Lost Residence Permit, but have confirmation of new permit and photocopy, advice required

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Before you can deal with immigration at Budapest airport, you will have to deal with the airline.

I doubt they'll let you board because the confirmation you have is not listed on internationally published list of documents granting you entry to Hungary; and it is airlines' legal duty to play by that list. Moreover, if that confirmation is in Hungarian, airline staff in your country won't even be able to establish what sort of document that is.

You should have got a temporary 'bridging' visa before you left Hungary. This is essentially a D category visa, and such visas are issued by EU member countries in situations like yours. You should still be able to apply for such a visa in your local consular post of Hungary before return. A decision to grant you a residence permit was already made, so issuance of the visa must be a formal process.

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