Residence Permit for Other Purpose 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.
If there is no such an organisation registered in Hungary that could be considered a Hungarian Employer for you, and you cannot apply for any other type of residence permit in order to stay and work in Hungary for more than 90 days (within a 180-day period), you might apply for Residence Permit for Other Purpose. Such a case might be if the basis of your Hungarian work is a service agreement concluded between two organisations seated out of Hungary, and based on this service agreement, your work has to be performed in the territory of Hungary. Please kindly note, that planning this residence permit application requires particular attention (e.g. the supporting documents have to prove a clear and well-based aim of your Hungarian stay).
When can you apply for this residence permit type?
The legal relationship between you and a Organisation aims at employment in Hungary if...
- your Organisation is seated in the territory of Hungary,
- you will work in the territory of Hungary,
- you will get remuneration in return of your work, and
- the basis of you work at your Organisation is...
- your employment contract with your Organisation,
- your employment contract with an Organisation seated out of Hungary, and this non-Hungarian Organisation has a service agreement with the Hungarian Organisation on the work you are going to perform, or
- a training program organised by your Organisation aims to obtain a specific skill for you.
Validity Period
If you do not have a valid Hungarian residence permit (i.e., applying for the first time), you have to apply for at least 91 days Hungarian stay period.
The legal Hungarian stay and work can be extended by further five years by applying for a residence permit extension at least 30 days before the expiry of the current residence permit. Therefore, you can stay and work in Hungary for a period longer than five years, however, in order for this, you need to go through a residence permit extension procedure. Please also kindly note that if you leave 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 main difference between the residence permit extension and the new residence permit application is that if a new residence permit is applied for (i.e., it is not extended), you have to leave the territory of Europe when the current residence permit expires, and submit a new residence permit application at one the appropriate places below. In turn, if the residence permit is extended, the application for the extended residence permit has to be filed in Hungary.
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):
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.
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.
B) if you have third-country citizenship(s):
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.
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.
C) (irrespectively whether you have visa-free or visa-required citizenship):
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., you have to leave the territory of the EU and Schengen countries and apply for the new residence permit at one of the above-mentioned places out of Hungary.
Application Fee
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.
Citizens of Ukraine are exempt to pay the above-mentioned application fees.
Time period of decision-making:
Rights:
Obligations:
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).
Services & Pricing
Residence Permit for Other Purpose
Service Title:
Obtaining Residence Permit for Other PurposeWe offer in this service:
Pricing:
In case of more than one person, we provide discount from our standard price of EUR 1,000*.
*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
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 DeregistrationWe offer in this service:
Pricing:
In case of more than one deregistration, we provide discount from our standard price of EUR 50*.
*The above-mentioned fees do not include value added tax and reasonable additional costs, such as costs of posting or courier services (if any).
