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Residence Permit for the Purpose of Intra-corporate Transfer 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 any consecutive 180 days. However, in some cases (e.g., due to being a Family Member of an EEA citizen) other type(s) of immigration document(s) (a Residence Card) has to be obtained. Please see more details on obtaining a Residence Card for working purpose.

Residence Permit for the Purpose of Intra-corporate Transfer (ICT) is for a Third-country National assigned from a company seated in a third-country to a company seated in Hungary, where the sending and the receiving company belongs to the same group of companies.

When can you apply for this residence permit type?

You can apply for this residence permit if you meet all the below criteria:

  • You have third-country nationality only.
  • If you do not enter Hungary with or you do not join to an EEA citizen to whom you are considered a family member.
  • You have a valid home address in a third-country at the time, when you apply for this residence permit type.
  • During your Hungarian stay-period are from your (Home) Company seated in a third-country to the (Host) Company seated in Hungary.
    • When an Individual is assigned from a (Home) company to a (Host) company he/she ...
  • has an employment contract with his/her Home Company,
  • keeps this employment contract for the entire duration of his/her assignment at the Host Company, and
  • the assignment at the Host Company is for a definite period of time.
  • Your Home and Host Company belong to the
    • Group of Companies means two or more Companies recognised as linked in the following ways:
  • directly or indirectly, holds a majority of that company's subscribed capital;
  • controls a majority of the votes attached to that company's issued share capital;
  • is entitled to appoint more than half of the members of that company's administrative, management or supervisory body; or
  • the companies are managed on a unified basis by the parent company.
  • You will have a , when working in Hungary.
    • Who can be considered Manager, Specialist or Trainee?

    Manager: ‘manager’ means a person holding a senior position, who primarily directs the management of the host entity, receiving general supervision or guidance principally from the board of directors or shareholders of the business or equivalent; that position shall include: directing the host entity or a department or subdivision of the host entity; supervising and controlling work of the other supervisory, professional or managerial employees; having the authority to recommend hiring, dismissing or other personnel action;

    Specialist: ‘specialist’ means a person working within the group of undertakings possessing specialised knowledge essential to the host entity's areas of activity, techniques or management. In assessing such knowledge, account shall be taken not only of knowledge specific to the host entity, but also of whether the person has a high level of qualification including adequate professional experience referring to a type of work or activity requiring specific technical knowledge, including possible membership of an accredited profession;

    Trainee: ‘trainee employee’ means a person with a university degree who is transferred to a host entity for career development purposes or in order to obtain training in business techniques or methods, and is paid during the transfer;
  • You have at least three months employment duration in the same group of companies before the Residence Permit application for the purpose of ICT is filed. In case of Trainees, this has to be continuous three-month period.

    • Validity Period

  • at least ,
    • If you do not have a valid Hungarian residence permit (i.e., applying for a "new" residence permit), you have to apply for at least 91 days Hungarian stay-period.
  • not more than .
    • The longest validity period of the Residence Rermit for the Purpose of ICT shall be a maximum of three years for executive employees and specialists and one year for trainee employees. If this residence permit was issued for a period shorter than these mentioned longest validity periods, it can be extended at one time, but the sum of the previous validity period and the extended validity period cannot be more than these three years (for executive employees and specialists) and one year (for trainees). If you intend to have this residence permit type after these three or one year periods you have to leave the territory of the EU and Schengen and then, you can initiate a new application procedure for the Purpose of ICT at one of the below appropriate places.

    Place of Application

    The place of your residence permit application may differ based on your citizenship, your habitual residence or the fact whether you apply for a new residence permit (e.g., applying for the first time) or a residence permit extension.

    A) if you have citizenship(s) only:
    You have to apply for a "new" residence permit (i.e., technically it cannot be extended) if you do not have a valid Hungarian residence permit, or you have, but it remains valid less than 30 days when you submit your 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 your citizenship, or
  • Consulate of Hungary located in the country of your habitual residence.

    • B) if you have citizenship(s) only:
    You have to apply for a "new" residence permit (i.e., technically it cannot be extended) if you do not have a valid Hungarian residence permit, or you have, but it remains valid less than 30 days when you submit your 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 your citizenship,
  • Consulate of Hungary located in the country of your 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) The Hungarian Host Company can file the residence permit application on behalf of you online, however, this does not mean, that you are exempt from visiting the Consulate of Hungary or the Immigration Office in Hungary.

    D) (irrespectively whether you have visa-free or visa-required citizenship):
    Residence permit extension means another residence permit application in Hungary if you have a Hungarian residence permit that remains valid at least 30 days counted from the date of the residence permit extension. Please kindly note that if you left the territory of Hungary for more than 90 days within any consecutive 180 days 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).

    • Application Fee

  • in case of new residence permit application at one of the Consulate of Hungary.
    • At some Consulates, this amount has to be paid in local currency, in USD or in EUR. 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 24 000, in case of a new residence permit application, when the application takes place in Hungary and initiated via the online application platform of the immigration authority. If the application is submitted without using the online application platform, i.e., all the documents are submitted in the Immigration Office in original, the application fee is HUF 39 000.
  • HUF 23 000, in case of a residence permit extension that is initiated via the online application platform of the immigration authority. If the application is submitted without using the online application platform, i.e., all the documents are submitted in the Immigration Office in original, the application fee is HUF 35 000.

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

    Time period of decision-making:

  • not more than 60 days.

    • Rights:

  • Work in Hungary for the Hungarian Employer who was presented at the residence permit application form.
  • Stay in another Schengen-country up to 90 days within any 180 days period of time without obtaining a C-type Schengen visa (your passport and this issued residence permit is required when staying in this Schengen country).
  • Study at a Hungarian higher education institute even in a state-funded program.
  • Work as a in parallel with the employment (if this is not prohibited by your 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 your accommodation provider as well (if the Hungarian accommodation is not an own propoerty).
  • Inform the Immigration Office about the birth of your child, he/she child was born in the territory of Hungary and has third-country nationality only.
  • Report the intention of changing your Hungarian Employer to the Immigration Office. This intention results a residence permit extension.
  • Notify the Immigration Office if your Passport or your Residence Permit is stolen, lost or destroyed.
  • Inform the Immigration Office if your Passport or your Residence Permit that was believed to be lost (and this fact was reported to the Immigration Office) was finally found.
  • Hand in your Residence Permit to the Immigration Office within eight days, if it becomes invalid.

    • Infographic about immigration requirements and the details of obtaining a Residence Permit for the Purpose of Intra-corporate transfer in Hungary.
    Infographic: Residence Permit for the Purpose of Intra-corporate Transfer in Hungary

    Services & Pricing

    Residence Permit for the Purpose of Intra-corporate Transfer (your obligation)

    Service Title:
    Obtaining Residence Permit for the purpose of Intra-corporate Transfer

    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 you for submission at the Consulate of Hungary or accompany you to the Immigration Office to file the application, if the application takes place in Hungary.

    • Pricing:

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

    Residence Permit
    for the purpose of
    Intra-corporate Transfer
    for 1 Employee:
    EUR 1,200*

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

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

    Residence Permit
    for the purpose of
    Intra-corporate Transfer
    for 11+ Employees:
    EUR 900* / 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 (your Employer's obligation)

    Your Hungarian Employer has to notify the Immigration Office on the start or the lack of the start of your work, or if your authorised work has been cancelled before its original termination date. We help your Hungarian Employer calrify what types of notifications have to be made and also assist in fulfilling those notifications. Please see for further details: Notifications as Employer's obligation.

    Deregistration (your obligation)

    You have to fulfill a deregistratioin process if your residence permit becomes invalid (i.e., it expires, or you give up your Hungarian stay earlier than the residence permit's expiry date, or the conditions underlying the issuance of your residence permit has ceased to exist). As part of this process, your 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 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 deregistration, we provide discount from our standard price of EUR 50*.

    Immigration
    related
    Deregistration
    1 Deregistration:
    EUR 20*

    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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