Hungarian passport

Hungarian passports are issued to Hungarian citizens for international travel by The Central Data Processing, Registration and Election Office of the Hungarian Ministry of the Interior.

Types

;Personal: Ordinary passports issued to citizens valid for two, five, or ten years.

;Official:"Diplomatic":"Service":"Foreign service" :"Seamen service"

Physical appearance

As of 29 August 2006, regular Hungarian EU passports are burgundy red in colour (before a mild blue color was in use), with the Hungarian coat of arms emblazoned in the center of the front cover. The words "útlevél" ("passport") inscribed below the coat of arms and "Európai Unió" ("European Union"), "Magyar Köztársaság " ("Republic of Hungary") above. The new biometric Hungarian passport has the standard biometric symbol at the bottom.

The visa pages have musical notes of the National Hymn visible in UV light. [ [http://www.artificis.hu/2006/06/12/creative-passport A blog noticing this] ]

Identity information page

The Hungarian passport includes the following data:

* Photo of passport Holder
* Type (P)
* Code (HUN)
* Passport No.
* Surname (1)
* Given Names (2)
* Nationality (3)
* Date of birth (4)
* Sex (5)
* Place of birth (6)
* Date of issue (7)
* Date of expiry (8)
* Authority (9)
* Holder's Signature (10)

The information page ends with the Machine Readable Zone.

Languages

The data page/information page is printed in Hungarian, English and French.

Visa-free travel

Hungarian citizens enjoy visa-free access to aproximately 110 countries and territories for short-term tourism visits according to the information shown below. For traveling inside the European Economic Area, Hungarian citizens can also use their ID card.

Europe

Americas

Visa-free for Official and Diplomatic passport holders [http://kulugyminiszterium.hu/kum/hu/bal/Konzuli_informaciok/Utazas_kulfoldre/Vizummegallapodasok/]

In addition, holders of Hungarian official passports may travel visa free to the following countries :

In addition, holders of Hungarian diplomatic passports may travel visa free to the following countries :

ources

* [http://www.mfa.gov.hu/kum/hu/bal/Konzuli_informaciok/Utazas_kulfoldre/Vizummegallapodasok/ Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Hungarian, M stands for regular passport)]
* [http://mfa.gov.hu/kum/en/bal/consular_services/Entry_of_Foreiners_to_Hungary/visa_exemption/ Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in English)]

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