Information on Visa and Frontier Crossing

Between the EU countries, Norway and Iceland the citizens of the member states, Norway and Iceland are not required to have a passport. During their travel within the European Union they have the choice to prove their identity with ID card or passport.
Hungary shall implement the common visa policy in its everyday practice. According to the European visa policy:
 

National identity card is needed for entry into Hungary for citizens of Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Passport is required for entering Hungary for citizens from Denmark, United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, Latvia, Norway and Sweden.

Citizens of the following European countries are required to have visa to enter Hungary: Albania, Belorussia, Macedonia, Moldavia, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Turkey, Ukraine.
Border crossing control within the EU remains as it was before (Schengen rules) in case of Sweden and the new EU member states (Hungary and Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia) until they become members of Schengen area.
 

For the travel of children they need either their own passport or their own ID card or in the lack of them they need to be registered in one of their parents' passport. Foreigners who wish to visit Hungary for more than 90 days and who intend to work or engage in other income-producing activity need to apply for a visa. A visa can be purchased at a Hungarian consulate or foreign representation in the country of residence. If there is no such mission there, foreigners can turn to any other Hungarian diplomatic mission or consular post. The Hungarian honorary consular offices are not entitled to issue visas, however they have all the necessary forms, and may also accept visa applications that they forward to the nearest diplomatic mission or consular post.

For more information please visit the web pages of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.