Welcome to Hungary.
Please allow NDGAP to be of assistance to your stay within the territory of Hungary you by providing you with some important and useful pieces of information.
If you are a third-country national subject to a visa requirement, under the current applicable legislation of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as EU), the Schengen Area and Hungary in effect, you may enter the territory of Hungary and the Schengen Area only with a valid visa, provided that you wish to stay within the territory of Hungary for up to 90 days within a 180-day period. (Please note that 5 Member States of the EU, i.e. Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Ireland and Romania, are still not part of the Schengen Area; therefore, Schengen visas are not valid for travelling to them as a general rule). Nationals of the United Kingdom may still travel visa-free to the territory of Hungary for up to 90 days within a 180-day period.
A list of visa-exempt countries is available under the menu item “Utazás Magyarországra”, i.e. “Travelling to Hungary” on the www.konzuliszolgalat.kormany.hu webpage accessible via the www.kulugyminiszterium.hu webpage. Holders of documents issued by countries and territories which are not indicated on the list are required to have a visa to enter the territory of the Schengen Area. The Schengen visa and entry rules apply to only “short-term stays” not exceeding 90 days. Consequently, a visa holder may stay within the territory of the Schengen Area, and thus in Hungary, within the validity time specified in his/her visa maximum for as many days as the number of days for stay specified. (Please note that if you are a holder of a visa with limited territorial validity (i.e. an “LTV visa”) or a visa covering only the territory of Hungary, you may not enter the territory of Members States other than that of the country or countries specific to the territorial validity of your visa.) For the accurate and exhaustive list of Schengen States, please visit the “Schengen Area” article page of Wikipedia.
If your travel document with a valid visa gets lost, stolen or destroyed during your stay within the territory of Hungary, you will be required to replace it without delay. Replacing the document is subject to appearance in person. NDGAP kindly requests you to have the following with you for the replacement procedure:
In case of a stolen visa, the police report, in case of a lost or destroyed visa, a declaration written to NDGAP on the circumstances; your valid travel document; and a certificate from FINA proving that you are a participant of the 19th FINA World Championships 2022 Budapest and your capacity in which you are participating in the event.
As specified below, in exceptional cases it is also possible to extend the duration of stay specified in the visa, i.e. to extend the visa; eligibility for the extension is to be substantiated by the person applying for the extension.
Humanitarian reasons may arise (usually due to a force majeure event: weather, technical or medical impediments, etc.) or due to a cause resulting from occupation and employment or an underlying or unavoidable condition (you are required to extend your participation at the 19th FINA World Championships 2022 Budapest). The duration of stay may not exceed 90 days even after the extension.
The application form is to be submitted by filling in the form, no later than the last day of the validity of the visa, and in person by the applicant. In this context, the applicant is to present his/her valid travel document; in addition, enclose to his/her application a facial photograph and documents substantiating that the applicant meets the conditions of stay and exit or onward travel; and thus the certificate from FINA. Nonetheless, the extension shall not result in the change of the original purpose of the visa.
The regional directorate makes a decision on the application for the extension of a visa immediately; if the regional directorate approves the application, it will issue a visa. The territorial validity of the extended visa covers all Schengen States for which the original visa was valid for.
An applicant may submit his/her application for a visa replacement or extension to the competent NDGAP regional directorate as per the place of residence of the applicant within the territory of Hungary.
In case of a place of accommodation in Budapest and Pest County, please contact the Budapest and Pest County Regional Directorate of the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing, address: H-1117 Budapest, 60 Budafoki út, telephone: +36 1 463-9100.
In case of a place of accommodation in Szeged, please contact the South Plain Regional Directorate of the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing, address: H-6724 Szeged, 3/A Bakay Nándor utca, telephone: +36 62 795 150.
In case of a place of accommodation in Debrecen, please contact the North Plain Regional Directorate of the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing, address: H-4033 Debrecen, 145 Sámsoni út, telephone: +36 52 503 840.
In case of a place of accommodation in Sopron, please contact the West Transdanubia Regional Directorate of the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing, address: H-9700 Szombathely, 1 Kisfaludy S. utca, telephone: +36 94 320 423 or H-9026 Győr, 17 Szövetség utca, telephone: +36 96 510 700.
Furthermore, the Call Centre of the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing is available at +36 1 463 92 92 from Monday to Thursday between 07:30 and 16:00, on Friday between 07:30 and 13:30.
Please note that in addition to the contact details above, further information in detail are available under the www.oif.gov.hu website.
NDGAP wishes you a successful stay in Hungary.
Budapest, 15 June 2022
