The application for new passport can be submitted at anytime, even if the previous one is still valid.

When applying for a new passport, the previous, still valid passport must be presented to the authority in charge. The previous passport will be invalidated when applying for a new passport, however, upon request, it can be returned for travel until the new document is issued; in the case of the latter the new passport can only be collected in person, in order to invalidate the old one which must be presented at the collection of the new document.

The used or expired emergency travel documents must be submitted at our Office.

If you cannot present your still valid passport, you must give your written statement at our Office about its whereabouts (stolen, lost or damaged).

Replacement of a passport: issuing a travel document to replace a lost, stolen or destroyed travel document issued by the passport authority, containing the same information as the previous travel document within its period of validity, except for the document identification data and the date of issue.

Passports can only be replaced online. The application for a replacement passport can be submitted if the passport to be replaced was applied for after 1 January 2013 and the applicant has consented to the storage of his/her fingerprint data or the fingerprint data has not been recorded for a reason prescribed by law. The procedure is free of charge if the replacement is due to the theft of the previous passport. Shipping to your address in Hungary is free of charge. If you wish to collect your replacement passport at our Office, a consular administration fee (45 EUR) needs to be paid when collecting your document.

Passport for adults (over 18)

The information below applies to Hungarian citizens who have reached tha age of 18 at the time of the application and were either born in Hungary or their brith has been registered in Hungary.

Adult applicants (or guardian, caretaker) can only submit their application in person. Photo, fingerprints and signature are taken electronically by a device at our Office.

There is no form that should be filled out prior to the appointment. Forms will be filled out by the Consul based on the presented documents which are then signed by the applicant (or guardian, caretaker).

In order to submit an application, the applicants must bring along all the documents listed below that they are in possession of:

• a valid passport or one that expired not more than a year ago;
• in case you do not have a passport, a valid ID card or one that expired not more than a year ago;
• in case you do not have any of the above, your original Hungarian birth certificate;
• in case you do not have any of the above, your valid Hungarian or foreign driving license or foreign passport (provisional driving licenses cannot be accepted);
• in case your new passport will be issued to a name that is different from the one in your previous passport/ID card, the Hungarian document proving the name change (e.g. original name change certificate, or birth or marriage certificate);
• your address card;
• in case you obtained Hungarian citizenship via simplified naturalisation, your naturalisation certificate.

Should you wish to bear the doctoral title – and such title is not yet in the Hungarian personal data and address register (SZL) – you will have to present the document authorising you to bear the title; in case you obtained the doctoral title abroad, you will have to present its naturalisation certificate or the legalised copies thereof.

Should the passport application is to be submitted by a legal guardian, the guardian, in addition to the above documents, must present the following documents as well:

• his/her valid form of identification (passport)
• the guardianship order issued by a court of law

Such an order issued by a Hungarian court may only be accepted if it cannot be appealed (i.e. it is final or legally binding).

Photos, fingerprints and signatures are recorded digitally at our Office.