EEA citizens planning to stay for more than 90 days in Hungary have to apply for the issuance of a registration certificate and for their registration of residence. Your study period exceeds 90 days, so the registration is obligatory.

To start the process, please register on the Enter Hungary site, and follow the instructions there.

Before you finish your studies at ELTE in Hungary and move back to your country, it is advisable to go back to the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing and cancel your registration certificate and your address card as well.

For the extension, you would need the following documents from the university:

• Certificate of the Active student status
• Transcript of Records
• Confirmation of the tuition fee payment

For easier administration, you can start the process online: Enter Hungary webpage

For the process, and other necessary documents, please check the website of the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing (Immigration and Asylum Office earlier).

• If you requested for a D-type visa, your Residence permit will be issued automatically. When the Residence permit card is ready, ELTE will contact you when and where you can receive it. Please DO NOT go to the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing, but wait for your letter from ELTE.
• If your visa is not a D-type one, please contact, or go to the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing. In this case, it is not granted you will receive the Residence permit. For easier administration, you can start the process online: Enter Hungary webpage

• Passport (original) and its full copy

• 1 photo (passport size)

• Certificate of active student status

• Confirmation of tuition fee payment

• certificate of your Hungarian address: dormitory certificate/ rental contract/ other certificate with signatures/stamps, proper address details, period of stay

• accommodation reporting form (ask your faculty coordinator)

• Data sheet for receiving the Residence permit