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Interim Residence Card — business activity by EU long-term resident

HungaryStarting a business

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

A third-country national who holds an EU long-term residence permit issued under Council Directive 2003/109/EC and wishes to reside in Hungary for employment or business purposes (except seasonal employment). The official source does not distinguish a specific business profile such as founder, self-employed person, freelancer or company owner.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not distinguish founder, startup, freelancer or company-owner profiles; the proof-of-purpose documents (R2) point to a registered self-employed person, a small-scale agricultural producer or a private-individual contractor.
  • Employment and business purposes are one item on the page; the same card also covers studies/vocational training, other certified purposes and family members — one regime, common content in notas.md.
  • chars 8422-8819
    An interim residence card  may be issued to a third-country national, who holds an EU long-term residence  permit issued on the basis of Council Directive 2003/109/EC and wishes to reside in Hungary for one of the following purposes: · for employment or  business purposes (except seasonal employment), or · to pursue  studies or  vocational training , or · for other certified purposes.

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

The business activity must be proven by a document with the self-employed registration number, a small-scale agricultural producer certificate, a detailed declaration on the business activity, an agency, contractor or usage contract concluded as a private individual, a preliminary agreement on or document of an employment relationship, or other credible documents proving the business activity.

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Limits of the record
  • The list merges employment and business activity (one purpose on the page); no business plan, innovation, job-creation or client threshold is stated.
  • chars 12044-12519
    a)In case of  employment or business activity : · a document on the registration number of the self-employed, · small-scale agricultural producer certificate, · a detailed declaration on the business activity, · a contract of agency, contractor or usage concluded as a private individual, · preliminary agreement on establishment of an employment relationship or a document on legal relationship of employment, or · other credible documents proving the business activity.

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

Sufficient resources must be proven by a credit-institution certificate of savings in the applicant's name, a public or fully probative private document proving property, rights or assets in Hungary that provide subsistence, a regular-income document from the employer or the tax authority, a Hungarian credit-institution certificate of regular income from abroad, a notarised maintenance undertaking by a family member living in Hungary with proof of ability to provide it, or another credible document. The official source does not state an investment, capital or revenue minimum.

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Limits of the record
  • No investment, capital or revenue minimum is stated; the requirement is subsistence-level resources.
  • Regime-level requirement shared by all interim residence card purposes; on extension it is waived if the applicant declares unchanged subsistence and residence conditions — offsets in notas.md.
  • chars 13017-13772
    One of the following documents must be submitted as proof that you have sufficient resources: · a certificate from a credit institution on savings under the applicant’s name, · a public document or private document of full probative value proving the existence of property, rights or assets in Hungary which provide subsistence, · document on regular income issued by the employer or the tax authority. · certificate of regular income from abroad, issued by a Hungarian credit institution · a notarised declaration by the applicant's family member living in Hungary, undertaking to provide for the maintenance and support of the applicant and a document certifying the ability of the person providing the support to do so, · other credible document.

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

The card covers residence for employment or business purposes (except seasonal employment); the official source does not state further activity restrictions. The applicant's third-country family member (or a family member already holding an interim residence card or interim permanent residence permit) may be issued an interim residence card if the family relationship already existed in the EU member state that issued the EU long-term residence permit.

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Limits of the record
  • Permitted activity is stated only as employment or business purposes except seasonal employment (R1 citation); the page lists no further activity restrictions.
  • The holder is entitled to stay in Hungary during the card's validity — offsets in notas.md.
  • The family member's card is withdrawn if the principal's card is withdrawn or the family relationship ceases, with an exception after the principal's death — offsets in notas.md.
  • chars 8822-9169
    The applicant's third-country family member  or third-country national family member already holding an interim residence card or interim permanent residence permit may be issued with an interim residence card if the family relationship already existed  in the Member State of the European Union which issued the EU long-term residence permit.
  • chars 8422-8819
    An interim residence card  may be issued to a third-country national, who holds an EU long-term residence  permit issued on the basis of Council Directive 2003/109/EC and wishes to reside in Hungary for one of the following purposes: · for employment or  business purposes (except seasonal employment), or · to pursue  studies or  vocational training , or · for other certified purposes.

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 card document is valid for a maximum of 5 years and may be extended for another 5 years at the holder's request. The official source does not state the approval sequence or a longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • Applications for issuance and extension are submitted only via the Enter Hungary platform; timing: on the last day of an intended legal stay not exceeding 90 days, or at least 30 days before expiry of a residence permit exceeding 90 days — offsets in notas.md.
  • Processing time 21 days; appeal within 15 days of delivery — offsets in notas.md.
  • No longer-term residence direction (e.g. national residence card) is stated for the holder; only a child born in Hungary to a long-term resident is said to get a national residence card out of turn — offsets in notas.md.
  • chars 16883-17006
    Validity period of the document is maximised in 5 years , and it may be extended for another 5 years at your request.

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

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