Dormitory Directorate

Online residence permit extension for current students

 

Due to new regulations taking effect 1st January 2023, you can only start the extension procedure through the Enter Hungary online system (https://enterhungary.gov.hu/eh/?en).
Below you'll find a short guide, that will help you through the steps on registering an user account, and applying for a residence permit extension.
On the Enter Hungary website, be sure that you are visiting the correct, secure website (secure sites always start with https://).

Registration of User Account

  1. At the bottom of the page you need to make a registration as a private person. You should create your own user account (in case you did not do it before) on the link that you find on the website.
     
  2. During the registration:
    • Please choose  „I act as a private individual, in my own case”
    • Give your Surname and first name(s) exactly the same way as they are written in your passport
    • E-mail address - be sure to use an e-mail address, that you can use internationally (eg. Gmail) since later on you'll recieve decisions and instructions on it that will be essential for the process.
    • Your given phone number has to be valid.
    • Your date of birth has to be written in the YYYY-MM-DD format.
  1. After clicking on the Registration button, the website will redirect you into the Sign in page with the message of „Registration was successful. We have sent your password by e-mail.”.

  2. You will receive an e-mail on your submitted e-mail address with the following text: „A password reset was requested using your email address. You can change your password at the following link.”
    • You will need to click on the link and create your own password.

  1. After creating your password, you will be able to sign in to the Enter Hungary online platform with your user details.

Application process

  1. After your first log-in, your online interface will be empty, you should click on the green button with „new application” written on it. If you have a case pending with the Immigration Office you'll find it on this page later on.
     
  2. After clicking the green button you will reach the application website, where you should fill out all the fields carefully. Below you'll find a few important things to pay attention to, while uploading your data:
    • The required attachments have to be in good quality, readable and in color (NOT Black and White)
    • When you upload a document, choose the relevant category for the document, you will find many options. In case that you cannot find the relevant type, choose the Other type/other document.
    • You should upload your PASSPORT’s relevant pages, which shows your details
    • You should upload both sides of your RESIDENCE PERMIT CARD (front and back). In case you cannot scan it as one document, you should upload in as two separate documents.
    • If you are not sure that you should upload a document for the renewing process, upload it anyway, just in case.
    • During your application you have to print out the Application form, fill it out, stick your facial photo (an official ID photo like in your passport) on the required box, and your signature must be inside the given box in its entirety. After filling out the form you will have to scan the pages, the scanned file has to be in color and has to contain all of the pages (the application form and appendix together) and the first page should be the same page, where your signature and photo appear.
    • You need to upload all the pages, not only the front page.
    • You need to sign not only on the first page, since two more signatures are required on the 5th page, after the parts which start with:
      • I hereby declare…
      • I hereby undertake…
    • Student status certificate (You may request the required student status certificate for the residence permit extension from the University's Directorate of Academic Affairs).
    • In case you are a scholarship holder, during your application you should upload your Letter of Award as well.
    • Accommodation reporting form - in case you changed your flat or dormitory (in effect from 1st January 2023, officially available in Hungarian only, please check our TUTORIAL on how to fill it out)
    • At one point the site will ask that you should pay or not for the renewal, you should choose the option YES (in case of scholarship holders it is not required, they should choose NO)
    • The processing fee you can transfer through their secured website on a certain step of the application.
    • Important, where the website asks, how you would like to collect your residence permit card, the website will offer two options, choose the "Post" option.
    • Important, when the website will ask until what time you would like to extend your residence permit, you should choose the earliest date which appears in one of the following documents (Passport: expiry date; Student Status Certificate: estimated finishing time). After the submission date the requested period can be maximum 2 years.
    • In case you do not submit in time (at least 30 days before the expiry date of your card), you need to upload an explanation letter as well in the Other documents’ category.
    • After submitting every information and document properly, you will receive a confirmation that you uploaded your application successfully.
    • After the submission you should check the Enter Hungary online platform frequently, in case the Immigration Office changes the status of your case, or you need to submit any missing documents. If you are asked to upload some more documents, you can do it on the online surface as well.
    • In case the Immigration Office requires further or missing documents, it is NOT enough to upload only, you need to attach them to your request.
    • All of the uploaded documents should have different names and should be uploaded separately.
    • In case you plan to attend at the Immigration Office in person, you need to upload your documents minimum 2-3 days before your visit.
    • In case you receive the message that you should visit their Office for the fingerprinting and photo taking, you should book an appointment within 15 days. In case you cannot find a free appointment within 15 days, you should book the earliest available option.


During the personal visit you have to present all of the original documents, which you uploaded during your application (application form and appendix,  your passport, your current residence permit, accommodation reporting form and other relevant uploaded documents).

In case the booked appointment will be later than your current residence permit expiry date, you should contact with the Immigration Office via their Call Center!

The Immigration Office will inform you about the further details on the spot, how you will get your new residence permit card.