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Hungary COVID-19 protective measures prolonged until 19 April 2021

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We would like to give you a short update on the changes to the regulations relating to the pandemic. The current Hungary COVID-19 protective measures have been extended until 19.04.2021, and we expect this deadline may be further prolonged.

When planning to enter Hungary, you need to keep in mind the regulations posted on our blog.
Here are the in-country regulations that have been introduced or modified after the government of Hungary stated that its target of giving the first vaccination dose to 2.5 million had been reached.

Curfew is now between 22:00 and 05:00 hours.

Restrictions on services are now terminated; premises that deliver services requiring personal presence no longer have to be closed, and services can be provided and utilized, though the obligatory closing time for such businesses is between 21:30 and 05:00.

Exception: for restaurants and cafés, the restrictions are unchanged; they can only offer purchases for takeout or delivery only.

Shops need to undertake thorough observance of the below restrictions. Shops that do not undertake such measures shall remain closed.

Restrictions to be maintained:

  • For every 10 sqm of the shopping area, one customer is allowed.
  • The operator of the shop must indicate at the entrance the number of customers allowed into the shop.
  • Operators of shops and of shopping malls must ensure compliance with the protective measures.
  • Operators of shops must ensure that customers queueing keep 1.5m distance (except for members of the same household); hand sanitizers are available for use, and surfaces and carts/baskets are disinfected regularly.
  • In counting customers, children under 14 and helpers of people above 65 and of people with disabilities are not considered.
  • Shops without a designated shopping area must ensure that people queueing outside keep 1.5 m distance.
  • Customers are asked to keep distance in shops and complete shopping in the shortest possible time.
  • Outside of shops in shopping malls, everybody is obliged to keep 1.5 m distance (except for members of the same household).
  • Operators of shopping malls shall ensure compliance with the restrictions.

For further information, please contact us at the following
Phone number: +36 1 278 5680
Email address: [email protected]
or contact your local Inter Relocation consultant.

Business and Economy Related Travel Regulations to Hungary, March 2021

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In our latest article titled Regulations Introduced Concerning Business and Economy-Related Travel, issued on 12nd March among others, we have informed you about a list of countries from where Hungarian citizens and citizens/90+-day residents can enter for business purposes.

In response to the ongoing global situation, the Hungarian government has introduced updates to its business and economy related travel regulations. These new additions aim to clarify the conditions under which business travellers and professionals may enter the country, while maintaining public health safety.

This list has now been extended with the following countries:

  • Azerbaijan
  • Georgia
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Uzbekistan
Currently the state of emergency is declared to end on 22nd May, so we assume that the shared entry regulations will remain in force until that date, too. Should there be a change, we will inform you.
For further information, please contact us at the following
Phone number: +36 1 278 5680
Email address: [email protected]
or contact your local Inter Relocation consultant.

Regulations introduced concerning business and economy related travels

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Please find below a summary about the regulations introduced concerning business and economy related travels. At the moment they are claimed to be valid till 16th March 2021, though please note, that the period can be extended any time.

Hungarian citizens returning from business or economy related trips may enter Hungary according to general restrictions applicable to Hungarian citizens.

Hungarian citizens may enter Hungary without any restrictions if the purpose of their travel was business or economy related, and the fact is proven upon return, if they travelled to/are returning from

  1. EU member states
  2. EEA member states,
  3. states having status of free movement and residence identical to that of EEA member states based on international agreement
  4. EU membership candidate states (Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey)
  5. UK
  6. other countries listed in the decree of the minister of external economic relations and external affairs

Should any doubt arise with respect to the authenticity of the proof of the travel purpose, then the general restrictions apply.

Non-Hungarian citizens may generally enter Hungary according to previous restrictions, with the exceptions below.

If a Non-Hungarian citizen is the citizen of the states listed above, or is entitled to a stay of more than 90 days in one of those states, and is entering from one of those states, and the purpose of entry to Hungary is a business or economy related purpose, to be proven upon entry, they may enter Hungary without restrictions.

Should any doubt arise with respect to the authenticity of the proof of the travel purpose, the general restrictions apply.

The decree of the minister of external economic relations and external affairs lists countries that supplement the list above, from which Hungarian citizens and citizens/90+ day residents of which may can freely enter from business trips, these countries are:

  1. USA
  2. Bahrein
  3. UAE
  4. India
  5. Indonesia
  6. Israel
  7. Japan
  8. China
  9. South Korea
  10. Russia
  11. Singapore
  12. Turkey
  13. Ukraine