01What exactly is the official special programme/status and why does it exist?
This is a distinct temporary-residence status (not the general special-activity route) for a third-country national performing service obligations by civilian units of armed forces, granted directly under its own Article of the Act.
See recorded sources
- Act 404/2011, Article 28, heading and text
Temporary Residence for the Purpose Performing Service Obligations by Civil Units of Armed Forces
Temporary residence for the purpose of performing service obligations by civil units of armed forces shall be granted
Which specific population, role, circumstance or historical/legal situation does it cover?
It covers a third-country national who is a member of the civilian units of the issuing (sending) state and who is in service of those civilian armed-force units.
See recorded sources
- Act 404/2011, Article 28
by a police department to a third country national who is a member of the civil units of the issuing state and who is in
service of such armed forced, maximum for five years.
What circumstance, event, relationship, nomination, invitation or status activates access?
Access is activated by the applicant’s membership in, and active service with, the civilian units of the sending state’s armed forces.
See recorded sources
- Act 404/2011, Article 28
who is a member of the civil units of the issuing state and who is in
service of such armed forced, maximum for five years.
What sponsor, authority, nomination, certification, evidence or other step must occur before the status can be obtained?
The Act names only the membership/service condition itself as the precondition; it does not itemise a further certifying or nomination step.
See recorded sources
Limits of the record- The Act text captured here does not itemise a further certifying/nomination step beyond membership and service.
- Act 404/2011, Article 28
who is a member of the civil units of the issuing state and who is in
service of such armed forced
What immigration status and rights result, how long do they last, can family be included, and what happens if the special qualifying circumstance ends?
Temporary residence under this route is granted for a maximum of five years; the Act does not itself state family-inclusion terms or what happens if the service duty ends early.
See recorded sources
Limits of the record- The Act does not itself state family-accompaniment terms or the consequence of the service obligation ending before five years.
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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