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| Kazakhstan | Kenya | Kosovo | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan | |
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| Laos | Lebanon | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | |
| M | |||||
| Madagascar | Malawi | Maldives | Mali | ||
| Mauritania | Mongolia | Morocco | Mozambique | ||
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| Namibia | Nepal | Niger | Nigeria | Northern Mariana’s | North Korea |
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| Oman | |||||
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| Pakistan | Papua New Guinea | Palestinian Authority | Philippines | ||
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| Qatar | |||||
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| Russia | Rwanda | ||||
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| Sao Tome And Principe | Saudi Arabia | Senegal | Sierra Leone | ||
| Somalia | South Africa | South Sudan | Sri Lanka | ||
| Sudan | Suriname | Swaziland | Syria | ||
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| Tajikistan | Tanzania | Thailand | Timor-Leste | ||
| Togo | Tonga | Tunisia | Turkey | ||
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| Uganda | Uzbekistan | ||||
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| Zambia | Zimbabwe |
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With the primary condition such as a UK residence permit valid for at least another three more months beyond the date you plan to leave Hungary / the Schengen Area comes a plethora of benefits like you can live in Hungary for less than 90 days but if your idea is about staying in Hungary for more than 90 days, then there is a need to apply for a residency permit, not a Hungarian Schengen visa.
If you have a 3 month UK visa, you can extend it for three more months to be eligible to apply for a Hungarian Schengen visa from within the UK. You must apply for an extension before your visa expires and while you’re still in the UK.
1.2 What Hungarian Airport Transit Visa is to enter Hungary?
This type of visa is about passing through Hungary in order to reach another country in the EU and to change flights at a Hungarian airport. It allows them to wait in the international transit area of a Hungarian airport for their flight to their destination country. But you are not allowed to leave the international transit area of an airport, even for the purpose to get some sleep at night.
1.3 How long is an Airport Transit Visa valid for?
The time of visa to be actual primarily depends on a visa type. Consequently, this enables us to pay attention to the duration and prepare some documents to make your trip a great pleasure.
An airport transit visa is normally issued for a maximum of 90 days per 180-day period. Remember that if the total duration of your stay exceeds 90 days, you will be issued a long-stay national visa.
1.4 When should I start applying to get an Airport Transit Visa?
It is highly recommended to apply for a Hungarian Airport Transit Visa at least 2 weeks prior to the planned trip.
1.5 How long does it take to get a Hungarian Airport Transit Visa?
You will be replied to by the Visa Application Center in 10 working days or less because it takes time to proceed with all the documentation and the traveler’s request.
Normally proceeding time takes up to two months if there is something unusual in a certain situation.
1.6 Where is the Airport Transit Visa processed?
To start, all visas are processed in a similar way. The only difference worth mentioning is the rare cases when additional documents are needed.
IF YOU VISIT ONLY HUNGARY THEN you need to submit your application at the Hungarian Visa Center IN THE UK.
IF YOU VISIT MORE COUNTRIES THAN HUNGARY THEN you need to submit your application at the Visa Center IN THE COUNTRY:
– you will be spending more days;
– you will come in first since you plan to spend an equal amount of days in each.
VFS Center’s official website pageA VISA APPLICATION CENTER IN LONDON – VFS JOINT VISA APPLICATION CENTRE
Address:
66 Wilson Street
London
EC2A 2JX
Contact details:
email: info.ituk@vfshelpline.com
Helpline number: 0871 376 0023
However, to meet the skyrocketing demand for Hungarian Visas, the Hungarian Embassy outsourced its Visa Application Processing to the Hungarian Visa Centers in London. To be added, a Visa Application Centre is a special third-party service provider authorized to accept visa applications on behalf of a country. It should transmit the information on the applicant and their application to the responsible body for visa processing which is the embassy or consulate of the applicant’s destination country. Our company is ready to help you with filling and sending the necessary documents to the Visa Application Center. Thus, at present, our company corrects and sends the documents to get Hungarian Visas through VFS Visa Application Center.
1.7 How much does it cost to obtain a Hungarian Visa?
The cost for processing a visa is totally different for some categories of UK residents:
– 73 UK pounds is the actual visa processing fee for adults;
– 36,5 UK pounds is the actual visa processing fee for the 6-12 years old kids.
There is no fee to be paid for the next categories of UK residents:
– the kids younger than 6 years of age;
– spouse of a Hungarian citizen;
– a family member of an EU/EEE national traveling along with the EU/EEE family member;
– kids below the age of 21 and financially dependent on an EU national;
– ascendants are financially dependent on an EU national;
– pupils, students, and accompanying teachers during a school trip;
– scientists (holders of a « Convention d’accueil » only for short stays);
– foreign teachers teaching Hungarian;
– scholarship holders from the Hungarian government, foreign governments, foreign foundations, or payees of EU programs (only to travel within the territory designated by the terms of the funding program).
1.8 How to pay?
You have the option of paying the visa fees by cash or Credit/ Debit card when applying at the Visa Application Centre. Checks are not accepted.
2. Application process
2.1 Documents to apply for Hungarian Airport Transit Visa
When applying for a Hungarian Airport Transit Visa, you must provide the next documents:
FIRST DOCUMENT – VISA APPLICATION FORM
You need to fill in your Short-stay Visa Application Form legibly, and correctly, sign it, and be aware that addresses in Hungary must specify the number, street name, city, and postal code.
Please make use of the following table to fill in the form correctly:
| The appropriate Form Section | Our explanation of each Form Section |
| Surname | Fill in your name like it is on your passport (do not write “married name” and your husband name) |
| Surname at birth | Write the name you had at your birth if different than your current surname |
| First Name (s) | Write your first name like it is on your passport |
| Date of birth | Fill in your date of birth like this: day/month/year |
| Place of birth | Fill in your place of birth like it is on your passport |
| Country of birth | Fill in your country of birth even there is no it on your passport |
| Current Nationality | Fill in your nationality like it is on your passport |
| Nationality at birth, if different | Fill in your nationality at birth if it is different from the nationality on your passport |
| Other nationalities | |
| Sex | Fill in your male or female gender |
| Marital Status | For a common-law marriage, indicate “common-law marriage” in the section “Other”. For a PACS (French civil union contract) with an French citizen, indicate “PACS” in the section “Other“ |
| Parental Authority | Fill in the full name, address, telephone number, email address, and nationality of the person who keeps parental authority or legal guardianship |
| National Identity Number | Fill in your national identity number if you have this one |
| Type of travel document | Write the appropriate kind of your travel document |
| Number of travel document | Write the appropriate numbers of your travel document |
| Date of issue | Write the date your passport was issued (not the extension date) |
| Valid until | Write your passport expiration date taking into account the extensions |
| Issued by | Write the country of issuing your passport and the authority that issued the passport |
| Personal data of the family member who is a European Union, EEA or Swiss Confederation citizen or is a United | Fill in the full name, date of birth, nationality, passport number, and relationship only if you are the dependent spouse, child, father, or mother of a person who is a citizen of another State of the European Union. |
| Kingdom citizen beneficiary of the withdrawal agreement, if applicable | |
| Family relationship with an European Union, EEA or Swiss Confederation citizen, or with United Kingdom citizen beneficiary of the withdrawal agreement, if applicable | Fill in the corresponding status |
| Applicant's home address and e-mail address | Write the e-mail address: 1) your own one, either 2) another person one, or 3) company (accordingly, write the name of the mailbox owner). |
| Telephone number | Write your cellular number in your residence country and, where appropriate, in the country where you are submitting your visa application |
| Residence in a country other than the country of current nationality | If you are living in other country you need to write the number of your residence permit and its expiration date |
| Current occupation | Fill in the current occupation like it is on the passport, for example: “professor” or “retired (former designer)”. If you have no occupation, write “no occupation” |
| Employer and employer's address and telephone number | Fill in the name of the organization (firm, public service, educational institution) where you work or study and its name, address, and telephone number |
| For students, name and address of educational establishment | |
| Purpose(s) of the journey | Write the appropriate goal of your travel |
| Member State of main destination (and other Member States of destination, if applicable | Write France as your primary destination. If it is a French overseas department or territory, write “France” and the name of the department or territory |
| Member State of first entry | Fill in “France” |
| Number of entries requested | Write your desired number of entries with the dates of arrival and departure |
| Fingerprints collected previously for the purpose of applying for a Schengen visa | If your fingerprints have already been taken for a visa application, write the date |
| Entry permit for the final country of destination, where applicable | Write the number and validity dates for your visa at your final destination, if this country is outside the Schengen area |
| Surname and first name of the inviting person(s) in the Member State(s). Address and e-mail address of inviting person(s). Telephone number | Write the name of the person who invited you, address, e-mail and a phone number |
| Name and address of inviting company / organization, phone number and e-mail number | Write the contact info of the organization that invited you and the contact info for your contact person in the organization |
| Cost of travelling and living during the applicant's stay is covered | Indicate the necessary boxes |
| Place and date | Write the place and date where you are filling in the form, even if this date is different than the day you are going to the visa service |
| Signature | The visa applicant must sign and not another person. If the visa applicant is a minor (under 18), the application must be signed by a person having parental authority and their relationship should be included in parentheses (father, mother, guardian). If the visa applicant cannot sign, a cross may be used |
SECOND DOCUMENT – TWO RECENT PHOTOS
It is recommended to follow all the following Hungarian Visa Photo Requirements:
– Two identical photos. Not older than six months;
– Photo size: 35x45mm (width*height);
– In color. No black and white;
– Head should take 70-80% of the photo;
– Brightly colored background. Light grey is suggested;
– The applicant should be looking straight at the camera;
– Neutral face expression. No smile and mouth closed;
– Avoid uniforms or colors matching the background.
THIRD DOCUMENT – VALID PASSPORT
Your passport’s maximum validity period: 10 years.
Your passport minimum validity period: 3 months after your trip to Hungary. Your passport should have at least two blank pages in order to be able to affix the visa sticker.
FOURTH DOCUMENT – DOCUMENTS REGARDING YOUR TRIP TO THE FINAL DESTINATION
Flight itineraryThese docs are comprised of this:
– return flight ticket reservation with your travel to a third country;
– visa issued by Hungary as your travel destination.
FIFTH DOCUMENT – TRAVEL HEALTH INSURANCE
You need to be aware of some travel insurance requirements, such as the following:
– A minimum coverage of at least 30,000 EUR;
– It should cover all member states of the Schengen Area;
– Cover any expenses on repatriation for medical reasons, urgent health attention, and/or emergency hospital treatment or death.
Regarding this, it is highly recommended to contact one of the companies like AXA or Europ Assistance.
AXA insurance company pageSIXTH DOCUMENT – COPIES OF YOUR PREVIOUS VISAS (IF NEEDED)
SEVENTH DOCUMENT – FOR MINORS
– Hungary application form signed by both parents;
– birth certificate of the minor traveling to Hungary;
– family court order (in cases where only one parent has full custody over the kid);
– certified copies of ID / passport of both parents.
If the minor will be travelling alone with another person:
– an original and copy of the accompanying person’s passport page containing the holder’s data, and expiry date, a recent photograph and valid visa copy;
– a notarized parental authorization to travel to Hungary, signed by both parents / guardians.
2.2 Steps to apply for Hungarian Visa
Irrespective of your visa type, your movements after collecting all the corresponding docs to getting a Hungarian visa are the same:
FIRST STEP – find out the nearest place to submit your docs to the Visa Application Center (contact us to help you).
Your choice of applyingSECOND STEP – figure out the appropriate time to go in person to apply for the Hungarian Visa.
Your choice of time to come to usTHIRD STEP – make an appointment at the Hungarian Visa Application Center
There are two options to make an appointment:
– online;
– in person.
Make an appointment at the Hungarian Visa Application CenterFOURTH STEP – attend the interview with the collected documents.
Your interviewFIFTH STEP – pay the visa fee.
Paying money for your visaSIXTH STEP – wait for a reply from the application center on your visa application.
A reply from the VFS application centerTake note that the visa application form must clearly contain the dates of your visit and which cities you will be staying in. For this reason, it is better to collect your documents and fill in your visa application form once you have all of the information you need for the visa application.
In overall,
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