Information on the use of Enter Hungary for employers and host entities

In case of residence permits for the purpose of employment for investment, residence permits for the purpose of intra-corporate transfer, residence permits for the purpose of research, residence permits for guest workers, National Cards, EU Blue Cards and Corporate Cards as well as in case of a family member applying together with the third-country national – if the law allows an additional legal title of residence to be established in respect of the third-country national's stay –, an employer or a host entity as per Section 168 (4) of Act XC of 2023 on General Rules for the Admission and Right of Residence of Third-Country Nationals shall submit an application for the issuance or extension of a residence permit only electronically via the Enter Hungary system, provided that the client consents to it in a unilateral written statement, if

• ·the third-country national has yet to enter the territory of Hungary, or
• ·the third-country national is legally staying in Hungary, and the law allows for the submission of an application for the issuance of a residence permit by the third-country national staying within the territory of Hungary in Hungary.

 

 

The National Directorate-General For Aliens Policing (hereinafter: ’NDGAP’) a public body providing electronic administration under Act CCXXII of 2015 on the General Rules of Electronic Administration and Trust Services (Paragraph 17 a) of Article 1).  For this purpose, a website called Enter Hungary was created, which is available at https://enterhungary.gov.hu/.

Employers and host organisations must register in order to use Enter Hungary which can be initiated by the employing or hosting institution with their Business Gateway access (Cégkapu).

 

Applications for residence permit shall not be submitted by using E-paper service.

 

It is possible to provide data required for the examination of the application within Enter Hungary as well as uploading the necessary attachments (facial image, form, travel documents) and supporting documents (purpose of residence, subsistence, housing, health insurance, onward or return travel).

Enter Hungary also allows you to pay the administration fee, the site will be redirected to OTP Bank in order to settle the payment. When submitting your application for a residence permit, please always check if there are any reasons exempting your employee from administrative charges. If the administration fee was not paid in Enter Hungary system, however it is established that the employee is not exempt from payment, NDGAP shall inform on the arrears.

Please note that in several cases the employee and family members must appear before the authority in person by regulation, and therefore using the electronic system does not exempt from it.

An application for a residence permit shall be regarded submitted only if it has been registered by NDGAP, case reference number will be sent electronically.

NDGAP accepts applications for a residence permit via Enter Hungary, however there is a possibility to receive a notification of missing documents or data from NDGAP prior processing the application. Once the application for a residence permit has been filed, the procedure will be conducted in accordance with the general rules.

Notifications will be sent to the email address provided during registration on Enter Hungary.