Appeal Procedure for Hungarian Visa Applications

If the visa is refused, annulled or revoked, applicants have the right to appeal.

 Appeals can be submitted in person either by the applicant or by the person who has a power of attorney from the applicant at the competent Hungarian Consulate (that refused the visa application) within 8 days from the date of receiving the decision on refusal and 3 days within the date of receiving the decision on the annulment or revocation of a visa. 

Remark: if the last day of the deadline within which the appeal is to be lodged is not a working day, the appeal still can be lodged the on the next working day after. The Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decides on the appeals within 15 days (in case of annulment or revocation of a visa within 5 days). 

The appeal should be lodged in writing, and it should be signed by the applicant. 

The appeal must be submitted in Hungarian or in any other official languages of the European Union. If the applicant lodges the appeal in another language, he/she must submit an official translation thereof. 

The fee of the appeal procedure is 14 280 INR which should be paid when submitting the appeal. The fee for the appeal procedure cannot be reimbursed, not even in case of a positive decision. 

Reduction of the fee is not possible and must be paid by all applicants (even if the visa procedure was free of charge).

Further supporting documents may be submitted during the appeal procedure and the applicant can be called to the consulate for a personal interview. The decision on the appeal may be subject to judicial review. In case of refusal a new application may be submitted at any time and the visa fee has to be paid again. 

The rules on appeal against decisions on refusal of a visa are set out in Section 9(4) and Sections 88/O – 88/Q of the Act II of 2007 on the entry and stay of third country nationals; and in Sections 16 and 20/A. of Government Decree 114/2007. (V. 24.) on the implementation of Act II of 2007 on the entry and stay of third country nationals. 

You may find further information on the procedure on this link