Welcome to the Enter Hungary page of Enterhungary!

Dear Clients,

Please be informed that the electronic administration platform of the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing, the Enter Hungary interface (www.enterhungary.gov.hu) will be temporarily unavailable due to scheduled maintenance work from 20 o’clock on 17 May 2024 until 24 o’clock on 20 May 2024.

During the maintenance work, submitting applications, notification on place of accommodation and other notifications/reports specified in Act I of 2007 on the Admission and Residence of Persons with the Right of Free Movement and Residence, Act XC of 2023 on General Rules for the Entry and Residence of Third-country Nationals, as well as Act LXXX of 2007 on Asylum, and the Decrees on the implementation thereof will not be available.

Thank you for your kind understanding and patience.
      National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing


Dear Clients,

we hereby inform you that the following cases are exempt from payment of administrative fee:

  • issue of residence permit or extension of residence permit of Ukrainian citizens
  • issue of residence permit or extension of residence permit for purpose of studies, or employment of Belorussian citizens
  • applications for issue or extension of residence permits for purpose of studies of those, who receive Hungarian State Scholarship e.g. Stipendium Hungaricum, or the ones who have for-study ministerial sponsorship
In the above cases, the administrative fee does not have to be paid off!


Dear Employers,
We hereby inform You that in order to report the beginning and the termination of employing a person who is a beneficiary of temporary protection a separate form is available under the case type “Announcement”. We kindly ask you that regarding beneficiaries of temporary protection report the beginning and the termination of the employment solely by using the designated form! The National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing hereby thank you your cooperation by complying with the above mentioned rules.

This system helps you submit your application for a residence permit in Hungary electronically, without queuing. If you wish to enter Hungary or the Schengen Area from abroad, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade will help you.

You can submit your e-application as a private person or a preferred employer/temporary work agency, as well as a legal representative. You need to make a registration before submitting the first application. The registration procedure varies in the case of a

Menedékes regisztrálás (How to submit a simplified application for recognition)

Related to the use of the website, the user guide includes a detailed description.