Visa for Hungary from Turkey: price, documents and processing time 2026

Yes. A Turkish passport is not enough to enter Hungary: a visa must be obtained from the competent Hungarian embassy or consulate before departure. The application is lodged from your country of residence, and no equivalent step exists once the journey has started. The short stay it authorises is capped at 90 days per 180 day period, counted across the whole Schengen area.

• Government fee90 EUR
• Application centre feeCapped at €45
• Agency or online serviceOptional, added on top
• ExtrasVariable

The official visa fee is 90 EUR. A file usually brings together the application form, a valid passport, compliant identity photographs, proof of accommodation, evidence of sufficient funds and travel insurance covering medical costs and repatriation. Requirements differ by purpose of stay, whether tourism, a family visit or business, so only the list published by the Hungarian embassy or consulate applies, and it also states any service charge collected by the submission centre.

The procedure begins with an appointment at the Hungarian consulate or at the submission centre it has designated, with slots harder to find in peak season. The applicant then presents a completed and signed form, a passport, photographs and the full set of supporting documents, and gives fingerprints. Firm tickets and bookings should wait for the outcome: the decision rests with the Hungarian authorities and cannot be assumed in advance.

• Your application goes to the state that is your main destination. If Hungary is where you spend the longest, it handles the file, whatever the entry point.
• With no main destination, the competent state is the one you enter first.
• If Hungary has no consulate in Turkey, another Schengen state may act on its behalf under a representation arrangement, or the file goes to the post accredited for your country.

Then the application goes to the post accredited for Turkey, often in a neighbouring capital, or to a state acting on its behalf. Confirm which post is competent with the official source before travelling to a third country to apply, a rejected file at the wrong counter costs the trip and the fee.

The regime follows your nationality, not where you live. If you reside in Turkey but travel on another country's passport, the rule on this page is not yours. Filing usually still happens from your country of residence, at the post competent for it, but the requirement itself comes from your passport.

Recorded processing ranges from 15 to 45 days. It depends on the volume of applications, the season and any further checks, which makes tight scheduling unwise. Because the passport stays with the consulate while the file is examined, plan not to need it for another trip. Any question about faster handling should go to the consulate itself rather than to a commercial intermediary.

Three durations are regularly confused: the 90 days per 180 day period is the permitted stay, the validity is printed on the sticker placed in the passport, and the 15 to 45 day window concerns only the handling of the file. A passport with too little remaining validity, or without blank pages, gets the file rejected at the counter. Private platforms also resell assistance by adding their own charges to the official 90 EUR fee, while submission takes place at the consulate or at the centre it has appointed.