HungaryOpen since July 2024 · €250,000 fund route · ten-year permit
Hungary came back to the golden visa market in 2024. It offers the longest permit anywhere in the Schengen area — ten years, renewable for ten more — at one of the lowest prices. Indian investors came expecting the €500,000 property option that was announced at the same time. That option was cancelled before it ever started. What you can actually get is a €250,000 subscription to a regulated real-estate fund, or a €1 million donation. This page explains both, without the sales talk.
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No. 849/DC/PTA/PLA/LC‑3/2024
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Pro Lifeset Overseas Private Limited · CIN U52291PB2024PTC060508 · since 2024
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Shop No. 2, Nabha Road · walk in, Mon–Sat
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If one of these is you, the fastest way forward is a call: +91 91155 80911.
The ways in
€250,000
Hold: Five-year unit maturity; permit renewable while held
Units in a fund registered with the Hungarian National Bank. The fund must keep at least 40% of its net assets in Hungarian homes. You own units, not a flat. You must complete the purchase within 93 days of first entering Hungary on the guest investor visa.
Fits: Investors who want the lowest cash ticket in Schengen and are content with fund exposure
€1,000,000
Hold: Gift — not recoverable
A gift to a public-interest trust that runs a Hungarian university. Very few choose it. It exists for families who do not want the fund’s five-year lock.
The facts, checked 2026-09-05
Where families lose money and years
The 93-day window gives no second chances. If your LRS transfers are not planned before you enter, the clock runs out while the rupees are still in India.
That route was cancelled before it started. Buying any property is separate from the programme and gives no permit.
Ten years is a long permit. It is not a promise of permanent residence or citizenship. Becoming Hungarian needs real residence, the language, and time.
These funds are regulated, but they are real-estate funds with real-estate risk. You get out when the units mature, not whenever you want.
The India side nobody explains
At 2026 exchange rates, €250,000 is just above the yearly LRS limit of US$250,000. Usually this is solved by sending the money in two parts, one before and one after the March end of the financial year, or by the spouse sending the balance. But the fund purchase must still be finished within 93 days of entering Hungary. Your entry date, the transfer dates and the financial year all have to be planned together.
The qualifying asset is fund units, not a property you own directly. So on the Indian side the transfer is a portfolio investment under LRS, not a foreign property purchase. You still report the foreign asset in Schedule FA every year. Anything the fund pays you is taxable income in India, with credit under the India–Hungary treaty.
There is no minimum stay, so most Indian holders never become tax residents of Hungary. That is the whole point of this product: travel in Europe, with your tax home in India. If you plan to actually move, Hungary’s tax and residence rules become a completely different conversation.
From April 2026, any part of the transfer above ₹10 lakh in a financial year for investment carries 20% tax collected at source. Budget for it as money that goes out for a while, on top of the €250,000.
How it goes, with us
We do not recommend a fund. We explain what the law says the fund must be, so you can judge the options your Hungarian adviser shows you.
Filed at the Hungarian consulate in India. You show that you have the money, that it was earned lawfully, what you plan to invest in, and clean police certificates.
Open the bank account, send the money under LRS in the planned parts, buy the fund units, and get the fund’s certificate.
Submitted to the immigration authority with proof of the investment. The ten-year permit follows.
Your spouse, children and dependent parents apply for their own permits based on yours.
What it costs
Fund subscription
Five-year maturity; capital at fund risk
€250,000
Guest investor visa fee
Confirmed at filing
Consular fee, modest
Residence permit fee
Modest state fee per person
Hungarian lawyer and fund entry costs
Quoted in Hungary
Health insurance and accommodation proof
Required for the permit
Varies
Our own fee is fixed and quoted after the first call, with 18% GST included. Government and third-party costs are paid at cost.
No. The €500,000 home-purchase option announced in 2024 was removed before it came into force. The programme works on €250,000 in registered real-estate fund units, or a €1,000,000 donation to a higher-education trust.
Ten years, renewable once for another ten. That is the longest first permit of any Schengen investment programme.
No. There is no minimum stay to keep the guest investor permit.
It must be registered with the Hungarian National Bank, keep at least 40% of its net asset value in Hungarian homes, and issue units with a five-year maturity. You must buy at least €250,000 of units, and finish within 93 days of first entry.
Yes. Your spouse, minor children and dependent parents can get family residence permits along with you.
We check fit, file the consular visa application in India, build the proof of where your money came from, plan the LRS transfers around the 93-day window, arrange apostilles and translations, and work with your Hungarian lawyer for the permit. We do not sell or recommend funds.
Other Hungary visas: see the Hungary page.
Checked 2026-09-05 against: National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing — guest investor permits · Act XC of 2023 on the entry and residence of third-country nationals (as amended) · RBI — Liberalised Remittance Scheme. Rules change; we re-check before any filing.
