# 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 2025, Hungarian citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 185 countries and territories, ranking the Hungarian passport 7th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.

## Historical perspective

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. 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.
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.
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, the United Kingdom in 1990, Germany in 1990, France (1990), Spain in 1990, Belgium in 1991, South Korea in 1991 and Chile in 1992. 1993 saw Israel, South Africa, Portugal and Tunisia abolish the requirement for ordinary Hungarian tourists to obtain visas in advance of departure. Canada and Slovakia followed in 1994. Italy waived prior visas in 1995, Mexico in 1997, Austria in 1997, Japan (1997), Slovenia (1998), Panama (1998), Morocco (1999). New Zealand scrapped requirements for visas in 2000 followed by Croatia that same year, and Brazil in 2001, Hong Kong in 2002, Serbia in 2003, Ukraine in 2003 and Peru later that same year of 2003.
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.
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. By virtue of the agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA), those rights also apply to Hungarians in Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein. The same rights also extend to Hungarians in Switzerland as a result of the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons. 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), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2005), North Macedonia (2005), Colombia (2005), Moldova (2007), Botswana (2008), Taiwan (2008), and Thailand (2011).
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. 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." 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.
Visa requirements for Hungarian citizens were lifted by Qatar (July 2012), Kyrgyzstan (July 2012), Armenia (January 2013), Jamaica (March 2013), Turkey (February 2014), Papua New Guinea (March 2014), Bahrain (October 2014), the United Arab Emirates (May 2015), Timor-Leste (May 2015), Samoa (May 2015), Indonesia (June 2015), Kazakhstan (July 2015), São Tomé and Príncipe (August 2015), Tonga (November 2015), Palau (December 2015), Marshall Islands (June 2016), Tuvalu (July 2016), Solomon Islands (October 2016), Belarus (February 2017), Cape Verde (1 January 2019), Uzbekistan (1 February 2019), Oman (December 2020), Tajikistan (January 2022), Mongolia (January 2023), Angola (September 2023) and China (March 2024).
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), Ethiopia (1 June 2018), Djibouti (February 2018), Egypt (December 2017), Azerbaijan (January 2017), India (August 2015) and Myanmar (October 2014).
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, to 142 in 2010, 153 in 2012 and 182 in 2020.

## Visa requirements

| Country | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
| Afghanistan | Visa required | | |
| Albania | Visa not required | 90 days | ID card valid. |
| Algeria | Visa required | | |
| Andorra | Visa not required | | ID card valid. |
| Angola | Visa not required | 30 days | International Certificate of Vaccination required |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Visa not required | 6 months | |
| Argentina | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Armenia | Visa not required | 180 days | |
| Australia | eVisitor | 90 days | 90 days on each visit in 12-month period if granted. |
| Austria | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| Azerbaijan | eVisa | 30 days | |
| Bahamas | Visa not required | 3 months | |
| Bahrain | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 14 days | |
| Bangladesh | Visa on arrival | 30 days | Not available at all entry points. |
| Barbados | Visa not required | 3 months | |
| Belarus | Visa not required | 30 days | Visa-free until 31 December 2024. |
| Belgium | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| Belize | Visa not required | | |
| Benin | eVisa | 30 days | Must have an international vaccination certificate. |
| Bhutan | eVisa | | |
| Bolivia | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 6-month period. ID card valid. |
| Botswana | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any year period. |
| Brazil | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period. |
| Brunei | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Bulgaria | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| Burkina Faso | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 1 month | |
| Burundi | Visa on arrival | 1 month | |
| Cambodia | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days | Visa is also obtainable online. |
| Cameroon | eVisa | | |
| Canada | Electronic Travel Authority | 6 months | eTA required if arriving by air. |
| Cape Verde | Visa not required | 30 days | Must register online at least five days prior to arrival. |
| Central African Republic | Visa required | | |
| Chad | Visa required | | |
| Chile | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| China | Visa not required | 30 days | Visa-free from 14 March 2024 to 31 December 2025. 24-hour visa-free transit through any international airports of China, allows domestic travel through different airports. 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. 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 | 90 days | 90 days – extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year period. |
| Comoros | Visa on arrival | 45 days | |
| Republic of the Congo | Visa required | | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | eVisa | 7 days | |
| Costa Rica | Visa not required | 180 days | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | eVisa | 3 months | e-Visa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport. |
| Croatia | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| Cuba | Tourist card required | 90 days | Can be extended up to 90 days with a fee. |
| Cyprus | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| Czech Republic | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| Denmark | Visa not required | Freedom of movement (DK) ID card valid | Freedom of movement (DK) ID card valid |
| Djibouti | eVisa | 90 days | |
| Dominica | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period. |
| Dominican Republic | Visa not required | 90 days | can be extended up to 120 days |
| Ecuador | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Egypt | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 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 | 180 days | |
| Equatorial Guinea | eVisa | | must arrive via Malabo International Airport, processing fee 75 USD |
| Eritrea | Visa required | | |
| Estonia | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| Eswatini | Visa not required | 30 days | |
| Ethiopia | eVisa / Visa on arrival | up to 90 days | e-Visa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport |
| Fiji | Visa not required | 4 months | |
| Finland | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| France | Visa not required | Freedom of movement (in Regions of France) ID card valid | Freedom of movement (in Regions of France) ID card valid |
| Gabon | eVisa | 90 days | e-Visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport. |
| Gambia | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Georgia | Visa not required | 1 year | ID card valid |
| Germany | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| Ghana | Visa required | | |
| Greece | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| Grenada | Visa not required | 3 months | |
| Guatemala | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Guinea | eVisa | 90 days | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival | 90 days | |
| Guyana | Visa required | | |
| Haiti | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Honduras | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Iceland | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| India | eVisa | 30 days | e-Visa holders must arrive via 31 designated airports or 5 designated seaports. An Indian e-Tourist Visa may only be obtained twice within 1 calendar year. 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. |
| Indonesia | e-VOA / Visa on arrival | 30 days | |
| Iran | eVisa | 30 days | |
| Iraq | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 60 days | |
| Ireland | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| Israel | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Italy | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| Jamaica | Visa not required | 30 days | |
| Japan | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Jordan | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days | fee 40 USD. Extension of stay is possible for up to 60 days |
| Kazakhstan | Visa not required | 30 days | |
| Kenya | Electronic Travel Authorisation | 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 | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period. |
| North Korea | Visa required | | |
| South Korea | Electronical Travel Authorization | 90 days | The validity period of a K-ETA is 3 years from the date of approval. |
| Kuwait | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 3 months | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Visa not required | 60 days | |
| Laos | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days | 17 of the 31 border crossings are only open to visa holders. e-Visa may be used to enter Laos through Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, 3 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges and in Boten (road and railroad). Visa on arrival is available at Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, the 4 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges and 6 border crossings. Visa on arrival is extendable for an additional 60 days at the Department of Immigration in Vientiane. |
| Latvia | Visa not required | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. |
| Lebanon | Free visa on arrival | 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 | | |
| Liberia | Visa required | | |
| Libya | eVisa | | |
| Liechtenstein | Visa not required | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. |
| Lithuania | Visa not required | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. |
| Luxembourg | Visa not required | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. |
| Madagascar | Visa on arrival | 60 days | |
| Malawi | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days | |
| Malaysia | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Maldives | Free visa on arrival | 30 days | |
| Mali | Visa required | | |
| Malta | Visa not required | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. |
| Marshall Islands | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period. |
| Mauritania | Visa on arrival | | Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport. |
| Mauritius | Visa not required | 180 days | 180 days per calendar year for tourism, 120 days per calendar year for business |
| Mexico | Visa not required | 180 days | |
| Micronesia | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period. |
| Moldova | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period ID card valid |
| Monaco | Visa not required | | ID card valid. |
| Mongolia | Visa not required | 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 | 90 days | ID card valid for 30 days. |
| Morocco | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Mozambique | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days | |
| Myanmar | eVisa | 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. |
| Namibia | Visa on arrival | 3 months | Available at Hosea Kutako International Airport. |
| Nauru | Visa required | | |
| Nepal | Online Visa / Visa on arrival | 90 days | Not available at all entry points. |
| Netherlands | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| New Zealand | Electronic Travel Authority | 3 months | International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority. 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. Such travellers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy. |
| Nicaragua | Visa not required | 90 days | All visitors are required to obtain a Tourist Card on arrival. |
| Niger | Visa required | | |
| Nigeria | eVisa | 90 days | |
| North Macedonia | Visa not required | 90 days | ID card valid. |
| Norway | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| Oman | Visa not required / eVisa | 14 days / 30 days | |
| Pakistan | eVisa | 90 days | |
| Palau | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period. |
| Panama | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Papua New Guinea | Easy Visitor Permit | 60 days | Available at Gurney Airport (Alotau), Mount Hagen Airport, Port Moresby Airport and Tokua Airport (Rabaul). |
| Paraguay | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Peru | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 6-month period. |
| Philippines | Visa not required | 30 days | |
| Poland | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| Portugal | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| Qatar | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Romania | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| Russia | eVisa | 16 days | |
| Rwanda | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Visa not required | 3 months | |
| Saint Lucia | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period. |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period. |
| Samoa | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period. |
| San Marino | Visa not required | | ID card valid. |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Visa not required | 15 days | |
| Saudi Arabia | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days | |
| Senegal | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Serbia | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 6-month period. ID card valid. |
| Seychelles | Visa not required | 3 months | |
| Sierra Leone | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 3 months / 30 days | |
| Singapore | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Slovakia | Visa not required | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. |
| Slovenia | Visa not required | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. |
| Solomon Islands | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period. |
| Somalia | Visa on arrival | | Available at Berbera, Borama, Burao, Erigavo and Hargeisa airports. 30 days, available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport. |
| South Africa | Visa not required | 30 days | |
| South Sudan | eVisa | | Obtainable online. Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel. |
| Spain | Visa not required | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. |
| Sri Lanka | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 60 days / 30 days | The standard visitor visa allows a stay of 60 days within any 6-month period. 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 | | |
| Suriname | Visa not required | 90 days | An entrance fee of USD 25 or EUR 25 must be paid online prior to arrival. Multiple entry e-Visa is also available. |
| Sweden | Visa not required | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. |
| Switzerland | Visa not required | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. | Freedom of movement. ID card valid. |
| Syria | eVisa | | |
| Tajikistan | Visa not required | 30 days | 60 days eVisa also available . e-Visa holders can enter through all border points. |
| Tanzania | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days | |
| Thailand | Visa not required | 60 days | Can be extended for an additional 30 days |
| Timor-Leste | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period. |
| Togo | eVisa | 15 days | |
| Tonga | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period. |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period. |
| Tunisia | Visa not required | 3 months | ID card valid on organized tours |
| Turkey | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 6-month period. ID card valid. |
| Turkmenistan | Visa required | | |
| Tuvalu | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period. |
| Uganda | eVisa | 3 months | Determined at the port of entry. |
| Ukraine | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period. |
| United Arab Emirates | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period. |
| United Kingdom | Visa not required | 6 months | |
| United States | Visa Waiver Program | 90 days | Effective 1 August 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. Since 1 October 2022, ESTA is now required for any entry by air, cruise ship, and land Visa required if the person visited Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Libya, Somalia or Yemen after 1 March 2011, or if he/she also holds citizenship in any of these countries. |
| Uruguay | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Uzbekistan | Visa not required | 30 days | |
| Vanuatu | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period. |
| Vatican City | Visa not required | | ID card valid. |
| Venezuela | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Vietnam | eVisa | | e-Visa is valid for 90 days and multiple entry. |
| Yemen | Visa required | | |
| Zambia | Visa not required | 30 days | Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe | Visa on arrival | 30 days | Strictly tourism purposes only. Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zambia. |

## Disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones

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 | |
| 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. |
| Brest and Grodno | Visa not required | Visa-free for 10 days |
| Northern Cyprus | Visa not required | 3 months ID card valid |
| UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus | Access Permit required | Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas. |
| Faroe Islands | Visa not required | ID card valid |
| Gibraltar | Visa not required | ID card valid |
| Guernsey | Visa not required | |
| Isle of Man | Visa not required | |
| Jan Mayen | Permit required | Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours. |
| Jersey | Visa not required | |
| Kosovo | Visa not required | 90 days ID card valid |
| Russia | Special authorization required | Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization. |
| South Ossetia | Visa not required | Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia. |
| Transnistria | Visa not required | Registration required after 24h. |
| Africa |||
| British Indian Ocean Territory | Special permit required | Special permit required. |
| Eritrea outside Asmara | Travel permit required | To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa). |
| Mayotte | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| Réunion | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| Ascension Island | eVisa | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Asia |||
| Hong Kong | Visa not required | 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. |
| Iraqi Kurdistan | eVisa | 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. |
| Kish Island | Visa not required | Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa. |
| Macao | Visa not required | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 | Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed. |
| Taiwan | Visa not required | 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. |
| Tibet Autonomous Region | TTP required | Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars). |
| 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. |
| Korean Demilitarized Zone | Restricted zone. | |
| UNDOF Zone and Ghajar | Restricted zone. | |
| Phú Quốc | Visa not required | 30 days |
| Yemen | Special permission required | Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden. |
| Caribbean and North Atlantic |||
| Anguilla | Visa not required | 3 months |
| Aruba | Visa not required | 30 days, extendable to 180 days |
| Bermuda | Visa not required | Up to 6 months, decided on arrival. |
| Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba | Visa not required | 3 months |
| British Virgin Islands | Visa not required | 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. |
| Cayman Islands | Visa not required | 6 months |
| Curaçao | Visa not required | 3 months |
| French Guiana | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid |
| French West Indies | Visa not required | Freedom of movement ID card valid | French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy. |
| Greenland | Visa not required | |
| Margarita Island | Visa not required | All visitors are fingerprinted. |
| Montserrat | Visa not required | 6 months ID card valid. (for max. 14 days) |
| Puerto Rico | Visa not required | 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 | ID card valid. |
| Sint Maarten | Visa not required | 3 months |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Visa not required | 90 days |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Visa not required | 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 | 30 days |
| Ashmore and Cartier Islands | Special authorisation required | Special authorisation required. |
| Clipperton Island | Special permit required | Special permit required. |
| Cook Islands | Visa not required | 31 days |
| Lau Province | Special permission required | Special permission required. |
| French Polynesia | Visa not required | ID card valid. |
| Guam | Visa not required | 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 | ID card valid. |
| Niue | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Visa not required | 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. |
| Tokelau | Entry permit required | |
| 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. |
| Wallis and Futuna | Visa not required | 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. |
| South Atlantic and Antarctica |||
| Falkland Islands | Visa not required | Visa is not required. |
| 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). |
| 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. |

## Diplomatic passports

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, Russia (since 2001). and India (since 2003). As of July 2009, Hungarian diplomats can enter all G8+5 countries without a visa. 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.
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.

## Right to consular protection in non-EU countries

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.

## Non-visa restrictions

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.

### Blank passport pages

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

### Vaccination

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 to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.
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.

### Passport validity length

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 or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).
Some countries, such as Japan, Ireland and the United Kingdom, 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, 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, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, 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.
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 and South Africa.

#### Maximum passport age

Countries of the Schengen area require non-EU passports to be less than 10 years old upon entry. A number of holders of British passports, which until September 2018 could be issued with a validity period of up to 10 years and nine months if the previous passport was not expired, were unable to travel to the EU subsequent to Brexit due to this restriction.

### Criminal record

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States, 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.

### Persona non grata

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.

### Israeli stamps

Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, and Yemen 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) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.
Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.

### Biometrics

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.
Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan, Argentina, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Japan, Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken), Malaysia upon entry and departure, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, 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), intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.
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 and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.