Schengen visa for visits not exceeding 90 days
Citizens of Malaysia do not need a visa to enter Hungary for short-term visits not exceeding 90 days. Citizens of other countries may need a Schengen visa for short-term visits to enter Hungary, depending on their nationality. Further information on visa free travel to Hungary: https://konzinfo.mfa.gov.hu/en/visa-free-travel-hungary
If you need a Schengen visa to enter Hungary, you can only submit your application for visa at the Consular Office of the Embassy of Hungary in Kuala Lumpur if you legally reside in Malaysia on a valid long-term pass or you are legally present in Malaysia and you can provide reasonable justification for lodging the application in Malaysia. If there is no Hungarian consulate in the country of your nationality or habitual residence and no other Member State represents Hungary, the visa application can be submitted at any Hungarian consulate outside the Schengen Area.
You can only submit your application at the Embassy of Hungary in Kuala Lumpur if your main/sole travel destination within the Schengen area is Hungary, otherwise please contact the nearest Embassy or Consulate of your main destination country within the Schengen area.
Appointment
Schengen visa applications must be submitted directly at the Consular Office in Kuala Lumpur. Address: https://konzinfo.mfa.gov.hu/en/embassies/malaysia-consular-office-kuala-lumpur
The Consular Office does not serve walk-in clients. Appointments for Schengen visa application are only available based on prior booking. Online appointment booking: https://konzinfobooking.mfa.gov.hu/
Requirements and application form
Further information, admissibility and required documents: https://konzinfo.mfa.gov.hu/en/short-term-stay
Schengen visa application form. (New application form from 28th June 2024)
Fees and processing time
An equivalent of 90 EUR visa fee is applicable for Schengen visa application, please note that the visa fee may vary based on age or nationality. Further information: Consular fees
The visa process may take up to 15 calendar days, counting from the day of lodging of an admissible application. That period may be extended up to a maximum of 45 calendar days in individual cases, notably when further scrutiny of the application is needed.
Data Protection
Further information concerning protection of the personal data provided upon application: https://konzinfo.mfa.gov.hu/en/data-protection
General Data Protection Regulation
Schengen Information System (SIS)
Legal background
Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (codification) (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32018R1806)
Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32018R1806)
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code) (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/810/oj)
Regulation (EU) 2019/1155 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 amending Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code) (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2019.188.01.0025.01.ENG)
Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (codification) (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32016R0399)
Third countries whose nationals or specific categories of such third country nationals who are subject to prior consultation (https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-02/Annex%2016_Prior%20consultation_en.pdf)
