Updated: 10.10.2024.

If you are a citizen of an EU/EEA member state (EEA = EU member states and Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, and Lichtenstein), you may travel to Hungary without a long-term study visa, but you need to obtain a registration card for the duration of your studies in Hungary. For more information, visit: EEA students - Registration certificate.

If you are a citizen of a country that is not part of the European Economic Area (EEA), you are required to obtain a residence permit, and you need to register your accommodation after your arrival in Hungary. You may also need a visa! For more information, visit: Non-EEA students - Visa/Residence Permit.

If you are a mobility student from within the EU, special rules may apply to you. For more information, visit: For Non-EEA Nationals with EU Residence Permits.

Important information:

Non-EEA citizens who fall under visa obligation need to apply for the residence permit at a Hungarian embassy/consulate in their country, along with the visa.

Non-EEA citizens who travel to Hungary visa-free need to apply for a residence permit after their arrival in Hungary online. After you arrive in Budapest, you can arrange your registration card (EEA) or residence permit (non-EEA) online, on the Enter Hungary website of the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing (in Hungarian: Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság), formerly known as Immigration and Asylum Office (in Hungarian: Bevándorlási és Menekültügyi Hivatal, abbreviated as BMH). On the website, you can arrange a registration card, a first residence permit application, an extension of your residence permit, and a report of accommodation.

Please note that from 2023.01.01 all applications must be submitted online (or in case of a D-visa at a Hungarian embassy/consulate) and cannot be submitted personally in the office! Exceptions can be made in special and vis maior cases.

Contact of the visa coordinator at ELTE

dr. Zoltán Kalácska

visa@elte.hu

Please make sure to include your full name, Neptun code (if you already have one) and nationality in your letters to ensure a smoother process.

Visiting address of the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing

Branch Office III (Budapest)

Address: 1135 Budapest, District 13, 35-37 Szegedi út (Twin Office Building, Ground Floor)
E-mail: bpkir3@bah.b-m.hu
Web: https://oif.gov.hu
Phone: +36 1 463 9100

Branch Office V (Budapest)

Address: 1135 Budapest, District 13, 35-37 Szegedi út (Twin Office Building, Ground Floor)
E-mail: bpkir5@bah.b-m.hu 
Web: https://oif.gov.hu
Phone: +36 1 463 9100