RESIDENCE PERMIT FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDY

As you have all travelled to Hungary, it means you had been successfully accepted to this university and made another successful application to the Immigration Office. Most of you are 3rd country citizens which means your original residence is not in the Member States of the European Union or on the European Economic Area (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein). According to the law each 3rd country citizens would like to stay in Hungary for more than 90 days within a 180 day period needs to apply for a residence permit. You will all get a residence permit card that allows you to stay here legally for the period of your studies.

After arriving to Hungary you still have some tasks. In the best scenario, your residence permit is already made and sent to your University. In this case you do not need to come to the Client Service of Aliens Policing for taking your biometric data (fingerprints and a picture of you). In case your residence permit was not sent to your University, you need to come to the Client Service of Aliens Policing for taking your biometric data (fingerprints and a picture of you).

Once your biometric data have been taken we send them to Budapest where they produce the cards and send them by post to the Client Service of Aliens Policing or to you University. Producing the card usually takes 10-15 days. You don’t need to worry until that as you all have your D visa in your passport which is valid for 30 days after entering Hungary. Although sometimes the residence permit card is not ready and your 30 day visa expires, in this case you need to come to the Immigration Office with a passport photo and we make a temporary residence permit for you.

When your residence permit card is about to expire – it means at least 45 days, but not more than 30 days before it expires - and you still have some semesters left, you shall come to the Immigration Office to extend your residence permit or you can hand in the request of the extension via Enter Hungary (enterhungary.gov.hu). The fee charged for the extension of a residence permit in person HUF 35 000 payable by bank card or by yellow cheque supplied by us. Extension can be done on our electronic system enterhungary.gov.hu which costs less, HUF 23 000. There is an exception though for students who owe the STIPENDIUM HUNGARICUM (STUDENT AT RISK as well), AND HUNGARY HELPS scholarships as their procedure is free of the administrative service fee.

We would like to draw your attention to the fact, that the possibility of a leniency application is no longer an option. If you hand in the request of the extension of you residence permit after it expired, your application will be rejected and you need to leave Hungary.

A successful extension

First, you fill in the application form – which is a general form – and Appendix for PURSUING STUDIES that shows your purpose of study. The Appendix for TRAINING is not acceptable! Very important: you can ask your residence permit for not longer than a 3 year period. Neither can we give it to you longer than your study/scholarship lasts. Filling in the form it’s not compulsory to put an end date as we always give out the residence permits for as long as it can be.

For the extension you need to attach the followings:

From everyone:

• certificate of student status
• proof of your study progress
• bank account statement regarding the last 3 months
• if your address hasn’t changed the copy of the accommodation registration card, if it has changed, a new accomodation card and a rental contract.

If you are a SH student, the letter of award

If you need to pay educational fees or dormitory fees because you don’t owe a scholarship you shall provide a certificate about paying issued by the university, and also a comprehensive health insurance, proof of savings on bank account

About the procedure:

During the process, the immigration office may request further documents, apart from the compulsory ones, and may take further procedural steps as well. After the application is submitted you shall be able to attach documents via Enter Hungary or via e-mail (ndr@oif.gov.hu). In case you don’t send the missing documents in the given time we have to
terminate your case according to the law and you shall give in a new application. Although that might cause some complications. So, once again the validity period of a residence permit issued for the purpose of study should be given for maximum of 3 years or until the end of your studies. The validity period of a
residence permit may not exceed the validity period of your passport. There are cases when we have to refuse an application. In case of refusal, you can make an appeal within 8 days of delivery at the Immigration Office. If the applicant introduces any new evidence in the appeal, of which he/she was aware before the decision was adopted, or if the appeal is lodged without showing cause, the Office shall dismiss the appeal without any examination. The administrative service fee for the appeal is HUF 47 000 payable by bank
card or by yellow cheque supplied by us.

Some reasons that make us refuse your residence permit extension:

• if you have given false information or untrue facts in the interest of obtaining the right
  of residence, or misled the authority in respect of the purpose of residence;
• if you suffer from any disease that is considered to constitute a threat to public health,
  and refuses to submit to the appropriate compulsory medical treatment;
• if you are unable to meet the conditions set out by law;
• if you failed to report the particulars of a genuine place of accommodation in
  Hungary;
• if your status of the upcoming semester is passive
• if you don’t obtain the certificate within one and half times the period of time fixed for
  basic academic and examination requirements.

Other useful things to know:

You with a valid residence permit have the right of entry without a visa and the right of residence in the territory of Schengen Member States not exceeding ninety days within a one
hundred and eighty day period. You can have a job while you are studying. During your term-time for maximum thirty hours weekly, and outside your term-time for a maximum period of ninety days as a full time job. The employer have to officially notify the authorities, that you are working for them. You shall carry the passport, residence permit and accommodation card on you at all times. When you change your location or your address you shall notify the Immigration office within three days (with the lease contract and new accommodation card). As an accommodation card you receive a sheet of paper with your personal data and a QR Code. You do not need to print the accommodation card, it is enough if you download it to your phone. You have to report in writing without delay to the immigration authority if your passport or
residence permit is lost, stolen or destroyed.

INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS WITHOUT VISA

1. After arriving to Hungary (in a couple of days) you need to submit your residence permit application on the electronical administration system of the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing ( in shortly in Hungarian: OIF). The name of this website is in short: EnterHungary

(https://enterhungary.gov.hu/)

2. After registration you need to select the following options: nem application/application for residence permit/study or student
mobility

3. Submit the required documents. The list of those you can find at the EnterHungary system.

4. After submitting the application we will communicate with you via the system. Please do enter to your EnterHungary profile. If there is more needed document, the notification will be sent there.

5. When you got the message about registered your application, as soon as possible you need to show up at one of our client service offices (Győr, Szombathely, Zalaegerszeg) to take the biometrics (facial photo and fingerprints).

Addresses of our client services:

• 9026 Győr, Szövetség u. 17.
• 9700 Szombathely, Kisfaludy u. 1.
• 8900 Zalaegerszeg, Mártírok útja 42-44.

6. In case of positiv judging of your residence permit issue the card will be delivered you by post to the responsible department of the University. Judging process can be take for 3-4 weeks after registered your application.

INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS WITH VISA

(in case your residence permit was not already sent to your University)

1. After arriving to Hungary (in a couple of days) you need to show up at the nearest client service of National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing:

• 9026 Győr, Szövetség u. 17. or
• 9700 Szombathely, Kisfaludy u. 1. or
• 8900 Zalaegerszeg, Mártírok útja 42-44.

2. Things you need to keep with you:

• passport
• 1 piece of 4x3 cm (passport photo) facial photo
• filled registration form (attached)

3. 15-20 days after showing up at the client service will be delivered by post your residence permit card the University’s responsible department where you can pick it up.