Residence permit for the purpose of posted work
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Kikuldetes celu tartozkodasi engedely as of 2026-08-07[2] |
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| Official name (English) | Residence permit for the purpose of posted work as of 2026-03-11[4] |
| Legal basis | Not established from a qualifying source No Act, section or Directive is cited anywhere on NDGAP's factsheet for this permit. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-03-11[4] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EEA as of 2026-03-11[4] Open to third-country nationals only; EEA nationals and their family members hold the right of free movement and residence. Stateless persons qualify as third-country nationals. |
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Permit terms
| Initial duration | 2 years as of 2026-03-11[4] NDGAP determines validity by the period of the posting, capped at 2 years. |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the assignment |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-03-11[4] |
| Renewal duration | Not established from a qualifying source NDGAP states only that the permit 'may be extended for the same purpose within 2 years from the date of its issuance', without stating an extension term. |
| Maximum total duration | 2 years as of 2026-03-11[4] From the date of issuance, and in any event the validity may not exceed the validity of the residence permit issued by the other EU Member State. |
| Work rights | Not established from a qualifying source NDGAP publishes no work-rights clause. The operative published constraint is that 'the posting business and the employee are required to be in an employment relationship throughout the duration of the posting'. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | No as of 2026-03-11[4] NDGAP: 'Third-country nationals who are holders of a residence permit for the purpose of posted work may not be granted a national permanent residence card.' |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2026-03-11[4] A contract of employment or certificate of employment verifying the existing employment relationship with the posting business, a certificate on the posting and its duration issued by the posting business, and a copy of the applicant's employment-entitling residence permit issued by another EU Member State. Plus one of: a contract between the posting employer and the Hungarian recipient of the service; proof of ownership by the posting business or business group of the work premises or business in Hungary; or proof that the posting is from a temporary work agency or labour-supply business to a business established or operating in Hungary. |
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| Qualification requirement | Not established from a qualifying source No qualification condition is published. |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2026-03-11[4] A posting business in an employment relationship with the applicant throughout the posting is a condition. NDGAP publishes no employer-lodgement route for this permit. |
| Paid in-country | Not established from a qualifying source NDGAP does not state whether the posted worker is remunerated in Hungary or by the posting business abroad. |
| Job-search route | No as of 2026-03-11[4] |
Process
| Where to apply from | in-country only as of 2026-03-11[4] NDGAP publishes no abroad-submission option: the applicant must already hold a valid residence permit entitling the holder to undertake employment issued by another EU Member State, and applies in Hungary during a legal stay, via Enter Hungary or in person at the competent regional directorate. Extensions only via Enter Hungary. |
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| Statutory processing time | 21 days as of 2026-03-11[4] Excludes deficiency-remedy periods. NDGAP publishes no separate outer merits deadline for this permit, unlike most of the others. |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2026-03-11[4] |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2026-03-10[1][3] Established from NDGAP's family-reunification factsheet, which grants the permit to 'a family member of a person in possession of a residence permit' and then publishes a closed list of sponsor permit types that are excluded. This permit is not on that exclusion list. This is a positive general rule plus an express carve-out that does not reach this permit, not an inference from a negative list. |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, registered partner, minor child as of 2026-03-10[1][3] |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 5 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 4 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-03-03 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-07 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-11 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] EU Immigration Portal – Hungary, family member
European Commission · international organisation · Tier 2 · Accessed 2026-08-07 - [2] Tajekoztatok – Hungarian-language factsheet index (official permit designations)
National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing (NDGAP/OIF) · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-07 · Archived copy - [3] Residence permit for the purpose of family reunification
National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing (NDGAP/OIF) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-03-10 · Accessed 2026-08-07 · Archived copy - [4] Residence permit for the purpose of posted work
National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing (NDGAP/OIF) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-03-11 · Accessed 2026-08-07 · Archived copy - [5] Procedural fees
National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing (NDGAP/OIF) · fee schedule · Tier 1 · Published 2026-03-03 · Accessed 2026-08-07 · Archived copy