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Humanitarian residence — cooperation with law-enforcement or national-security authorities

HungaryHumanitarian protection

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What exactly is this: asylum, temporary protection, humanitarian admission, resettlement or another protection mechanism?

A residence permit on humanitarian grounds, here on the ground of a person cooperating with the authorities for law enforcement or national security interest; when the applicant intends to establish a contract employment relationship, the application is examined under the single application procedure.

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Limits of the record
  • The page only lists the humanitarian permit among cases of the single application procedure; it does not define the permit, its conditions or its duration. No dedicated humanitarian-residence factsheet exists on the official English factsheets index (https://oif.gov.hu/factsheets, fetched 2026-09-23); the Hungarian-language index could not be obtained.
  • The source groups three grounds (recognised stateless person; cooperation with law-enforcement or national-security authorities; employment under particularly exploitative conditions or without a residence permit) under one "residence permit on humanitarian grounds".
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    b)If the applicant intends to establish a contract of employment relationship and submits an application for a residence permit for the following reasons: · on humanitarian grounds (as a recognised stateless person; as a person cooperating with the authorities for law enforcement or national security interest; or as a person who has been employed under particularly exploitative conditions or as a who has been employed without holding a residence permit) · for the purpose of family reunification.

Which population, circumstances or geographic group does the mechanism cover?

It covers a person cooperating with the authorities for law enforcement or national security interest.

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  • The official source does not state the complete answer to this question for this route.
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    b)If the applicant intends to establish a contract of employment relationship and submits an application for a residence permit for the following reasons: · on humanitarian grounds (as a recognised stateless person; as a person cooperating with the authorities for law enforcement or national security interest; or as a person who has been employed under particularly exploitative conditions or as a who has been employed without holding a residence permit) · for the purpose of family reunification.

Where can protection be requested, and is this a direct application, border/in-country request, referral or other process?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm where and how protection is requested.

What happens after the request: registration, family handling, major support and rights where officially stated?

The official source does not describe registration, family handling or support after the request. A holder of a humanitarian residence permit granted as a person cooperating with the authorities for law enforcement or national security interest who intends to establish a contract employment relationship must apply under the single application procedure.

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Limits of the record
  • No information on registration, family handling or support; the cited sentence covers several permit types in one list.
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    c)If the applicant intends to establish a contract of employment relationship and  holds a residence permit for the following reasons: · residence permit for the purpose of family reunification, · Corporate Card (as a senior officer of a legal person), · on humanitarian grounds (as a recognised stateless person; as a person cooperating with the authorities for law enforcement or national security interest; or as a person who has been employed under particularly exploitative conditions or as a who has been employed without holding a residence permit), · residence permit for reasons of Hungarian national interest.

Which competent authority, UN body or official assistance channel should the person use?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the competent authority or official help channel.

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

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