Question by Vladimir: Can a Russian citizen go to Hungary without a visa if he studies in a Polish University?
I am about to go to Poland sometime this month, my nationality is Russian, I’m 18 and all that, my Girfriend is in Hungary, is it possible (since I’m getting a Polish visa to study there) for me to go to Hungary as well since it’s all a part of European Union, please let me know whatever you find out, thank you.
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Answer by ibu guru
Visa requirements are based on citizenship. Whatever visa you might have elsewhere, like a Polish student visa, is irrelevant in Hungary. A student visa is NOT a Schengen Visa! Polish student visa is only to go to school in Poland. You’ll need a proper Hungarian visa to go to Hungary.
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GerdP says
Yes, you can travel to Hungary.
Based on the EU visa code, in effect since April 5, 2010 a national type D visa issued by one Schengen member country allows the travel to the other Schengen countries for a period of 90 days within a semester.
When you check the attached website you can read:
Third-country nationals holding a long-stay visa issued by a Member State are allowed to move freely in the territory of Member States under the same conditions as the holder of a residence permit.
The regulation will allow third-country nationals holding a long-stay "D" visa issued by a Member State to move freely in the territory of Member States for 90 days in any 180-day period, under the same conditions as the holder of a residence permit.
This will put an end to the difficulties third-country nationals had to face when legally staying in a Member State on the basis of a D visa and would restore the basic philosophy underlying the area without internal borders, i.e. that a person can travel within that area for short stays with the document on the basis of which he or she is legally present in a Member State.
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