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Residence Permit for the Purpose of Employment in Hungary


General Description

On a general basis, a Third-country National has to obtain a residence permit if he/she expects to stay in Hungary more than 90 days within a 180-day period of time. However, in some cases (e.g., due to having a Family Member with an EEA citizenship) other type(s) of immigration document(s)(s) has to be obtained.

Residence Permit for the Purpose of Employment is the most general type of residence permit for Third-country Nationals intending to work in Hungary. This type of residence permit entitles its holder to stay in Hungary more than 90 days and work for the specific Hungarian Employer who was presented at the residence permit application form.

Who can apply for this residence permit type?

  • An Individual, who has third-country nationality only.
  • An Individual, who is not living or traveling in Hungary together with or joining to an EEA National to whom he/she is considered a family member.
  • An Individual, whose legal relationship with your Organisation will aim at employment .
  • An Individual, whose work will be performed under your Organisation's (or your contracting party's) direction.
  • An Individual, who will be an Executive Officer of your business organisation, cooperative or other for-profit legal entity can also apply this residence permit type if having other working responsibilities beyond the responsibilities dervied from the role being an executive officer.
  • An Individual, who can prove his/her entitlement for a Residence Permit for the Purpose of Intra-corporate Transfer has to apply for that residence permit type, instead of Residence Permit for the purpose of Employment.

    • Validity Period

  • at least ,
    • If the Individual has no valid Hungarian residence permit (i.e., applying for at the first time), the Individual has to apply for at least 91 days Hungarian stay period.
  • not more than .
    • The legal Hungarian stay and work can be extended by further two years by applying for a residence permit extension at least 30 days before the expiry of the current residence permit. Therefore, an Individual can stay and work in Hungary for a period longer than two years, however, in order for this, he/she needs to go through a residence permit extension procedure. Please also kindly note that if an Individual leaves the territory of Hungary for more than 90 days within any 180-day period when holding a Hungarian reisdence permit, this residence permit cannot be extended but a new reisdence permit application procedure has to be initiated. The difference between the residence permit extension and the new residence permit application mainly means that in if the residence permit is not extended, but a new one is applied for, the Individual has to leave the territory of Europe when the current residence permit expires, and submit a new residence permit application at the appropriate places (please see description on the appropriate places below).

    Place of Application

    The place of the residence permit application may differ based on the Individual's citizenship, his/her habitual residence or the fact whether he/she applies for a new residence permit (e.g. residence permit application at the first time) or a Hungarian residence permit extension.

    A) if having citizenship(s) only:
    New residence permit application means if not having a valid Hungarian residence permit, or having, but it remains valid less than 30 days when submitting the residence permit application.
    Visa-required countries (Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2018/1806):
    Afghanistan, Armenia, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Bolivia, Bhutan, Botswana, Belarus, Belize, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, The Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, India, Iraq, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar/Burma, Mongolia, Mauritania, Maldives, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, South Sudan, São Tomé and Príncipe, Syria, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
  • Consulate of Hungary located in the country of the Individual's citizenship, or
  • Consulate of Hungary located in the country of the Individual's habitual residence.

    • B) if having citizenship(s) only:
    New residence permit application means if not having a valid Hungarian residence permit, or having, but it remains valid less than 30 days when submitting the residence permit application.
    Visa-free countries (Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2018/1806):
    Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (only if having biometric passport) Andorra, United Arab Emirates (only if having biometric passport), Antigua and Barbuda, Albania (only if having biometric passport), Argentina, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (only if having biometric passport), Barbados, Brunei, Brazil, Bahamas, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica (only if having biometric passport), Micronesia (only if having biometric passport), Grenada (only if having biometric passport), Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Japan, Kiribati (only if having biometric passport), Saint Kitts and Nevis, South Korea, Saint Lucia (only if having biometric passport), Monaco, Moldova (only if having biometric passport), Montenegro (only if having biometric passport), Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Nauru, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Palau, Paraguay, Serbia (only if having biometric passport and excluding holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate), Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Singapore, San Marino, El Salvador, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Ukraine (only if having biometric passport), United States, Uruguay, Holy See, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela, Vanuatu, Samoa, Hong Kong (having passport of Special Administrative Region), Maca (having passport of Special Administrative Region), British nationals (Overseas), British Overseas territories Citizens, British Overseas Citizens, British Protected Persons, British Sibjects, Taiwan.
  • Consulate of Hungary located in the country of the Individual's citizenship,
  • Consulate of Hungary located in the country of the Individual's habitual residence, or
  • Immigration Office (official name: National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing), the competent directorate is located in the region of your prospective Hungarian accommodation.

    • C) of Third-country Nationals:
    Residence permit extension means another residence permit application in Hungary if having a Hungarian residence permit that remains valid more than 30 days counted from the date of the residence permit extension. Please kindly note that if an Individual left the territory of Hungary for more than 90 days within any 180-day period when holding a Hungarian reisdence permit, this residence permit cannot be extended but a new reisdence permit application procedure has to be initiated. I.e. has to leave the territory of the EU and Schengen countries and apply for the new residence permit at one of the above-mentioned places.
  • Immigration Office (the competent directorate is located in the region of your prospective Hungarian accommodation).

    • D) Residence permit application if the Employer qualifies as a :
    Preferred Employers are those who are seated in Hungary and...
  • Having a valid strategic partnership agreement with the Hungarian Government. List of these employers:
    • https://www.kormany.hu/hu/kulgazdasagi-es-kulugyminiszterium/strategiai-partnersegi-megallapodasok
  • Employing a Ukranian or Serbian citizen in a specific job position enlisted by the Ministry of Finance. List of these job positions:
    • https://net.jogtar.hu/jogszabaly?docid=A16K0302.NGM&txtreferer=00000001.TXT
  • Implementing an investment project of preferential status for national economy considerations.
  • Employing a Third-country National in the framework of an Intra-corporate Transfer. This case is not applicable for Residence Permit for the Purpose of Employment, please see Residence Permit for the Purpose of Intra-corporste Transfer instead.
  • a Preferred Employer can file the Residence Permit application on behalf of its third-country national Employee Candidate online.
  • if the Preferred Employer does not file the Residence Permit application on behalf of its third-country national Employee Candidate, the Residence Permit has to be filed by the Third-country National at the above-mentioned place(s).

    • Application Fee

  • in case of new the residence permit application at one of the Consulate of Hungary.
    • At some Consulates, this amount has to be paid in local currency, or in USD. The method of the payment might also be different: by bank transfer upfront, by credit card or in cash at the place of the application.
  • HUF 18 000, in case of new residence permit application at the Immigration Office in Hungary.
  • HUF 10 000, in case of residence permit extension at the Immigration Office in Hungary.

    • Citizens of Ukraine and Belarus are exempt to pay the above-mentioned application fees.

    Time period of decision-making:

  • not more than 60 days if the Employer is a Preferred Employer (see description above).
  • not more than 70 days if the Employer is not a Preferred Employer (see description above) and the residence permit is applied within a
    • Single Application Procedure means that the Immigration Office involves the Government Office in the decision making of the residence pemrit application by asking to support the Hungarian work of the Applicant. On a general basis, the Residence Permit for the purpose of Employment has to be applied within a Single Application Procedure. Please see exceptions in the next point.
  • not more than 21 days if the residence permit within a single application procedure.
    • A Residence Permit cannot be applied within a Single Application Procedure (among many other things, but most importantly) if the Individual is assigned to Hungary from a company seated in the EEA region or Switzerland.

    Rights:

  • Work in Hungary for the Hungarian Employer who was presented at the residence permit application form.
  • Stay in other Schengen country up to 90 days within any 180-day period of time without obtaining a C-type Schengen visa (passport and this issued residence permit is required when staying in other Schengen country).
  • Study at a Hungarian Higher Education Institution even in a state-funded program, if the residence permit was issued within a Single Application Procedure.
  • in parallel with the employment (if this is not prohibited by the Employer).
    • In order to be a Private Entrepreneur, separate registration has to be made at the Government Office (i.e. this is not related to the Immigration Office) after ther residence permit is applied.

    Obligations:

  • within three days counted from the first day being in Hungary.
    • The report has to be made in the Immigration Office on a prescribed form. This form has to be signed by the accommodation provider as well (if the Hungarian accommodation is not an own propoerty).
  • Inform the Immigration Office about the birth of his/her child, if the child was born in the territory of Hungary and having third-country nationality only.
  • Report the intention of changing the Hungarian Employer to the Immigration Office. This intention results a residence permit extension.
  • Notify the Immigration Office if his/her Passport or Residence Permit is stolen, lost or destroyed.
  • Inform the Immigration Office if his/her Passport or Residence Permit that was believed to be lost (and this fact was reported to the Immigration Office) was finally found.
  • Hand in his/her Residence Permit to the Immigration Office within eight days, if it becomes invalid.

    • Services & Pricing

    Residence Permit for the Purpose of Employment (Employee's obligation)

    Service Title:
    Obtaining Residence Permit for the Purpose of Employment

    We offer in this service:
  • compile a list of all the documents required for the application,
  • review the application documents,
  • assist in preparing the application package,
  • give guidance in booking an appointment at the Consulate of Hungary or at the Immigration Office to initiate the application procedure,
  • send the application package to your Employee for submission at the Consulate of Hungary or accompany him/her to the Immigration Office to file the application, if the application takes place in Hungary.

    • Pricing:

    In case of more than one individual, we provide discount from our standard price of 1,200 EUR*.

    Residence Permit
    for the purpose of
    Employment
    for 1 Employee:
    1,200 EUR*

    Residence Permit
    for the purpose of
    Employment
    for 2-5 Employees:
    1,100 EUR*/Employee

    Residence Permit
    for the purpose of
    Employment
    for 6-10 Employees:
    1,000 EUR*/Employee

    Residence Permit
    for the purpose of
    Employment
    for 11+ Employees:
    900 EUR*/Employee
    The above-mentioned fees do not include value added tax and reasonable additional costs, such as costs of posting or courier services (if any).

    Notifications (Employer's obligation)

    An Employer, who employs a Third-country National, has to notify the Immigration Office if the Third-country National starts working, the Third-country National does not start his/her authorised work or the work is cancelled within the period that was authorised by the Hungarian authorities. In addition, the Employer has to notify the Government Office on the start or end of the Third-country National's work if the work was not subject to a working-authorisation.

    We help the Hungarian Employer clarify the types of notifications have to be made and also assist in fulfilling those according to the description below.


    Service Title:
    Fulfilling Notification Obligation

    We offer in this service:
  • clarify the subject of the notification,
  • collect information required for the notification,
  • prepare the notification,
  • send the notification to the responsible authority.

    • Pricing:

    Receiving service order for more than one notification, we provide discount from our standard price of 50 EUR*.

    Fulfilling Notification Obligation
    1 Notification:
    50 EUR*

    Fulfilling Notification Obligation
    2-5 Notifications:
    45 EUR*/Notification

    Fulfilling Notification Obligation
    6-10 Notifications:
    40 EUR*/Notification

    Fulfilling Notification Obligation
    11+ Notifications:
    35 EUR*/Notification
    * As an introductory offer we provide 20% discount from our above-mentioned fees.
    The above-mentioned fees do not include the value added tax and reasonable additional costs, such as costs of posting or courier services (if any).

    Deregistration (Employee's obligation)

    A Third-country National has to fulfill a deregistratioin process if his/her residence permit becomes invalid (i.e., it expires, or the Third-country National gives up his/her Hungarian stay earlier than the residence permit's expiry date, or the conditions underlying the issuance of the residence permit has ceased to exist). As part of this process, the residence permit has to be handed over to the competent directorate of the Immigration Office. In case of a residence permit extension, the old residence permit has to be handed over to the Immigration Office at the same time, when the new one is collected (in this case our deregistration service below is not necessary).

    We help your Employee meet this deregistration requirement according to the description below.


    Service Title:
    Completing Immigration Deregistration

    We offer in this service:
  • collect the information required for the deregistration,
  • prepare the deregistration letter,
  • deliver the deregistration letter and your residence permit to the competent directorate of the Immigration Office.

    • Pricing:

    In case of more than one individual, we provide discount from our standard price of 50 EUR*.

    Immigration
    related
    Deregistration
    1 Deregistration:
    50 EUR*

    Immigration
    related
    Deregistration
    2-5 Deregistrations:
    45 EUR* / Dereg.

    Immigration
    related
    Deregistration
    6-10 Deregistrations:
    40 EUR* / Dereg.

    Immigration
    related
    Deregistration
    11+ Deregistrations:
    35 EUR* / Dereg.
    The above-mentioned fees do not include the value added tax and reasonable additional costs, such as costs of posting or courier services (if any).




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