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United Kingdom passport holders do not need a visa to visit Hungary for stays of up to 90 days.
EU Regulation 2018/1806 says nationals of the countries listed in its Annex II, which include this one, are exempt from the visa requirement for stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period.
“Nationals of third countries listed in Annex II shall be exempt from the requirement set out in Article 3(1) for stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period.”
Source: Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 listing visa-required and visa-exempt nationalities, consolidated text — EUR-Lex · checked 13 Oct 2026
United Kingdom citizens can enter Hungary without a visa and stay for up to 90 days. You only need a valid United Kingdom passport at the border; immigration officers may still ask for a return or onward ticket, proof of accommodation and enough money for your stay. The 90-day limit usually counts calendar days from your arrival, so book your return flight inside that window.
Whatever your visa status, Hungary applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
Hungary lets 93 passports in without a visa and requires an embassy visa from 105. United Kingdom citizens are treated the same way as Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Overall the United Kingdom passport ranks #29 in the world with 118 visa-free destinations.
Planning a longer trip in Europe? With a United Kingdom passport you can also visit 45 countries in the region without a visa, including Andorra, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria and Belarus.
In the other direction, Hungary citizens need eta to visit United Kingdom.
Entry requirements for HungaryThe UK government says Hungary follows Schengen area rules: your passport must have a date of issue less than 10 years before the date you arrive and an expiry date at least 3 months after the day you plan to leave the Schengen area.
Regulation (EU) 2016/399 — Schengen Borders Code (EUR-Lex)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 — Visa Code, Article 12 (EUR-Lex)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The EU Visa Code requires Schengen visa applicants to hold travel medical insurance valid throughout the Member States for the entire intended stay, with minimum coverage of EUR 30,000.
Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
No official source we could read makes a return or onward ticket a condition of entry in itself. Under the Schengen Borders Code (Annex I), the supporting documents for journeys for tourism or private reasons include, as regards return, a return or round-trip ticket, and as regards lodging, a document indicating the accommodation envisaged. The UK government tells British travellers they may need to show a return or onward ticket at Hungarian border control.
Regulation (EU) 2016/399 — Schengen Borders Code (EUR-Lex)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The European Commission’s table of reference amounts required for the crossing of the external border, fixed by national authorities, lists EUR 40 per day and per person for Hungary.
European Commission — Reference amounts required for the crossing of the external border, fixed by national authorities✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The UK government says that when you travel into the Schengen area for short stays you may need to register biometric details such as fingerprints and a photo, and that there is no cost for EES registration. The EU's EES site says passport control officers will take a photo of your face and/or scan your fingerprints.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Hungary travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The EU says ETIAS is the new travel authorisation for visa-exempt travellers to enter 30 European countries, that it is currently not in operation and no applications are collected at this point, and that it will announce the start date several months before launch.
ETIAS — Official EU website✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
A third-country national must report their accommodation in Hungary to the immigration authority (identity, travel document, address, dates, visa or permit number). In commercial accommodation or accommodation run by a legal person, the host records the guest's data at check-in on the government-designated storage, from which the immigration authority takes it over. The third-country national reports the accommodation or changes electronically on the immigration e-filing interface after registering.
Nemzeti Jogszabálytár — Act XC of 2023, § 147 (accommodation reporting obligation of third-country nationals)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Immigration expulsion may be ordered against a third-country national who does not meet the conditions of stay laid down in the Act, or whose stay in Hungary no longer has a legal basis. An entry and residence ban is set in years and for at most five years.
Nemzeti Jogszabálytár (National Legislation Database) — Act XC of 2023 on the general rules for the entry and residence of third-country nationals✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Your Europe (EU) says that if you plan to enter or leave the EU with €10,000 in cash (or its equivalent in other currencies), you must declare it to the customs authorities in the EU country you are entering or leaving.
Your Europe (EU) — travelling with cash✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0). Entry rules can change — confirm with official sources before travel.
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