Hungarian cell phone number
Telekom and Vodafone - Allee Shopping Centre, Október huszonharmadika utca 8-10. 1117 Budapest
Residence permit – Immigration Office
Location:
Name: Client Services II. (Budapest) IMMIGRATION OFFICE Regional Directorate of Budapest and Pest County
Address: 1135 Budapest, District 13, 35-37 Szegedi út (Twin Office Building, Ground floor)
Phone number: +36 1 463 9100
E-mail: bp2@bah.b-m.hu
Office hours:
Monday 07:00 – 13:30
Tuesday 12:00 – 18:00
Wednesday 08:00 – 13:30 (Client services for students only)
Thursday 08:00 – 13:30
Friday 08:00 - 11:00
How to get there: Buses start from Keleti Railway Station. Take any of the buses of No.20, No.30, No.30A and No.32. Get off at "Szegedi út" bus stop.
If you are subject to visa, your embassy has automatically applied also for a residence permit. In this case you will receive your residence permit at the university.
Immigration Office days are on:
9 September (Monday) – Gödöllő (Lecture Hall 1)
18 September (Wednesday) – Budapest, Immigration Office
30 September (Monday) – Buda Campus
10 October (Thursday) – Gödölllő
Please register for one of the above mentioned events at http://sziu.hu/residence-permit by filling in the LimeSurvey https://limesurvey.szie.hu/index.php/773527?newtest=Y&lang=en
Both Buda and Gödöllő Campus students can visit any of the venues. Please note, the sooner you get your residence permit, the sooner you can get on with the other administrative tasks.
Required documents:
- Student Status Certificate (issued by the Buda Campus Study Office)
- Copy of passport and the original passport
- Accommodation sheet (issued by the dormitory coordinator or by the owner of the flat you rent, together with the Lease Agreement in the latter case)
- Data sheet (available on the spot, or you can download it from http://sziu.hu/residence-permit)
- 1 passport-size photo
- Letter of Award from Tempus Foundation (if you are a scholarship holder)
- A bank statement proving that you have enough money to live in Hungary (self-financing students)
- health insurance (self-financing students)
Those who are not subject to visa, have to go to the Immigration Office for submitting their application for residence permit within 30 days of arrival. See more details at http://sziu.hu/residence-permit
Hungarian Bank account
http://sziu.hu/bank-information
Required documents:
- Hungarian cell phone number,
- Student status certificate,
- Copy of your passport and visa / residence permit
Accommodation sheet Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship holders need a Hungarian bank account so that their monthly stipend can be transferred.
Self-financing students do not necessarily need a Hungarian bank account but it may be cheaper to open one than using your credit card from you home country each time.
Tax number
In accordance with Hungarian law, those who want to have a job (even student job) should have a Hungarian tax number. A Tax No. is also needed so that your monthly scholarship payments can be remitted to your bank account. The application form for the tax number has to be submitted to the Tax Authority.
The Tax Office (Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal, NAV) close to the Buda Campus: 1016 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 99.
Telephone No. +36 (1) 390-4290
Office hours:
Monday: 08:30-18:00
Tuesday: 08:30-12:00
Wednesday: 08:30-18:00
Thursday: 08:30-12:00
Friday: 08:30-11:30
Required documents:
- Application form (available at the tax authority)
- Accommodation sheet
- Student Status Certificate (in Hungarian)
- Copy of your passport
Health insurance
http://sziu.hu/health-insurance
Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship holders:
SH scholarship covers health insurance:
1. SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL INSURANCE (PRIVATE INSURANCE) and
2. NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE/SOCIAL SECURITY (relevant Hungarian legislation: Act No. 80 of 1997)
a) public insurance /social security (TAJ) card On Buda Campus it is arranged by your buddy based on your authorization. NEAK-National Health Insurance Fund, location: 59. Budafoki út, 1117 Budapest
Office hours:
Monday: 7:00 – 17:00
Tuesday: 8:00 – 16:00
Wednesday: 12:00 – 20:00
Thursday: 8:00 – 16:00
Friday: 8:00 – 14:00
Required documents:
- application form http://neak.gov.hu/data/cms1006873/NYT.53.K.pdf
- copy of your accommodation sheet stamped by the Immigration Office
- copy of your residence permit
- copy of your passport
- student status certificate (in Hungarian)
- Letter of Award and Letter of Acceptance in Hungarian
- authorization
b) private insurance at UNION
You have to fill in an application form at the Office of the International Coordinators.
SELF-FINANCING / EXCHANGE STUDENTS (if relevant):
You can conclude any kind of health insurance contract upon your choice.
Some contacts: Generali - Ms Kitti Krnács at krnacs.kitti@generalimail.hu
Student ID
After your arrival you will get a temporary Student ID from the Registration Office. It entitles you to buy student tickets at a discounted price for public transportation incl. monthly tickets, student entrance fees for exhibitions, museums, concerts etc. The temporary student ID is valid for 2 months, before its expiry please go to the Registration Office and ask for a new one.
You can apply for a permanent Student ID at Government Registration Offices (Okmányiroda / Kormányablak) for free of charge. The Registration Office close to the Buda Campus is located in 39-41. Bocskai út, 1113 Budapest.
Office hours:
Monday: 7:00 – 17:00
Tuesday: 8:00 – 16:00
Wednesday: 12:00 – 20:00
Thursday: 8:00 – 16:00
Friday: 8:00 – 14:00
Required documents:
- passport
- temporary student ID
The officers will take a photo of you, and issue a paper with a so-called NEK code. The student ID application should be registered in your NEPTUN account under Administration/Student card request/Add new, you have to write in the NEK identifier (NEK kód) you have on your NEK data sheet and then SAVE.
IMPORTANT: All data, names, address etc. in your NEK data sheet should be a 100% identical with your data in NEPTUN! Otherwise your permanent Student ID will not be made out for you.