If you apply to our programmes from a country outside the EEA/EU, you may need to apply for a Study Visa (or „D” visa) to enter Hungary. Upon successful admission to the selected programme, we will provide you with a letter of acceptance which you can use for your study visa application. Those staying at MOME’s dormitory will also receive a certificate of dormitory placement for the visa application.  

EU citizens and some non-EU citizens too can enter Hungary visa-free. In the below link you can check whether you can enter Hungary without a visa. 
Countries that do not need a visa 

Based on your citizenship- after your arrival- you must either: 

• apply for a Residence permit for the purpose of study or
• arrange your EU Registration Card with the Immigration Office in Budapest. 

You will also receive a certificate of enrolment once you have completed the registration process at the beginning of the semester. 
 
To find out more, please visit the following pages: 

• Residence of the student, pupil 
• Registration Certificate for EEA Nationals 

Picking up your residence permit for study purposes (3rd country nationals) or registering for an EU Registration Certificate (EU/EEA citizens) with the NDGAP (National Directorate General for Alien Policing) is your own responsibility. 
 
Your programme coordinator will assist you with getting a certificate of enrolment and other documents issued by the University. The orientation will include an information session for our international students on the required paperwork for arranging the above with the Immigration Office. 

In case you wish to extend your stay in Hungary after your graduation to search for a job, you may wish to apply for a residence permit for the purpose of seeking a job or starting a business.

You can only apply for this permit in a very specific set of circumstances:

1. you need to submit the application when your residence permit is still valid;
2. you need to submit the application when you still have an active student status certificate (you can only have this before your graduation);
3. you have to submit a copy of your diploma (that you can only have after your graduation) as soon as possible, but within a couple of weeks after submitting the application at the latest.

You will need to submit the application without your diploma. You will need to attach your active student status certificate, and a letter of explanation in which you state that you are in the process of getting your diploma that you shall upload as soon as possible. It is beneficial to also upload a letter from your faculty that states what is the expected date of your graduation. We can also include this information in the student status certificate.

You will need to visit the authorities at Szegedi út 35-37 within 15 days after the online submission, and the personal visit needs to take place before the expiry of your residence permit card, otherwise your application will automatically be rejected. If you have an ongoing residence permit application, you will be able to get a temporary residence certificate from the authorities. You should ask for this during your personal visit.

After the submission, the authorities will send you an official notification, asking you to supplement your application with additional documents (mainly your diploma). They will give you a set amount of time. If you cannot get your diploma by then, you will need to ask in an official letter for an extension of the supplementary period, so that you can upload your diploma in time.

For more information please visit: http://www.bmbah.hu/factsheets/residence-permit-for-the-purpose-of-seeking-a-job-or-starting-a-business