Residence Permit for the Purpose of Family Reunification

Family reunification is the immigration procedure under which the main applicant's family members are also granted a residence permit. In Hungary, the applicant's spouse and minor children are eligible and can usually apply if the main applicant has already been granted his/her own residence permit.

• who is a family member of a third-country national in possession of 
  • a residence permit 
  • immigration permit
  • settlement permit
  • interim permanent residence permit
  • national permanent residence permit
  • EC permanent residence permit 
  • residence card 
  • permanent residence card

• in accordance with specific other legislation or a Hungarian national.
• who is a family member of a person with refugee status or who has been granted subsidiary protection status.
• who is the parent of an unaccompanied minor with refugee or subsidiary protection status, or the minor’s legally appointed guardian.
• who is a sponsor, or his/her spouse, or the supported parent of a person with refugee status.
• who is a sponsor, or his/her spouse, or the sibling or relative in direct line of a person with refugee or subsidiary protection status, if they are unable to support themselves due to health reasons.

• Family member:
  • spouse of a Hungarian national or a third-country national
  • the minor child (including adopted and foster children) of a third-country national with his/her spouse
  • the minor child, including adopted and foster children, of a third-country national where this third-country national has parental custody and the children are dependent on him/her
  • the minor child, including adopted and foster children, of the spouse of a third-country national where the spouse has parental custody and the children are dependent on him/her.
  • a person having and exercising parental custody of a minor child and living in the same household with the minor.

The completed form, facial photograph made not more than three months previously, and the prescribed enclosures, payment of the procedural fee.

If the applicant is a minor of limited capacity or if incompetent, the application may be submitted by the applicant’s legal representative in his/her stead. If the minor client has reached the age of six years at the time the application is submitted, he/she shall be required to appear in person when the application is submitted. The responsibility for ascertaining the minor’s physical presence before the immigration authority lies with the legal representative. 

• Documents verifying the purpose of residence
• Proof of means of subsistence in Hungary
• Hungarian accommodation
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Conditions of exit

• four years maximum, and it may be extended by up to four additional years at a time, if the sponsor has an EU Blue Card;
• five years maximum, and it may be extended by up to five additional years at a time, if the sponsor has an EC permanent residence permit on account of holding an EU Blue Card; or
• three years maximum – except as provided above –, and it may be extended by up to three additional years at a time.