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Guest self-employment — self-employed activity

HungaryStarting a business

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Is this for a founder, startup entrepreneur, self-employed person, freelancer, company owner or another business profile?

This route is for a self-employed person who wishes to pursue activities that can be performed independently, for remuneration.

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Limits of the record
  • The source describes one 'residence permit for guest self-employment' with two profiles (a: independent remunerated activity; b: chief executive of a business organisation); the catalogue splits them into two vias. Regime-level content common to both is listed in notas.md.
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    a) who wishes to pursue activities which can be performed independently, for remuneration (e.g., as a self-employed person)

What must actually exist or be demonstrated: business plan, company, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, job creation or other substance?

For self-employed persons, proof may include a registration number, small-scale farmer/producer certificate, detailed declaration of business activity, contract of services, business or user contract, or any other credible evidence. If registered as self-employed, a tax authority certificate showing annual income exceeding 24 times the current minimum wage and a certificate of no tax or contribution debts are required. The detailed declaration must be supported by credible evidence such as business contracts, service contracts, agreements, sales contracts or purchase contracts.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not explicitly require a business plan, innovation, clients, or job creation beyond the specified employment condition for chief executives.
  • The document does not state whether these documents are mandatory or merely examples; it says 'may serve as proof'.
  • Documents in proof of the purpose of residence
    Content the detailed declaration of business activity must be supported by credible evidence, in particular, by a business contract, contract of services, agreement, sales contract, purchase contract.

What investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence is central to this pathway?

For a registered self-employed person: a tax-authority certificate that annual self-employment income exceeds 24 times the current minimum wage, plus a certificate of no outstanding taxes or contributions.

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Limits of the record
  • No investment or capital minimum is stated; the money test is an income threshold expressed as a multiple of the minimum wage, without a figure on the page.
  • Proof of means of subsistence (credit-institution certificate, tax-authority income document, or other credible evidence such as a detailed declaration of business activity) is a regime-level requirement shared with the chief-executive profile — offsets in notas.md.
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    If activities are performed as a registered self-employed person, the following documents may serve as proof of the purpose of residence: ·a certificate from the tax authority stating that the annual income from self-employment exceeds the current minimum wage 24 times, and ·a certificate stating that you do not owe any taxes or contributions.

What business/self-employed activity may the holder conduct? Are there important restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

The permit is for pursuing activities that can be performed independently, for remuneration. For 1 year from the permit's date of issue, family members of a holder or applicant may not be granted a family-reunification residence permit, except for permits re-issued after 3 years.

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Limits of the record
  • Permitted activity is the one defining the profile (independent remunerated activity, R1 citation); the page states no other activity restriction for this profile.
  • Regime-level sentence applying to every guest self-employment permit holder (both catalogue vias).
  • Holders may not apply in Hungary for an employment residence permit or a Hungarian Card, nor for a permit under another legal title — offsets in notas.md.
  • Exception: a child born in Hungary to the holder receives a family-reunification permit after birth notification — offsets in notas.md.
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    For a period of 1 year from the date of issue of a residence permit for guest self-employment, family members of a third-country national who is a holder of or an applicant for a residence permit for guest self-employment may not be granted a residence permit for family reunification, except for residence permits that are re-issued after 3 years.
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    a) who wishes to pursue activities which can be performed independently, for remuneration (e.g., as a self-employed person)

What approval/application sequence applies, how long is the status granted, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction is officially stated?

The permit is valid for at most 1 year and can be extended for the same purpose for a period not exceeding 2 years, but not beyond 3 years from first issuance. Extensions may only be submitted via Enter Hungary, no more than 90 and no later than 30 days before expiry, and require a valid permit, residence in Hungary for at least 90 days in any 180-day period and fulfilment of regular reporting obligations. To reside longer than 3 years, the holder may apply for a residence permit in Hungary at least 40 days before expiry. Holders may not be granted a national residence card.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not state the exact approval/application sequence beyond submission locations and extension rules.
  • The document does not mention any longer-term residence direction other than the prohibition on a national residence card.
  • II. Application for the extension of a residence permit
    Furthermore, please be informed that the extension of the residence permit is only possible if · you are a holder of a valid residence permit for guest self-employment at the time of application submission, · you resided within the territory of Hungary with your residence permit at least for 90 days in any 180-day period. · you have fulfilled your regular reporting obligation to the immigration authorities after the issuanve of the residence permit. Please note that an application for the extension of a residence permit may be submitted no more than 90 days prior to the date of expiry of the issued residence permit. Applications for the extension of a residence permit must be submitted no later than thirty days before the date of expiry of the residence permit.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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