Hungarian Consulate General in Istanbul

Hungary requires Turkish citizens to hold a visa issued in advance. Whether the Hungarian consulate general in Istanbul takes applications itself or through a visa centre is set out on its official website.

In 2025, Hungary’s consulate general in Istanbul received 29,370 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 24,099. 5,095 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 17.5%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 18.4%. Applications rose by 21% compared with 2024 (24,270).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 12.4% (2023) to 18.4% (2024).

Hungary issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in Turkey; this office handled 82% of their 35,605 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Ankara 22.0%, which makes Istanbul the lowest of the group. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Turkey, 14.6% of applications were refused in 2025; Hungary’s rate worldwide was 13.0%. Hungary received the 9th largest number of applications of the 27 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 74.5% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Turkey.

For matters it cannot handle, the Hungarian embassy in Ankara (356 km) is responsible. Besides the Hungarian consulate general in Istanbul, Hungary has 10 other missions in Turkey. Honorary consulates: Muğla, Kütahya, Kayseri, Izmir, Antalya, Adana, Trabzon, Tekirdağ and 1 more. Turkey in turn has 2 missions in Hungary, its embassy being in Budapest.

About the Hungarian consulate general in Istanbul

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Hungary in Istanbul. Its work is consular: passports and documents for its own citizens and, often, visas for visitors.

Address and contact

Address: Yankı Sokak 27, 34400 Istanbul. The record for the Hungarian consulate general in Istanbul includes a phone number, an e-mail address, a fax number and an official website.

Hungarian citizens travelling to Turkey

No visa is needed by Hungarian citizens for Turkey, for stays of up to 90 days.

When the Hungarian consulate general in Istanbul is closed

The Hungarian consulate general in Istanbul closes on Turkey’s public holidays, the next being New Year's Day (Yılbaşı) on Friday 1 January 2027 and Eid al-Fitr First Day (Ramazan Bayramı 1. Gün) on Wednesday 10 March 2027 (date provisional), and usually on holidays of Hungary such as Christmas Day (Karácsony) on Friday 25 December 2026.

Before visiting the Hungarian consulate general in Istanbul

Current procedures for the Hungarian consulate general in Istanbul, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.