Normal working hours (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm) will resume on Monday, 1 September.

Consular section

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9:30am to 12:30pm

CLOSED on Wednesday

Visa section

Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30am to midday

2013 Public holidays

Tuesday 20 August
Monday 26 August
Wednesday 23 October
Friday 1 November
Tuesday 24 December
Wednesday 25 December
Thursday 26 December

Location

The British embassy is located near the main pedestrian shopping street, Váci utca. Parking is difficult to find around the embassy so we recommend that you take a taxi or use public transport.

Customers with disabilities

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the British Embassy Budapest wish to ensure that their services are accessible to disabled members of the public. Wherever possible, we have made our buildings and services accessible. Sometimes however, this is not possible due to security or other restrictions. In these situations we will endeavour to provide a service or access to a building in an alternative way to ensure equality of access for disabled people.

To assist disabled visitors, we have set out below details of disabled access to this embassy. We hope this information is helpful.

General physical access

Entrances. For security reasons, the entrances are obstructed. However, our security staff can provide access once the usual security procedures have been completed

Steps and staircases. The Consular and Visa section, and other parts of the embassy can only be accessed by climbing and steps. Therefore embassy staff are happy to meet disabled visitors at the entrance and escort them to the Consular and Visa section waiting room

Lifts. There is a lift, accessible through the main building

The embassy has a mobile stair climber to help wheelchair users to ascend and descend stairs whilst seated
Toilets. There are toilets on all floors of the embassy buildings. There is a toilet on the ground floor for wheelchair-users and those with limited physical mobility that can be used by visitors to the Consular and Visa section. Please ask for assistance from a member of staff for access to this facility

Parking. For security reasons, there is no visitor parking at the embassy building. However, if a request for disabled vehicle access is made at least 24 hours before an intended visit to the embassy, the embassy will consider the request
Floor coverings. Floor coverings are safe and even, but the usual care should be taken to avoid slipping

Handrails are not widely available

Doors are generally easily accessible to all users. Where they are not, a member of embassy staff will be able to assist

Lighting is good

Emergency/evacuation. A member of our security team will be able to assist disabled visitors in the event of an emergency/evacuation

Phones are accessible to wheelchair users

Access for visually-impaired visitors

Signs are in both Hungarian and English, are clear, easy to read, and use internationally-recognisable symbols
Guide dogs are welcome

Access for deaf/hard of hearing visitors

Hearing loops are not installed

Minicom and textphones are not installed

Sign language. No member of the current staff has sign language ability. However, if a visitor to the Embassy requires someone to assist with sign language, and they give enough notice, the embassy will endeavour to provide one
Professional signing interpretation is not available. However, if a visitor to the embassy requires someone to interpret using sign language, and they give enough notice, the embassy will endeavour to provide one

Hearing dogs are welcome

Contact us

If you need to visit us or use our services and feel that they may be inaccessible to you, please contact a member of our Corporate Services Section, by calling the embassy on telephone number +36(1) 266 2888 or e-mail info@britemb.hu. We will try to find an alternative way of providing access for you.

Source: British Embassy Budapest