Please note that the list below is only for informational purposes. It is highly recommended to contact the Embassy of Hungary accredited to the country of your residence before the intended departure for further information.
Visa-free travel to Hungary
Holders of passports issued by the countries, entities or territories listed in the table below are granted visa-free travel to Hungary for a definite period of time. In any other cases visa is necessary to enter Hungary. Visa application can be lodged at a Hungarian foreign mission in the country where the applicant legally resides.
Table of travel documents recognised by Hungary can be found on the following website: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/en/prado-recognised-documents.html
Abbreviations of travel documents:
OP: ordinary passport
D: diplomatic passport
S: service passport
ID: Identity Card
SP: special passport
OFP: official passport
Please note that driving license is not a travel document!
In accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) of the Schengen Borders Code the validity of the travel document shall last until at least three months after the intended date of departure from the territory of the Member States and the travel document shall have been issued within the previous 10 years.
| Country | Types of travel documents ensuring visa-free travel |
Length of visa-free stay* | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
OP: 3.) |
| Algeria | D: | 30 days | |
| Andorra | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Angola | D, S | 90 days | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Argentina | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Armenia | D: S: |
30 days 30 days |
|
| Australia | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Austria | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Azerbaijan | D: S: |
90 days 90 days |
|
| Bahamas | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Barbados | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Belarus | D: S: |
90 days 90 days |
|
| Belgium | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Bulgaria | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
OP: 3.) |
| Brazil | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Brunei | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Cambodia | D: S: |
90 days 90 days |
|
| Canada | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Cape Verde | D: S: |
90 days 90 days |
|
| Chile | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| China | D: S: |
90 days 30 days |
|
| Colombia | OP: D: S: SP: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
|
Commonwealth of Dominica |
OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Costa Rica | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Croatia | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Cuba | D: S: OFP: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Cyprus | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Czechia | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
|
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste |
OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Denmark | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Ecuador | D: S: OFP: SP: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Egypt | D: | 90 days | |
| Estonia | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Travel document issued by the EU |
Laissez-passer travel document: | 90 days | |
| Eswatini | D: | 30 days | |
| Federated States of Micronesia | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Finland | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| France | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Georgia | D: S: OP: |
D: 30/90 days S: 30/90 days OP: 90 days |
1.) |
| Germany | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
|
Ghana |
D, S: |
30 nap |
|
| Greece | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Grenada | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Guatemala | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Holy See | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Honduras | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Hong Kong | The passport of the special administrative territory of Hong Kong | 90 days | |
| India | D: OFP: |
90 days 90 days |
|
| Indonesia | D: S: |
90 days 90 days |
|
| Iran | D: | 30 days | |
| Iceland | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Ireland | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Israel | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Italy | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Japan | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Jordan | D: | 90 days | |
| Kazakhstan | D: S: |
90 days 90 days |
|
| Kingdom of Bahrain | D: SP: |
90 days 90 days |
|
| Kiribati | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Korea (Republic) | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Kuwait | D: SP: |
90 days 90 days |
|
| Kyrgyzstan | D: S: |
30 days 30 days |
|
| Laos | D: S: |
90 days 90 days |
|
| Latvia | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Lebanon | D: | 90 days | |
| Liechtenstein | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Lithuania | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Luxembourg | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Macao | The passport of the special administrative territory of Macao: | 90 days | |
| Malaysia | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Malta | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Marshall Islands | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Mauritius | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Mexico | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Moldova | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
OP: 3.) |
| Monaco | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Mongolia | D: OFP: |
90 days 90 days |
|
| Montenegro | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
OP: 3.) |
| Morocco | D: S: |
90 days 90 days |
|
| Netherlands | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| New Zealand | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Nicaragua | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| North Macedonia | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
3.) |
| Norway | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Oman | D: S: SP: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Palau | OP: D: S: SP: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Panama | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Paraguay | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Peru | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Philippines | D: S: OFP: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Poland | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Portugal | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Qatar |
D: |
90 days 90 days |
|
| Republic of Kiribati | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Romania | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Russia | S: | 90 days | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Saint Lucia | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines |
OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Salvador | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Samoa | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| San Marino | OP: D: S: |
30 days 30 days 30 days |
|
| Seychelles | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Solomon-Islands | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| South Africa | D: S: |
120 days 120 days |
|
| Spain | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Sweden | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Switzerland | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Serbia (excluding holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate (in Serbian: Koordinaciona uprava)) |
OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
OP: 3.) |
| Singapore | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Slovakia | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Slovenia | OP: D: S: ID: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
2.) |
| Taiwan | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
4.) |
| Tajikistan | D: S: |
90 days 90 days |
|
| Thailand | D: S: OFP: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Tonga | OP: D: S: SP: |
90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Trinidad and Tobago | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Türkiye | D: S: SP: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Tunisia | D: S: SP: |
30 days 30 days 30 days |
|
| Turkmenistan | D: S: |
90 days 90 days |
|
| Tuvalu | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Ukraine | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
OP: 3.) |
| United Arab Emirates | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| United Kingdom | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Uruguay | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| USA | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Uzbekistan | D: | 30 days | |
| Vanuatu | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
OP:5., |
| Venezuela | OP: D: S: |
90 days 90 days 90 days |
|
| Vietnam | D: S: |
90 days 90 days |
|
| Yemen | D: | 90 days (applicable under certain conditions) |
*For a stay exceeding that period visa or residence permit is needed. 90 days always refer to a maximum period of stay in any 180-day period
In accordance with 1806/2018 EU regulation the following categories of British citizens are also exempt from the visa requirement:
- a. British nationals (Overseas)
- b. British overseas territories citizens (BOTC)
- c. British overseas citizens (BOC)
- d. British protected persons (BPP)
- e. British subjects (BS)
1.) The exemption from the visa requirement for 90 days applies only to holders of biometric passports.
2.) Member of European Economic Area (EEA)
3.) The exemption from the visa requirement applies only to holders of biometric passports.
4.) The exemption from the visa requirement applies only to holders of passports issued by Taiwan which include an identity card number.
Furthermore visa exemption applies to categories listed in 4§ of Government Decree 114/2007 (V. 24.) on the Implementation of Act II of 2007 on the Admission and Right of Residence of Third-Country Nationals
5.) With passport issued before May25, 2015
Furthermore, visa exemption is applied to:
- recognised refugees and stateless persons if the third country where they reside and which issued their travel document is one of the third countries listed in Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement;
- crew and members of emergency or rescue missions in the event of a disaster or an accident;
- third country nationals holding travel documents issued by the United Nations, Council of Europe or by the International Criminal Court
- civilian air and sea crew members in the performance of their duties;
- civilian crew of ships navigating in international inland waters