1. D visa - Long-term stay in Hungary

An applicant, wishing to enter to the territory of Hungary for a long-term (over 90 days) stay may submit an application for a residence permit at the competent Hungarian mission. In case of a positive decision, the applicant will receive D-type visa which entitles the visa holder to enter to the territory of Hungary in order to receive his/her residence permit.

The rules of long-term stay over 90 days are determined by each Member State's own national legislation.

From 20 May 2011, D type visa applicants have to provide their biometric data – including fingerprints - at the time of submitting the application. Children under the age of 6 and those who are physically unable to give fingerprints are exempted from the fingerprinting obligation.

The applicant must submit the application in person. The passport and the decision on the residence permit application can be collected by a representative, presenting an authorization letter duly signed by the applicant and certified by notary public.

 

2. Places where you have to lodge your application

Nationals and/or residents of:

  • India from the consular district of the Embassy of Hungary in New Delhi: Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, West-Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sikkim, Chandigarh, Ladakh
  • BhutanMaldivesNepal and Sri Lanka staying legally in India

can submit a D visa application at the Embassy of Hungary in New Delhi.

 

Nationals and/or residents of:

  • India from the consular district of the Consulate General of Hungary in Mumbai: Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Telangana, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli 

can submit a D visa application at the Consulate General of Hungary in Mumbai. (Consulate General of Hungary, TCG Financial Centre, C-53/G-Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai – MH (Maharashtra) 400098, India: consulate.mum@mfa.gov.hu ).

Persons of other nationalities are required to be residents of India, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal or Sri Lanka with lawful stay.

 

3. Appointment

To schedule an appointment please write a request letter to the Embassy of Hungary: appointment.del@mfa.gov.hu

At the time of the appointment the D type visa application shall be lodged in VFS Office in the morning according to the email provided by the Embassy.

Address of the VFS Office: Mezzanine level Shivaji Stadium Metro station, Baba Kharak Singh Road, Connaught Place, New Delni, India, 110-001

The application fee must be paid at the VFS office only by card at the time of the appointment.

The biometric data is collected by VFS at the time of the appointment.

Please don’t forget to submit an extra set photocopy off all required documents, including all pages of your passport at VFS Global (photocopies can be black and white, but should be good resolution copies).

Copy of the entire passport must be submitted along with the original document.

Then the consular interview is at the Embassy of Hungary in Delhi next working day.

Address of the Embassy of Hungary in Delhi: 2/50-M, Niti Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, India, 110-021

 

4. The grounds for applying a residence permit may be:

  • Guest self-employment

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2234&Itemid=2459&lang=en

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  • Guest investor (valid from the 1st of July, 2024)

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2232&Itemid=2457&lang=en

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  • Seasonal employment

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2218&Itemid=2443&lang=en

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  • Employment for the purpose of implementing an investment

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2184&Itemid=2411&lang=en

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  • Employment

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2190&Itemid=2416&lang=en

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  • Residence permit for guest workers

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2233&Itemid=2458&lang=en

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Note, that only certain citizens may apply but nationals of Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka are not listed.

  • Hungarian Card

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2249&Itemid=2474&lang=en

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  • EU Blue Card

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2238&Itemid=2463&lang=en

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  • Intra-corporate transfer

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2230&Itemid=2455&lang=en

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  • Research or (long-term) mobility of researchers

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2197&Itemid=2422&lang=en

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  • Corporate card

Not applicable yet.

  • National Card

Only applicable for nationals of Serbia and Ukraine

  • Pursuing studies or student mobility

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2210&Itemid=2435&lang=en

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  • Seeking a job or starting a business

Not applicable for Embassy since valid residence permit for studies or research in Hungary is required.

  • Training

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2248&Itemid=2473&lang=en

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Traineeship

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2242&Itemid=2467&lang=en

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  • Official

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2244&Itemid=2469&lang=en

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  • White Card

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2241&Itemid=2466&lang=en

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  • Posted work

Not applicable for Embassy since it requires valid residence permit issued by an EU member state.

  • Medical treatment 

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2211&Itemid=2437&lang=en

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  • Voluntary service

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2213&Itemid=2439&lang=en

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  • Residence permit for reasons of Hungarian national interest

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2243&Itemid=2468&lang=en

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  • Family reunification

Detailed information and application form with inset: http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=2205&Itemid=2430&lang=en

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 5. Decision, decision making, appeal

On the basis of the documents submitted by the applicant and sent by the consular section, the competent regional directorate of the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing decides on the application for a residence permit and the issuance of a D-type visa.

An appeal against the rejection of the application may be lodged directly at the decision-making regional directorate or at the consular officer in person, within eight calendar days from notification of the decision.

 

6. Notifications

Since the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing of Hungary takes decision in D visa cases and the Embassy of Hungary in Delhi let the client know the decision as soon as it arrives therefore we do not reply e-mails related to enquiries about the status of the procedure.

 

We do not reply e-mails related to enquiries about information available on the website of the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing of Hungary (http://oif.gov.hu/index.php?lang=en ).

 

We do not reply e-mails related to enquiries about information available on the website of the Embassy of Hungary in Delhi ( https://delhi.mfa.gov.hu/ ).