Visa requirements for Hungarian citizens

Visa requirements for Hungarian citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Hungary by the authorities of other states.

As of July 2024, Hungarian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 187 countries and territories, ranking the Hungarian passport 7th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.^[1]

Travel restrictions have been considerably relaxed since the end of communism and the removal of Hungary's border fence with Austria in May 1989.

During the communist era, travelling to the West was a long and difficult process for Hungarian citizens. The first step was to obtain an invitation, preferably from a relative in the country to be visited, and a promise of full financial support. With such an invitation, and assuming a passport could be obtained, a Hungarian could travel westwards once a year. However, in the absence of such an invitation, travel to the West was possible only once every three years.^[2] The Communist-era visa restrictions restricted Hungarian artists and musicians since it hindered their ability to travel abroad. As a result, many chose to leave Hungary and settle in the West, such as famed cellist János Starker, who emigrated to the United States in 1948 because it was impossible for him to tour abroad with a Hungarian passport.^[3]

Domestic events in Hungary have affected the visa requirements imposed on Hungarian citizens by Western countries. The Revolution of 1956 and the ensuing domestic repression resulted in the United States deciding to expedite all Hungarian visa requests.^[4]

The end of communism in 1989 led to a rapid relaxation of visa restrictions. Visa-free travel for Hungarians was introduced by several countries, including Sweden in 1986,^[5] the United Kingdom in 1990,^[5] Germany in 1990,^[6] France (1990),^[5] Spain in 1990,^[5] Belgium in 1991,^[5] South Korea in 1991^[7] and Chile in 1992.^[8] 1993 saw Israel,^[9] South Africa,^[5] Portugal^[5] and Tunisia abolish the requirement for ordinary Hungarian tourists to obtain visas in advance of departure.^[5] Canada ^[10] and Slovakia followed in 1994.^[5] Italy waived prior visas in 1995,^[5] Mexico in 1997,^[11] Austria in 1997,^[5] Japan (1997),^[12] Slovenia (1998),^[5] Panama (1998),^[13] Morocco (1999).^[14] New Zealand scrapped requirements for visas in 2000 ^[5] followed by Croatia that same year,^[5] and Brazil in 2001,^[5] Hong Kong in 2002,^[15] Serbia in 2003,^[5] Ukraine in 2003^[5] and Peru later that same year of 2003.^[5]

Despite the tremendous increase in the number of visa waiver agreements, there have also been setbacks. In June 2001, the visa-free travel agreement between Hungary and Russia came to an end, and both countries now require visas of one another's citizens.^[16]

Hungary's accession to the European Union on 1 May 2004, along with its fellow V4 companions, radically boosted reciprocal visa-free arrangements.

Hungarians can now not only travel visa-free to any member state of the EU, but also have a right to settle there. A valid Hungarian passport or identity card is sufficient for any stay shorter than three months. For periods longer than three months, a residence permit is needed. Hungarians are allowed to settle in any EU country for more than three months if they work or study there, or if they are financially self-sufficient.^[17] By virtue of the agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA), those rights also apply to Hungarians in Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein.^[18] The same rights also extend to Hungarians in Switzerland as a result of the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons.^[19] Following the accession to the European Union in 2004 and the Schengen Area in 2007, visa requirements were also lifted by several other countries including Georgia (2005),^[20] Bosnia and Herzegovina (2005),^[5] North Macedonia (2005),^[5] Colombia (2005),^[5] Moldova (2007),^[21] Botswana (2008),^[22] Taiwan (2008),^[23] and Thailand (2011).^[24]

The Hungarian government's decade-long efforts to have U.S. visa requirements abolished for Hungarian citizens finally came to fruition on 17 November 2008 when the United States decided to include Hungary in its Visa Waiver Program.^[25] The inclusion of Hungary in the Visa Waiver Program was considered a major event there. Kinga Göncz, the country's then foreign minister, even went as far as to describe it as "a landmark in our relations [with the United States], since the visa waiver was essentially the single unresolved issue."^[26] However, Hungarian President László Sólyom, who had promised upon his election in 2005 never to visit the United States as long as fingerprint requirements were part of U.S. visa procedures, refused to sign the agreement on the U.S. Visa Waiver Program, fearing it would give the United States too much access to Hungary's criminal registry. His refusal did not affect Hungary's inclusion in the program.^[27]

Visa requirements for Hungarian citizens were lifted by Qatar (July 2012),^[28] Kyrgyzstan (July 2012),^[29] Armenia (January 2013),^[30] Jamaica (March 2013),^[31] Turkey (February 2014),^[32] Papua New Guinea (March 2014),^[33] Bahrain (October 2014),^[34] the United Arab Emirates (May 2015),^[35] Timor-Leste (May 2015),^[36] Samoa (May 2015),^[37] Indonesia (June 2015),^[38] Kazakhstan (July 2015),^[39] São Tomé and Príncipe (August 2015),^[40] Tonga (November 2015),^[41] Palau (December 2015),^[42] Marshall Islands (June 2016),^[43] Tuvalu (July 2016),^[44] Solomon Islands (October 2016),^[45][46] Belarus (February 2017),^[47] Cape Verde (1 January 2019),^[48] Uzbekistan (1 February 2019),^[49] Oman (December 2020), Tajikistan (January 2022),^[50] Mongolia (January 2023),^[51] Angola (September 2023)^[52][53] and China (March 2024).^[54]

Hungarian citizens were made eligible for eVisas by Guinea and Malawi (October 2019), Saudi Arabia (September 2019), Suriname and Pakistan (April 2019), Tanzania and Papua New Guinea (November 2018),^[55] Ethiopia (1 June 2018),^{[citation needed]} Djibouti (February 2018),^[56] Egypt (December 2017),^[57] Azerbaijan (January 2017),^[58] India (August 2015)^[59] and Myanmar (October 2014).^[60]

The number of visa-free destinations for Hungarian citizens grew exponentially over the last few years, in 2009 Hungarian citizens could travel to 131 countries without a visa,^[61] to 142 in 2010,^[62] 153 in 2012 and 182 in 2020.^[63]

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[64]
Albania	Visa not required[65]	90 days	ID card valid.
Algeria	Visa required[66]
Andorra	Visa not required[67]		ID card valid.
Angola	Visa not required[68]	30 days	International Certificate of Vaccination required
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required[69]	6 months
Argentina	Visa not required[70]	90 days
Armenia	Visa not required[71]	180 days
Australia	eVisitor[72]	90 days	90 days on each visit in 12-month period if granted.
Austria	Visa not required[73]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Azerbaijan	eVisa[74][75]	30 days
Bahamas	Visa not required[76]	3 months
Bahrain	eVisa / Visa on arrival[77]	14 days
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival[78]	30 days	Not available at all entry points.[79]
Barbados	Visa not required[80]	3 months
Belarus	Visa not required[81]	30 days[82]	Visa-free until 31 December 2024.[83]
Belgium	Visa not required[84]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Belize	Visa not required[85]
Benin	eVisa[86][87]	30 days	Must have an international vaccination certificate.
Bhutan	eVisa[88][89]
Bolivia	Visa not required[90]	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required[91]	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period. ID card valid.
Botswana	Visa not required[92]	90 days	90 days within any year period.
Brazil	Visa not required[93]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Brunei	Visa not required[94]	90 days
Bulgaria	Visa not required[95]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Burkina Faso	eVisa / Visa on arrival[96][97]	1 month
Burundi	Visa on arrival[98]	1 month
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[99][100]	30 days	Visa is also obtainable online.
Cameroon	eVisa[101][102]
Canada	Electronic Travel Authority[103]	6 months	eTA required if arriving by air.[104][105]
Cape Verde	Visa not required[48]	30 days	Must register online at least five days prior to arrival.[106]
Central African Republic	Visa required[107]
Chad	Visa required[108]
Chile	Visa not required[109]	90 days
China	Visa not required[110]	15 days	Visa-free from 14 March, 2024 to 31 December, 2025.[111] 24-hour visa-free transit through any international airports of China, allows domestic travel through different airports.[Note 1] 72-hour visa-free transit through Changsha, Guilin and Harbin airports, or Beihai port. 144-hour visa-free transit through Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Jieyang, Kunming, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiamen and Xi'an airports, or Dalian, Guangzhou, Lianyungang, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Xiamen and Zhoushan ports.[113] Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan count as third countries under the 24, 72 and 144-hours transit without visa (TWOV) policies.
Colombia	Visa not required[114]	90 days	90 days – extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year period.
Comoros	Visa on arrival[115]	45 days
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[116]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa[117][118]	7 days
Costa Rica	Visa not required[119]	180 days
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[120][121]	3 months	e-Visa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport.
Croatia	Visa not required[122]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Cuba	Tourist card required[123]	90 days	Can be extended up to 90 days with a fee.
Cyprus	Visa not required[124]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Czech Republic	Visa not required[125]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Denmark	Visa not required[126]	Freedom of movement (DK) ID card valid
Djibouti	eVisa[127][128]	90 days
Dominica	Visa not required[129]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Dominican Republic	Visa not required[130]	90 days	can be extended up to 120 days
Ecuador	Visa not required[131]	90 days
Egypt	eVisa / Visa on arrival[132][133]	30 days	Visa required, except for a max. stay of 15 days for holders of normal passports, traveling as tourists and arriving at Sharm El Sheik (SSH), Saint Catherine (SKV) or Taba (TCP) airports and remaining in the Sinai resorts.
El Salvador	Visa not required[134]	180 days
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa[135][136]		must arrive via Malabo International Airport, processing fee 75 USD
Eritrea	Visa required[137]
Estonia	Visa not required[138]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Eswatini	Visa not required[139]	30 days[140]
Ethiopia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[141][142]	up to 90 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
Fiji	Visa not required[143]	4 months
Finland	Visa not required[144]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
France	Visa not required[145]	Freedom of movement (in Regions of France) ID card valid
Gabon	eVisa[146][147]	90 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa not required[148]	90 days
Georgia	Visa not required[149]	1 year	ID card valid
Germany	Visa not required[150]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Ghana	Visa required[151]
Greece	Visa not required[152]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Grenada	Visa not required[153]	3 months
Guatemala	Visa not required[154]	90 days
Guinea	eVisa[155][156]	90 days
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[157]	90 days
Guyana	Visa required[158]
Haiti	Visa not required[159]	90 days
Honduras	Visa not required[160]	90 days
Iceland	Visa not required[161]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
India	eVisa[162]	30 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via 26 designated airports[Note 2] or 3 designated seaports.[Note 3][163] An Indian e-Tourist Visa may only be obtained twice within 1 calendar year.[citation needed] Foreigners of Pakistani origin or who hold a Pakistani Passport are not eligible for an e-Visa. Foreigners who are not Pakistani nationals, but whose parents or grandparents (either paternal or maternal) were born in, or were permanent residents in Pakistan, are also not eligible for an e-Visa.[164]
Indonesia	e-VOA / Visa on arrival[165]	30 days[166]
Iran	eVisa[167][168]	30 days
Iraq	eVisa / Visa on arrival[169][170]	60 days
Ireland	Visa not required[171]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Israel	Visa not required[172]	90 days
Italy	Visa not required[173]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Jamaica	Visa not required[174]	30 days
Japan	Visa not required[175]	90 days
Jordan	eVisa / Visa on arrival[176][177]	30 days	fee 40 USD. Extension of stay is possible for up to 60 days
Kazakhstan	Visa not required[178]	30 days
Kenya	Electronic Travel Authorisation[179][180]	90 days	Applications can be submitted up to 90 days prior to travel and must be submitted at least 3 days in advance. eTA fee is USD 32.50. Proof of reservation at the hotel where visitors plan to stay is required (if staying with friends, an invitation letter is also acceptable). Yellow fever vaccination certificate is required if coming from endemic countries.
Kiribati	Visa not required[181]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
North Korea	Visa required[182]
South Korea	Electronical Travel Authorization[183][184]	90 days	The validity period of a K-ETA is 3 years from the date of approval.[185]
Kuwait	eVisa / Visa on arrival[186][187]	3 months
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required[188]	60 days
Laos	eVisa / Visa on arrival[189]	30 days	17[Note 4] of the 31 border crossings are only open to visa holders.[190] e-Visa may be used to enter Laos through Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, 3 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 5] and in Boten (road and railroad).[191] Visa on arrival is available at Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, the 4 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 6] and 6 border crossings.[Note 7][190] Visa on arrival is extendable for an additional 60 days at the Department of Immigration in Vientiane.[192]
Latvia	Visa not required[193]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Lebanon	Free visa on arrival[194]	1 month	Extendable for 2 additional months Granted free of charge at Beirut International Airport or any other port of entry if there is no Israeli visa or seal, holding a telephone number, an address in Lebanon, and a non refundable return or circle trip ticket.
Lesotho	eVisa[195][196]
Liberia	Visa required[197]
Libya	eVisa[198][199]
Liechtenstein	Visa not required[200]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Lithuania	Visa not required[201]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Luxembourg	Visa not required[202]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Madagascar	Visa on arrival[203]	60 days
Malawi	eVisa / Visa on arrival[204][205]	90 days
Malaysia	Visa not required[206]	90 months
Maldives	Free visa on arrival[207]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[208]
Malta	Visa not required[209]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Marshall Islands	Visa not required[210]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[211]		Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa not required[212]	180 days	180 days per calendar year for tourism, 120 days per calendar year for business
Mexico	Visa not required[213]	180 days
Micronesia	Visa not required[214]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Moldova	Visa not required[215]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period ID card valid
Monaco	Visa not required[216]		ID card valid.
Mongolia	Visa not required[217]	30 days	The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia has exempted visas for 34 countries from January 2023 to December 2025.
Montenegro	Visa not required[218]	90 days	ID card valid for 30 days.
Morocco	Visa not required[219]	90 days
Mozambique	eVisa / Visa on arrival[220][221]	30 days
Myanmar	eVisa / Visa on arrival[222][223]	28 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports or via land border crossings with Thailand — Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung or India — Rih Khaw Dar and Tamu. e-Visa available for both tourism (allowed stay is 28 days) or business (allowed stay is 70 days) purposes. Visa on arrival may be obtainted at Yangon International Airport, Nay Pyi Taw International Airport or Mandalay International Airport.[224]
Namibia	Visa on arrival[225]	3 months	Available at Hosea Kutako International Airport.
Nauru	Visa required[226]
Nepal	Online Visa / Visa on arrival[227]	90 days[228]	Not available at all entry points.[229]
Netherlands	Visa not required[230]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
New Zealand	Electronic Travel Authority[231]	3 months	International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority.[232] Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[233] Such travellers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy.[232]
Nicaragua	Visa not required[234]	90 days	All visitors are required to obtain a Tourist Card on arrival.
Niger	Visa required[235]
Nigeria	eVisa[236][237]	90 days
North Macedonia	Visa not required[238]	90 days	ID card valid.
Norway	Visa not required[239]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Oman	Visa not required / eVisa[240][241]	14 days / 30 days
Pakistan	eVisa[242]	90 days
Palau	Visa not required[243]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Panama	Visa not required[244]	90 days
Papua New Guinea	Easy Visitor Permit[245][246]	60 days	Available at Gurney Airport (Alotau), Mount Hagen Airport, Port Moresby Airport and Tokua Airport (Rabaul).
Paraguay	Visa not required[247]	90 days
Peru	Visa not required[248]	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period.
Philippines	Visa not required[249]	30 days
Poland	Visa not required[250]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Portugal	Visa not required[251]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Qatar	Visa not required[252]	90 days
Romania	Visa not required[253]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Russia	eVisa[254][255]	16 days
Rwanda	eVisa / Visa on arrival[256][257]	30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required[258]	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa not required[259]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[260]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Samoa	Visa not required[261]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
San Marino	Visa not required[262]		ID card valid.
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa not required[263]	15 days
Saudi Arabia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[264][265]	90 days
Senegal	Visa not required[266]	90 days
Serbia	Visa not required[267]	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period. ID card valid.
Seychelles	Visa not required[268][269]	3 months[270]
Sierra Leone	eVisa / Visa on arrival[271][272]	3 months / 30 days
Singapore	Visa not required[273]	90 days
Slovakia	Visa not required[274]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Slovenia	Visa not required[275]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Solomon Islands	Visa not required[276]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Somalia	Visa on arrival[277]		Available at Berbera, Borama, Burao, Erigavo and Hargeisa airports.[citation needed] 30 days, available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport.[citation needed]
South Africa	Visa not required[278]	30 days
South Sudan	eVisa[279][280]		Obtainable online. Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel.
Spain	Visa not required[281]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Sri Lanka	eVisa / Visa on arrival[282][283]	60 days / 30 days	The standard visitor visa allows a stay of 60 days within any 6 month period.[284] Visa fees (for Standard visitor visa): SAARC - USD 35 Non SAARC - USD 75 e-Visa categories will be charged an additional USD 18.50 service fee. If transiting from any of the Sri Lankan airports, An e-Visa is exempted (2 day transit period).
Sudan	Visa required[285]
Suriname	Visa not required[286][287]	90 days	An entrance fee of USD 25 or EUR 25 must be paid online prior to arrival.[288] Multiple entry e-Visa is also available.[289]
Sweden	Visa not required[290]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Switzerland	Visa not required[291]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Syria	eVisa[292]
Tajikistan	Visa not required[293]	30 days	60 days eVisa also available .[294] e-Visa holders can enter through all border points.
Tanzania	eVisa / Visa on arrival[295][296]	90 days
Thailand	Visa not required[297]	60 days	Can be extended for an additional 30 days
Timor-Leste	Visa not required[298]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Togo	eVisa[299][300]	15 days
Tonga	Visa not required[41]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required[301]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Tunisia	Visa not required[302]	3 months	ID card valid on organized tours[303]
Turkey	Visa not required[304]	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period. ID card valid.
Turkmenistan	Visa required[305]
Tuvalu	Visa not required[306]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Uganda	eVisa[307][308]	3 months	Determined at the port of entry.
Ukraine	Visa not required[309]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required[310]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
United Kingdom	Visa not required[311]	6 months
United States	Visa Waiver Program[312][313]	90 days	Effective August 1, 2023, an ESTA approval for Hungarian passport holders is valid for 1 year (or upon passport expiration, if sooner) and for one entry to the United States. Hungarian passport holders born outside of Hungary are ineligible for ESTA and require a valid visa to travel to the United States.[314][315][316] Since 1 October 2022, ESTA is now required for any entry by air, cruise ship, and land[317] Visa required if the person visited Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Libya, Somalia or Yemen after March 1, 2011, or if he/she also holds citizenship in any of these countries.[318]
Uruguay	Visa not required[319]	90 days
Uzbekistan	Visa not required[320]	30 days
Vanuatu	Visa not required[321]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Vatican City	Visa not required[322]		ID card valid.
Venezuela	Visa not required[323]	90 days
Vietnam	eVisa[324][325]		e-Visa is valid for 90 days and multiple entry.
Yemen	Visa required[326]
Zambia	Visa not required[327][328]	30 days	Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival[329]	30 days	Strictly tourism purposes only. Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zambia.

Visa requirements for Hungarian citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:

Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Europe
Abkhazia	Visa required[330]
Mount Athos	Special permit required	Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.[331][332]
Brest and Grodno	Visa not required	Visa-free for 10 days[333]
Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	3 months[334] ID card valid
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required[335]	Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Faroe Islands	Visa not required[336]	ID card valid
Gibraltar	Visa not required[337]	ID card valid
Guernsey	Visa not required[338]
Isle of Man	Visa not required[339]
Jan Mayen	Permit required	Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[340] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[341]
Jersey	Visa not required[342]
Kosovo	Visa not required	90 days[343] ID card valid
Russia	Special authorization required	Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[344]
South Ossetia	Visa not required	Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[345][346]
Transnistria	Visa not required	Registration required after 24h.[347][348]
Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required	Special permit required.[349]
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required	To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[350]
Mayotte	Visa not required[351]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Réunion	Visa not required[351]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Ascension Island	eVisa[352][353]	3 months within any year period.
Saint Helena	Visitor's Pass required	Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.[354]
Tristan da Cunha	Permission required	Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[355]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.[356][357]
Sudan	Travel permit required	All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
Darfur	Travel permit required	Separate travel permit is required.[358]
Asia
Hong Kong	Visa not required[359]	3 months
India PAP/RAP	PAP/RAP required	Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.[360][361][362][363][364][365]
Iraqi Kurdistan	eVisa[366]	30 days
Kazakhstan	Special permission required	Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.[367]
Kish Island	Visa not required	Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[368]
Macao	Visa not required[369]	90 days
Malaysia Sabah and Sarawak	Visa not required	These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.[370]
Maldives	Permission required	With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.[371]
North Korea outside Pyongyang	Special permit required	People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving)
Palestine	Visa not required[372]	Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[373]
Taiwan	Visa not required[374]	90 days
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	OIVR permit required	OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[375][376][377]
Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required	Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[378][379][380]
Turkmenistan	Special permit required	A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.[381]
Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted zone.
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted zone.
Phú Quốc	Visa not required	30 days[382]
Yemen	Special permission required	Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[383]
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Anguilla	Visa not required[384]	3 months
Aruba	Visa not required	30 days, extendable to 180 days[385][386]
Bermuda	Visa not required	Up to 6 months, decided on arrival.[387]
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba	Visa not required[388]	3 months[389]
British Virgin Islands	Visa not required[390]	30 days, extensions possible
San Andrés and Leticia	Tourist Card on arrival	Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.[391]
Cayman Islands	Visa not required[392]	6 months
Curaçao	Visa not required[393]	3 months
French Guiana	Visa not required[394]	Freedom of movement ID card valid
French West Indies	Visa not required[351]	Freedom of movement ID card valid | French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy.[395]
Greenland	Visa not required
Margarita Island	Visa not required	All visitors are fingerprinted.[396]
Montserrat	Visa not required[397]	6 months ID card valid. (for max. 14 days)[398]
Puerto Rico	Visa not required[399]	Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa not required[351]	ID card valid.
Sint Maarten	Visa not required[400]	3 months[401]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa not required[402]	90 days
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa not required[403]	Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
Oceania
American Samoa	Electronic authorization[404]	30 days
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required	Special authorisation required.[405]
Clipperton Island	Special permit required	Special permit required.[406]
Cook Islands	Visa not required[407]	31 days
Lau Province	Special permission required	Special permission required.[408]
French Polynesia	Visa not required[409]	ID card valid.
Guam	Visa not required[410]	Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
New Caledonia	Visa not required[351]	ID card valid.
Niue	Visa on arrival[411]	30 days
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa not required[412]	Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.[413][414][415]
Tokelau	Entry permit required[416]
United States Minor Outlying Islands	Special permits required	Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[417][418][419][420][421][422][423]
Wallis and Futuna	Visa not required[351]	ID card valid.
South America
Galápagos	Pre-registration required	Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[424]
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Falkland Islands	Visa not required	Visa is not required.[425]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Permit required	Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[426][427]
Antarctica		Special permits required for  British Antarctic Territory,  French Southern and Antarctic Lands,  Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[428][429][430][431][432][433][434][435][436][437][438][439]

A Hungarian ordinary passport, with visa-free access to all of the world's developed countries, is a very convenient travel document by international standards. However, it is not as handy as a Hungarian diplomatic passport, which has even less visa restrictions attached to it. Several countries offer visa-free access to holders of a Hungarian diplomatic passport, but not to ordinary passport holders. This is notably the case with the People's Republic of China since 1992,^[440] Russia (since 2001).^[441] and India (since 2003).^[442] As of July 2009, Hungarian diplomats can enter all G8+5 countries without a visa.^[443] The Hungarian diplomatic passport holds the distinction of being the only travel document in the world granting such visa-free entry to all G8+5 member states.^[a]

In total holders of various categories of official Hungarian passports have additional visa-free access to the following countries – Algeria (diplomatic passports), Azerbaijan (diplomatic or service passports), Belarus (diplomatic or service passports), China (diplomatic or service passports), Cuba (diplomatic or service passports), Egypt (diplomatic passports), India (diplomatic or official passports), Indonesia (diplomatic or service passports), Iran (diplomatic passports), Kazakhstan (diplomatic or service passports), Laos (diplomatic or official passports), Mongolia (diplomatic or official passports), Russia (diplomatic and service passports), Tajikistan (diplomatic or service passports), Turkmenistan (diplomatic or service passports) and Uzbekistan (diplomatic passports), Vietnam (diplomatic, official, service or special passports), Yemen (diplomatic passports). Holders of diplomatic or service passports of any country have visa-free access to Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe.

When they are in a territory with no Hungarian consular facilities, because Hungarian citizens are also citizens of the EU, they have the right to get consular assistance from any other EU country with a diplomatic mission in that territory.

Many countries have entry restrictions on foreigners that go beyond the common requirement of having either a valid visa or a visa exemption. Such restrictions may be health related or impose additional documentation requirements on certain classes of people for diplomatic or political purposes.

Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.^[444] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year^[445] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.^[446]

Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.^[447][448]

Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a valid passport on arrival.

However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card – especially from their neighbours. Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens^[449][450] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).^[451]

Some countries, such as Japan,^[452] Ireland and the United Kingdom,^[453] require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.

In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain,^[454] Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,^[455] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,^[456] Philippines,^[457] Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.^[458]

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.

Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Honduras, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except Ireland) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.

Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.

Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives^[459] and South Africa.

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,^[460] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record, while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.

The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning them from entering the country or expelling them if they have already entered. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.^[461]

Kuwait,^[462] Lebanon,^[463] Libya,^[464] Syria,^[465] and Yemen^[466] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.

To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017^[update]) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.^{[citation needed]}

Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.

Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to change planes rather than go landside.^[467]

Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,^[468][469] Argentina,^[470] Brunei, Cambodia,^[471] China,^[472] Ethiopia,^[473] Ghana, Guinea,^[474] India, Japan,^[475][476] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),^[477] Malaysia upon entry and departure,^[478] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,^[479] Singapore, South Korea,^[480] Taiwan, Thailand,^[481] Uganda,^[482] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by its own legislation),^{[483][484][485]} intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.^[486]

Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports^[487] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.^[488][489]

• Visa requirements for European Union citizens
• Hungarian nationality law
• Hungarian passport
• Hungarian identity card
• Visa policy of the Schengen Area

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