About the Cultural Knowledge Examination

If an application for a national residence card or an EU residence card is submitted from January 1, 2025, the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing examines whether the conditions for social coexistence have been fulfilled. Applicants are required to pass a Hungarian cultural knowledge examination.

• A person who has previously successfully passed the cultural knowledge examination in connection with another immigration procedure
• A third-country national under the age of 14
• A third-country national who has been placed under guardianship by a final court judgment
• An application for a national residence card issued in the national interest

Regardless of the applicant's place of accommodation or residence in Hungary, the applicant must register for the cultural knowledge examination by completing the form issued by the Organizational Department of the Department of Legal and Coordination Affairs of the Government Office of the Capital City Budapest (BFKH) and submitting it to the BFKH or sending it to the BFKH by post.

Required attachments

• ✓A copy of a passport, identity document or other document recognized by Hungary
• ✓A receipt confirming payment of the examination fee

Submission

• Email: kepzes.budapest@bfkh.gov.hu
• Post: Government Office of the Capital City Budapest, 1364 Budapest, Pf. 234

HUF 20,000 per examination

• Account Number:10023002-00299592-00000000
• Bank:Hungarian State Treasury
• Payment reference:"name, Hungarian cultural knowledge examination"

Government Office of the Capital City Budapest, 1138 Budapest, Váci út 174.

• The Government Office cannot provide parking spaces. Parking by car is possible only in public parking areas and is subject to a fee.
• The examination is held in Budapest in all cases, in writing and in the Hungarian language.

1. National symbols and holidays of Hungary (coat of arms, flag, crown, Himnusz, Szózat, national holidays)
2. The most important events in the history of Hungary (foundation of the state, the Revolution and War of Independence of 1848–49, the Treaty of Trianon, the Revolution of 1956, the change of regime in 1990)
3. The major figures of European and Hungarian literary and music history
4. The fundamental institutions of the Fundamental Law (National Assembly, President of the Republic, Government)
5. Fundamental citizens' rights and obligations (freedoms, citizens' obligations and the protection of citizens' rights)
6. Europe and Hungary in everyday life

• App support (MKI Gyakorló): magyar.learning@gmail.com
• Official exam office (BFKH): kepzes.budapest@bfkh.gov.hu
• Official source: oif.gov.hu/tajekoztatok/magyar-kulturalis-ismereti-vizsga

The application form and study material are available on the official website of the Government Office of the Capital City Budapest.