Residence Permit for the purpose of studies

Non-EEA Students
Application process

Department of Erasmus+ & International Programmes

Directorate of Educational Affairs
EötvösLoránd University (ELTE)

2019

Budapest,Hungary

T: 0036 1 411 6543

W: www.elte.hu/en
Facebook:www.facebook.com/elteinternational
 Administration at the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing

If you are coming from a Non - EEA country apart from the European Economic
Area (EEA: member states of the EU and Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, and
Lichtenstein) you are required to obtain a residence permit for the purpose of
studies

Two Categories of the administration process:

Category I: If you are coming from a visa waiver country and you did not apply
for a residence permit for the purpose of studies at the Hungarian
Consulate in your home country (soyou don’t have a D-visa)
More information on visa waiver countries:
konzuliszolgalat.kormany.hu/visa-waiver-agreements
More Information
Youneed to go to the Client Service II and apply for the residencepermit
National Directorate-General
for Aliens Policing
Category II: If you are if you are coming from a visa waiver country and you have Client Service II
already applied for a residence permit at the Hungarian Consulate Address: 1135 Budapest, District 13,
in your home country; or a country that is under visa obligations and 35-37 Szegedi út (Twin OfficeBuilding,
you are possessingpermanent residence visa (D-visa)
Ground floor)

Youneed to go to the Client Service II and apply for the issuance ofthe Web: www.bmbah.hu
residence permit

Please note that the residence permit is only valid with your Address cards and your passport. These three documents
are required to be kept and carried on.
 Category I: Required documents to the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing
If you apply for a residence permit for the first time
„Application for Residence Permit for the purpose of Please download it and fill it in, if you apply for a residence permit for the first time
Study” or (and you don’t have a D-visa).
Valid passport
1 passport-size colour photo
Certificate of school attendance You can receive it at QuaesturaOffice
Certificate of accommodation • Dormitory certificate (stamped and signed by the management); or
• Proof of student hostel (stamped and signed by the management); or
• Lease Contract, which should contain your and your landlord’s personal data (ID
Card /Passport number, mother’s maiden name), the exact address (postal code,
city, street/square/road, house number, floor number, door number), period of stay
(definite/indefinite time) and signatures of two witnesses.
“Accommodation reporting form” Please ask for an empty form from your faculty coordinator andask your dormitory
/landlord/agent to sign it before you go to the Office!
Certificate of the financialconditions Scholarship, bank account statement, etc.
Certificate of health insurance Any health insurance valid in the territory of EU
“Declaration to undertake voluntary leave” Download it, print it and fill it in!
“Declaration” on how you would like to receive your Download it, print it and fill it in!
residence permit
Fee: The costs of the procedure is payable by way of electronic payment instrument (bank card) or in
• New request: HUF 18 000 the form of bank deposit (using the cheque supplied by the regional directorate). In respect of
• Extension: HUF 10 000 yellow cheques, in the “comment” box the client’s name and date of birth, and the case type
“Application for Residence Permit” shall be indicated.

(Individuals who have the right to free movement and residence, as well as citizens of third countries who
study in Hungary with a Hungarian government scholarship or with a regular study allowance from the
minister responsible for education are exempt from paying administration service charges according to point
2) c) of paragraph 5 of the Decree 28/2007 /31.05/ of the Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement on the
charges of administration related to the entry and residence of individuals who have the right to free
movement and residence, as well as the citizens of third countries.)
Category II: Required documents to the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing

If you have already applied for the residence permit at the Hungarian Consulate in your home country (and you have aD-visa)

Completed form of „Data sheet for the issuance of the Download it from the attachment, print it and fill it in!
residence permit” also called “Adatlap a tartózkodási
engedély kiadásához” in Hungarian
Valid passport
1 passport-size colour photo
Certificate of schoolattendance You can receive it at Quaestura Office or in person from your
faculty coordinator.
Certificate of accommodation • Dormitory certificate (stamped and signed by the
management); or
• Proof of student hostel (stamped and signed by the
management); or
• Lease Contract, which should contain your and your
landlord’s personal data (ID Card /Passport number,
mother’s maiden name), the exact address (postal code,
city, street/square/road, house number, floor number,
door number), period of stay (definite/indefinite time)
and signatures of two witnesses.
Completed form of “Accommodation reportingform” Please ask for an empty form from your faculty coordinator
and ask your dormitory / landlord/ agent to sign it before
you goto theOffice.
Category I: Application for residence permit for
the purpose of studies

If you are coming from a visa waiver country and

you did not apply for a residence permit for the
purpose of studies at the Hungarian Consulate in
your home country ( you do not have a D-visa)
Youneed to go to the Client Service II and apply for
the residence permit
More information: konzuliszolgalat.kormany.hu/visa-
waiver-agreements
 Application for residence permit for the
purpose of studies – Step 1
Youdon’t have to fill out anything here!

Put an ‚x’ into the box if you are applying for the
residence permit for the first time
X
Write the place where you crossed the Hungarian
Budapest border (if you arrived in Hungary by plane, the placeis
Budapest)

2019 01 28 Write the exact date when you arrived in Hungary

Write the number of the residence visa into the

boxes and then the date until it is valid
2019 02 28

Put an ‚x’ into the box if you already have a

residence permit and you want to extendit

Write the number of the residence visa into the

boxes and then the date until it is valid
 Application for residence permit for the purposeof
studies – Step 2

Take a picture with you!

Youhave to put your official signature in the box. Make

sure that your signature remains within the frame.

If you want to pick up your resident permit personally

(recommended) at the office where you applied for it, put an ‚x’
into the box.

00 36 1 2345678
[email protected]

If you want to receive your residence permit by post, put an ‚x’ into the box.
 Application for residence permit for the purpose of studies – Step 3

J. Fox Michael Andrew

Your surname that is given in your passport Your first name(s) that is given in your passport

J.Fox Michael Andrew

Your surname when you were born Your first name(s) when you were born

Your mother’s X X
Harper, Phyllis
surname and
first name(s) Edmonton
she received Canada
when she was 1992 01 21 The city where you born in The country where you born in
born, NOTHER Canadian American
MARRIED
NAME! The position or status of being a citizen of a The status of belonging to a particular nation
particular country (you can leave this part blank)
 Application for residence permit for the purpose of studies – Step 4

If you have ever lived abroad, give the address of that last place

student
X The job you had before your arrival to
Hungary

Ottawa, Canada
KA1023045
Put an ‚x’ into 2015 04 15
the appropriate The date until your passport is valid
box (optionally 2018 11 11
you should
choose ordinary
passport)

academic studies
2018 06 20
Youhave to give the reason why you are applying for
the residence permit, and the expected date until you The expected date when your studies will be finished
wish to stay (or if your passport expires during your studies, then
the date of expiry of your passport)
 Application for residence permit for the purpose of studies – Step5

English Advanced

French Beginner

You need to specify the place where you stay at while

you are in Hungary, see the example below
Budapest
Szerb
1056

21-23 A
utca / street

You need to specify what sort of right you have got to stay at the flat you
gave above as your residential place
 Application for residence permit for the purpose of studies – Step 6

Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem / X

Eötvös Loránd University

1053 Budapest Egyetem tér 1-3. The type depends on your

The main base of the university studies; if you are an Erasmus
student/exchange student, you
have to put an ‚x’ into the ‚other
training’ box

If you have other incomes besides scholarship Youneed to give the exact amount of the mon ey
you receive as scholarship and the available
savings youhave

e.g. airplane, coach, car, train…

Which country are you leaving Hungary for?

X X X X
 Application for residence permit for the purpose of studies – Step 7

X
TracyPollan New York,
American
wife 15.05.1993

Put an ‚x’ into the appropriate box

If you have no
family members
staying with you
in Hungary,
leave these
boxes empty.
 Application for residence permit for the purpose of studies – Step 8

X
X

X
Put an ‚x’ into the
appropriate boxes
X

X
Canada Your permanent address in
Ottawa your home country
4thAvenue

Canada Which country are you

Ordinary passport, number: KA1023045 leaving Hungary for?
X Type and number of your
travel document
 Application for residence permit for the purpose of studies – Step 9

09.02.2016 Sign it here

 Application for residence
permit for the purposeof
studies – Step 10

Youdon’t have to fill out anything here!

Youdon’t have to fill out anythinghere!

 Declaration to undertake voluntary leave

J.Fox Your surname that is given in your passport

MichaelAndrew
Your given name that is given in your passport
21.02.1992
Edmonton, Canada
Harper, Phyllis Your mother’s surname and first name(s) she received
when she was born, NOTHER MARRIED NAME!

Canadian
American
The address of the place where you lived before your
AB123456 arrival to Hungary

Ottawa,Canada Underline the appropriate category (optionally you

11.11.2018 should choose private passport)

Underline YES

Y.MM. DD
Sign it here
 Declaration

J.Fox Your surname that is given in your passport

Michael Andrew Your first name(s) that is given in your passport
Harper, Phyllis Your mother’s surname and first name(s) she
received when she was born, NOTHERMARRIED
NAME!
Canada
Edmonton 21 01
1992
Canadian The Address of the place where you will be living
1051 Budapest, Roosevelt Square during your stay in Hungary
5-6. Private/official/diplomatic/other (optionally it is
AB123456
Private private)
Ottawa, Canada 15. 04.2015
11. 11. 2018 If you want to pick up your residence permit
personally (recommended) at the office where you
applied for it

09.02.2016.
Sign it here
Category II: Data sheet for the issuance of the residence permit

Fill in the form:

• If you are if you are coming from a visa
waiver country and you have already
applied for a residence permit at the
Hungarian Consulate in your home
country;
• or a country that is under visa obligations
and you are possessing permanent
residence visa (D-visa)

Youneed to go to the Client Service II

and apply for the issuance of the
residence permit
Category II: Data sheet for the issuance of the residence permit – Step1

Youdon’t haveto
fill out! Don’t forget to take a
picture with you!

Your Signature
 Category II: Data sheet for the issuance of the residence permit – Step 2

J.Fox Michael Andrew

J.Fox Michael Andrew

Harper
Phyllis
Your mother’s
surname and first 1992 01 21 Edmonton Canada
name(s) she
x
received when she
was born, NOTHER
Canadian Put an ‚x’ into the box
MARRIED NAME!

Put an ‚x’ into the

appropriate box AB123456 2015 04 15
(optionally you
should choose
x 2018 11 11
private passport)
 Category II: Data sheet for the issuance of the residence permit – Step 3

You need to specify the place where you stay at while

you are in Hungary, see the example below

1064 Budapest Izabella

I. 127
street 47

x Tenant of a dormitory/hostel

You need to specify what sort of

right you have got to stay at the flat
you gave above as your residential
place
Sign it here
09.02.2016
Category II: Data sheet for the issuance of the residence permit – Step 4

Youdon’t have to fillout!

 Accommodation Reporting Form – Step 1

1. Fill in this section with your personal data

2. Fill in this 3. Give your passport number

section with your 6. Write the place where
address in 4. Visa, if you haven’t
you crossed the Hungarian
Hungary received your
border (if you arrived in
residence permit yet
Hungary by plane, the place
is Budapest) 5. Give your number of residence visa or residence
permit

7. Write the exact date when you

arrived in Hungary
8. Sign here 9. Sign with the landlordhere
 Accommodation Reporting Form – Step 2

2. The date when you

1. The exact
move out from your
date when you
apartment/dormitory
moved into
your 3. Put an ‚x’ into the
apartment/ dor
6. Youdon’t have to fill
appropriate box 4. Fill in this
mitory out!
section with
your address in
Hungary

5. Youdon’t have to fillout!

 How to prepare for the visit to the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing

• Read the information carefully (www.elte.hu/en/visa-procedure).

• Fill in the required forms, make a copy of the necessary documents and take all of them with you.
• Accommodation reporting form – ask your dormitory / landlord/ agent to sign it before you go to the
Office.
• You can ask an ESNELTE(or Stipendium Hungaricum) mentor to go with you to the Office and
help you. Meet the international coordinator on the given place on time on the selected day.
Please don’t be late!
• Make sure that you have enough time on the selected day. At the beginning of thesemesters, there
are always many clients at the Office.
• Be patient at the Office. The administration takes about 15-20 minutes/person.

Please note that the residence permit is only valid with your Address cards and your passport.
These three documents are required to be kept and carried on.
 National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing – Client Service II

• Address: 1135 Budapest, District 13, 35-37 Szegedi út (Twin Office Building, Groundfloor)
• Phone number: +36 1 463 9100
• Web: www.bmbah.hu
• E-mail: [email protected]

Office hours:

Monday 07:00-13:30
Tuesday 12:00-18:00

Wednesday 08:00-13:30

Thursday 08:00-13:30

Friday 08:00-11:00
 Contact us

Department of Erasmus+ &

International Programmes
Directorate of Educational Affairs
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)

Web www.elte.hu/en
E-mail [email protected]
Address 1056 Budapest
Szerb utca 21-23

Phone +36 1 411 6543