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Temporary protection — documents valid until 4 March 2027

HungaryHumanitarian protection

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

Temporary protection: the residence permits issued for beneficiaries of temporary protection are valid until 4 March 2027 under the legislation, regardless of whether the document itself shows an expiry of 4 March 2023, 2024, 2025 or 2026.

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  • This is a news item about document validity: it does not describe how the temporary protection mechanism works, only what happens to the documents.
  • The legal basis is Section 2 (4) of Government Decree 196/2025 (8 July), stated in the preceding paragraph.
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    Pursuant to the abovementioned specific provision in legislation, the residence permits issued for beneficiaries of temporary protection are valid up until 4 March 2027 under the legislation, regardless that the date of expiry is being indicated as 4 March 2023, 2024, 2025 or 2026 on the documents.

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

It covers foreign nationals fleeing the Russian-Ukrainian war who have been recognised by Hungary as beneficiaries of temporary protection.

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Limits of the record
  • The item states no nationality condition, entry date or other eligibility criterion for the mechanism.
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    Pursuant to Section 2 (4) of 196/2025 (8 July), the date of expiry (i.e., the end date of validity) of the residence permit documents of foreign nationals fleeing the Russian-Ukrainian war and recognised as beneficiaries of temporary protection by Hungary are valid up until 4 March 2027 under the legislation, regardless of the date of expiry indicated on the documents.

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?

No further action on the documents is required from the persons concerned. The official source does not state registration, family handling, support or rights during the procedure.

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Limits of the record
  • This covers only the documents; registration, family handling and any support or rights during or after the protection request are not described in this news item.
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    Regarding these documents no further actions are required to be taken by the Clients concerned.

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

The asylum authority is the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing; beneficiaries should follow the News section of its website, where it provides up-to-date information.

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  • No UN body is named and the item carries no fraud or scam warning.
  • Source defect: the item writes 'AliensPolicing' without a space.
  • The same notice is repeated in Ukrainian further down the page (361158ba8fb59b5a.txt[9918:10797]).
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    Please follow the News section on the website of the National Directorate-General for AliensPolicing where up-to-date information is provided for Clients and Visitors by the asylum authority.

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

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