Hungarian identity card

(Személyazonosító igazolvány) European Union United Kingdom (EU Settlement Scheme)

Rest of Europe (except Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine) Georgia Montserrat (max. 14 days) France Overseas France Turkey optional replacement for passport in the listed countries

Hungarian identity cards (, colloquially "személyi") are not compulsory{{Cite web|url=http://mno.hu/migr/nem-kotelezo-kivaltani-a-szemelyi-igazolvanyt-534874|title=Nem kötelező kiváltani a személyi igazolványt|date=2005-10-12 |trans-title=It is not obligatory to replace the identity card

Currently, there are three types of valid identity documents (Személyi igazolvány, abbr. Sz.ig.). The oldest valid type is a hard-covered, multi-page book issued before 1989 by the People's Republic of Hungary (Internal passport); the second type is a soft-cover, multi-page book issued after the restoration of democracy in 1989. Each of these documents has an original photo of the owner embedded, with original signatures of the owner and the local police representative. The third type, accepted since 2000, is a plastic card, usually called a "Personal Identity Card", with the photo and the signature of the holder digitally reproduced.

The card shows the owner's full name, maiden name if applicable, birth date and place, mother's name, sex, and the card's validity period, as well as the local state authority which issued the card. The card has a unique identification string composed of six numbers and two letters. It does not have any information about the owner's residential address, nor their Personal ID—this sensitive information is contained on a separate card, called the Authority ID (commonly called lakcímkártya, "residential address card"). The Personal ID, which originated in the Communist era, is no longer used as an identification number, but only as a statistical signature.

Other valid documents are the passport (blue or red, containing an RFID chip) and the driver's license; an individual is required to have at least one of them on hand at all times. The Personal Identity Card was required to vote in state elections or to open a bank account in the country, but now banks should accept any of the three identity documents, such as the Passport and the photo-card driving licence.