Residence Permit for the Purpose of Employment

Citizens from outside the European Union who wish to look for employment in Hungary must have a permit to do so. For obtaining a permit you need to know the following information’s. 

• whose purpose of residence is to perform work for or under the direction and/or supervision of others, for remuneration, under employment relationship
• who performs work as the owner or executive officer of a for-profit business association, co-operative society or some other legal entity, in addition to the work actually performed in that capacity.

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

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

The validity period of a residence permit granted for the purpose of employment may not exceed the term specified in the specialist authority’s assessment, that, however, may be extended up to the time indicated in the specialist authority’s assessment given if the procedure was re-opened.

However, the validity of the travel document should be taken into consideration, for, on general principle, the authorised duration of residence is to be determined so that the validity period of the third-country national’s travel document has at least three months remaining at the time the authorised duration of residence expires.