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Residence Permit for the Purpose of Voluntary Service Activities 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. 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 Voluntary Service are for those, who intend to stay in Hungary for a period more than 90 days and perform work by concluding a voluntary service agreement with a Hungarian organisation providing voluntary services in the public interest or work in Hungary in the framework of the European Voluntary Service.

Who can apply for this residence permit type?

  • An Individual, who has third-county nationality only.
  • An Individual, who is not living or traveling in Hungary together with or joining to an EEA Citizen to whom he/she is considered a family member.
  • An Individual, who intends to conclude a voluntary service agreement with a providing voluntary services in the public interest.
    • The definition of these organisations can be found in the Act of 2005. LXXXVIII. on Voluntary Service Activiy in the Public Interest (Article 3, (1)). The list of these organisatins are available at the following link:

    http://civil.info.hu/onkentesseg
  • An Individual, who intends to work in Hungary in the framework of the European Voluntary Service at a Hungarian .
    • The list of these receiving organisations in Hungary can be found at the following link of the European Youth Portal:

    https://europa.eu/youth/volunteering/organisations_en?country=HU&topic=&scope%5Bql%5D=&town=&name=&combine=&inclusion_topic=&op=Apply+Filter

    Validity Period

  • at least ,
    • On a general basis the min. duration period of a Residencce Permit for the Purpose of Voluntary Service is one year. However, if the voluntary service agreement is for less than one year, the expiry date of the issued residence perimt cannot be later than the termination of the voluntary service agreement.
  • not more than .
    • The legal Hungarian stay and the performance of the voluntary service can be extended by further two years if applying for a residence permit extension at least 30 days before the expiry of the current residence permit. Therefore, an Individual can stay and perform voluntary service in Hungary for a period longer than 2 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 (irrespectively whether having visa free or visa required citizenship:
    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 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 above).
  • Immigration Office (the competent directorate is located in the region of your prospective Hungarian accommodation).

    • 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 are exempt to pay the above-mentioned application fees.

    Time period of decision-making:

  • not more than 70 days

    • Rights:

  • Perform voluntary service at the Hungarian organisation who was presented at the residence permit application form.
  • Stay in other Schengen-country up to 90 days within any 180-day period without obtaining a C-type Schengen visa (passport and this issued residence permit is required when staying in other Schengen country).

    • 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-county 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 Voluntary Service (Employee's obligation)

    Service Title:
    Obtaining Residence Permit for the Purpose of Voluntary Service

    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 EUR 900*.

    Residence Permit
    for the purpose of
    Voluntary Service
    for 1 Employee:
    EUR 900*

    Residence Permit
    for the purpose of
    Voluntary Service
    for 2-5 Employees:
    EUR 800*/Employee

    Residence Permit
    for the purpose of
    Voluntary Service
    for 6-10 Employees:
    EUR 700*/Employee

    Residence Permit
    for the purpose of
    Voluntary Service
    for 11+ Employees:
    EUR 700*/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:

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

    Fulfilling Notification Obligation
    1 Notification:
    EUR 50*

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

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

    Fulfilling Notification Obligation
    11+ Notifications:
    EUR 35*/Notification
    The above-mentioned fees do not include 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 deregistration process if his/her residence permit becomes invalid (i.e., it expires, or the Researcher 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 EUR 50*.

    Immigration
    related
    Deregistration
    1 Deregistration:
    EUR 50*

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

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

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




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