Visa Policy
As of December 2011, 26 states are part of the Schengen Area: 22 states of the 27 members of the European Union (Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden) as well as Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Lichtenstein.
Croatia is as of 1st January 2023 part of the Schengen Area. For the time being 4 member states of the European Union, i.e. Bulgaria, Cyprus, Ireland and Romania do not issue Schengen visas.
A visa is only a preliminary permission for entry and does not automatically entitle its holder to entry. Proof of entry and stay conditions in Hungary may also be requested from the passenger when crossing the border. Failure of being able to provide these requirements may result in refusal of entry.
Hungary has been a full member of the Schengen area since 21 December 2007. From that time visas and residence permits issued by one of the Schengen Member States may be used to enter and stay in Hungary, and visas/residence permits issued by Hungarian authorities are - as a general rule - also valid for the entire Schengen area.
As of December 2011, 26 states are part of the Schengen Area: 22 states of the 27 members of the European Union ( Austria, Belgium , the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden) as well as Norway , Iceland, Switzerland and Lichtenstein. Croatia is as of 1st January 2023 part of the Schengen area. For the time being 4 member states of the European Union i.e. Bulgaria, Cyprus, Ireland and Romania do not issue Schengen visas.
For further information please visit:
- Visa policy
- https://konzinfo.mfa.gov.hu/en/how-apply-visa
General Data Protection Regulation – information to be provided to visa applicants concerning the personal data provided upon application
Information on the processing of your personal data:
The collection of your personal data required by this application form, the taking of your photograph and the taking of your fingerprints are mandatory for the examination of your visa application. Failure to provide such data will result in the application being inadmissible.
The authorities responsible for processing the data in Hungary are: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, H-1027 Budapest, Bem rkp. 47., https://kormany.hu/kulgazdasagi-es-kulugyminiszterium, E-mail: konz@mfa.gov.hu; National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing, H-1117 Budapest, Budafoki út 60, http://www.bevandorlas.hu/, E-mail: migracio@oif.gov.hu
Contact details of the data protection officers: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, H-1027 Budapest, Bem rkp. 47., DPO: dr. Vincze Viktor, E-mail: kozadat@mfa.gov.hu; National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing, H-1117 Budapest, Budafoki út 60, DPO: dr. Pálfy Gabriella r. alezredes, E-mail: adatvedelem@oif.gov.hu, Tel.: +36-1-463-9100
The legal basis for the collection and processing of your personal data is set out in Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 (VIS Regulation), Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 (Visa Code) and Council Decision 2008/633/JHA.
The data will be shared with the relevant authorities of the Member States and processed by those authorities for the purposes of a decision on your visa application.
The data and data concerning the decision taken on your application or a decision whether to annul, revoke or extend a visa issued will be entered into, and stored in the Visa Information System (VIS) for a maximum period of five years, during which it will be accessible to the visa authorities and the authorities competent for carrying out checks on visas at external borders and within the Member States, immigration and asylum authorities in the Member States for the purposes of verifying whether the conditions for the legal entry into, stay and residence on the territory of the Member States are fulfilled, of identifying persons who do not or who no longer fulfil these conditions, of examining an asylum application and of determining responsibility for such examination. Under certain conditions the data will be also available to designated authorities of the Member States and to Europol for the purpose of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and of other serious criminal offences.
Your personal data might also be transferred to third countries or international organisations for the purpose of proving the identity of third-country nationals, including for the purpose of return. Such transfer may only take place under certain conditions[1]. You can contact the authority responsible for processing the data (see contact details above) to obtain further information on these conditions and how they are met in your specific case.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation[2] and the VIS Regulation[3], you are entitled to obtain access to your personal data, including a copy of it, as well as the identity of the Member State which transmitted it to the VIS. You also have the right that your personal data which is inaccurate or incomplete be corrected or completed, that the processing of your personal data be restricted under certain conditions, and that your personal data processed unlawfully be erased.
You may address your request for access, rectification, restriction or erasure directly to the authority responsible for processing the data (see contact details above). Further details on how you may exercise these rights, including the related remedies according to the national law of the State concerned, are available on its website and can be provided upon request.
You may also address your request to any other Member State. The list of competent authorities and their contact details is available at: https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_en
You are also entitled to lodge at any time a complaint with the national data protection authority of the Member State of the alleged infringement, or of any other Member State, if you consider that your data have been unlawfully processed. The data protection authority of Hungary is: Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, H-1055 Budapest, Falk Miksa utca 9-11. E-mail: privacy@naih.hu, Website: http://www.naih.hu/ .
Please refer to the competent visa authority for information on the processing of other personal data that may be necessary for the examination of your application.
