HU – Welcome to Hungary

Everytime I travel, I really make sure that I have the proper documents with me so I dont really get surprised during my journeys. So before taking this flight, I have called the Hungarian embassy in Beirut and I was informed that if I am travelling through Hungary to another country, I have the right to stop over up to maximum 5 days with my Schengen visa, which means I dont need to have a Hungarian visa and this is my case, as I am leaving on wednesday morning to Sofia, Bulgaria.

I arrived this morning around 06:15 to Budapest Ferihegy airport with Malev airlines and after waiting in the line for like 30 minutes, I presented myself to the authorities and the guy was like crazy asking for my Hungarian visa and asking me, why I “bought” so many visas on my passport but I did not for Hungary. So I explained to him that I have called the embassy and I was informed that I can use my Schengen visa to enter Hungary, so he was not convinced, so surprised and had no idea about this issue. So he had to take his phone and call “someone” and speak with him for 2-3 minutes, while I was standing in front of him and getting not one word.After hanging up the phone, he looked at me and said, well you are right but next time buy a hungarian visa and stamped my passport.

Welcome to Hungary!