Residence Permit for the Purpose of Traineeship 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.
A very small group of Hungarian organisations can employ a Third-country National holding a Residence Permit for the Purpose of Traineeship. If your Hungarian Organisation is not included in this group (specified by the Hungarian rules), please consider working for this Organisation for a limited number of days (if you have a Residence Permit for the Purpose of Study) or obtain a Residence Permit for the Purpose of Employment.
When can you apply for this residence permit type?
Organisations where training program might be allowed regarding Individuals having a Residence Permit for the Purpose of Traineeship:
Local Governments;
Minority Self-government (in its public functions specified in the Hungarian legal regulations);
Budgetary Institutions (in its core activity);
Ecclesiastical Legal Entity seated in Hungary (in its activities connnected to its operation, religion or public interest);
Organisations having strategic partnership agreement with the Hungarian Government (in terms of trainings specified in this partnership agreement).
The aforementioned specific type of Organisation has to notify the Immigration Office on the operation of the training program by providing the following details:
name, seat and tax number of the Organisation;
the name, start and termination date of the training program;
the subject/scope of the training program.
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.
If your training agreement with your Hungarian Organisation where your traineeship is performed is for less than six months, the expiry date of your issued residence perimt cannot be later than the termination of your training agreement. 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) 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.
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 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):
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 filing 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., 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 the Purpose of Traineeship (your obligation)
Service Title:
Obtaining Residence Permit for the Purpose of TraineeshipWe offer in this service:
Pricing:
In case of more than one Trainee, we provide discount from our standard price of EUR 900*.
*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 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).
