Communications and transit > Passport system

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HUNGARY
[Translation.]
August 24th, 1938.
The Royal Hungarian Government has put into effect the
recommendations adopted by the Passport Conference held
at Geneva in 1926, so far as those recommendations were con¬
sistent with the vital interests of the safety of the State and the
public, and with financial and economic interests.
Section I. — General Questions
I- — The Government has done all in its power to facilitate
the passage of the frontier, always taking into consideration
the interests referred to above and the question of reciprocity.
II, A. — The new passport forms introduced in 1937
correspond to the international type. They are made of chemi¬
cally-treated paper; they contain forty-four pages, and are
provided with a recently-patented system for fixing photographs.
Hungarian passports are issued as a general rule for one
year, and, in cases in which good cause is shown, for two or even
three years.
In principle, passports may be issued for all countries, restric¬
tions being imposed only in exceptional cases.
The fee for the issue of a passport within the country is
20 pengo for the well-to-do and 4 pengo for persons of modest
means. To the very poor, passports are issued gratis.
The fees for passports issued abroad are higher.
Apart from family and collective passports, the competent
authorities grant numerous special reductions.
In short, the passport fees are so fixed as to offer no obstacle
to Hungarian nationals wishing to travel or settle abroad.