UK Citizens post Brexit – How to apply for the National Permanent Residence Permit
It’s only 19th January 2021 as I write this short article and I believe I have spoken to more than 20 members of the UK expat community, both before and after midnight on 31st December, when us Brits completed our journey out of the EU.
What started out as curiosity to see what the process would be this year, rapidly developed into confusion and in some few cases satisfaction as I was variously asked about a horribly long and complex process, whether a CV or negative criminal record document would be required, to the happy folk who contacted me just to let me know that they had succeeded in making their applications in the first week of January.
As I believe I’m the only owner of an immigration compliance company in Hungary who is also a UK citizen, you could say I have a vested interest in this subject and for the past couple of weeks I’ve asked a range of expat Facebook group members and email enquirers to hold off, while my immigration team put together my application and submit it, hopefully this week.
Based on the preparation my immigration team has done, we have put together a text that should allow anyone who wants to, to complete the process alone. Of course if anyone does want our professional support then they can contact us at [email protected] and we will happily take the stress out of the process. The following is what we have put together:
National Permanent Residence Permit for UK citizens holding a registration certificate or permanent residence card on 31.12.2020
Documents needed:
- Passport
- Registration card or permanent residence card
- Address card
Additional required personal data:
- Email and phone number
- Mother’s maiden family name
- Mother’s first name
- Your professional qualification
- Highest level of education (high school degree, BA, BSC, MA etc.)
- Permanent address before coming to Hungary (country, city and street)
- Beginning of uninterrupted lawful residence in Hungary:
- Hungarian address
- Have you ever been convicted of any crime?: yes/no
- Is there any criminal proceeding in progress against you before a Hungarian or foreign authority?: yes/no
- In addition to the above, have you been convicted by a Hungarian authority for violation of law, especially for offence?: yes/no
- Have you already been expelled from Hungary or from other countries?: yes/no
- Do you have any debt in your homeland or in another country?: yes/no
- Do you have a maintenance obligation (parent, child, spouse)?: yes/no
- Are you aware of suffering from HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B, lues, leprosy, typhoid fever infectious diseases requiring treatment, or do you carry the pathogens of HIV, hepatitis B, typhoid fever or paratyphoid fever?: yes/no
This is the data marked compulsory to fill on the Enter Hungary platform in order to submit an application, but according to the authority a new application form will be created by them most likely containing even less information.
As of Friday 15th January, this was on the government website:
‘The online application platform specifically provided for the beneficiaries of the Withdrawal Agreement on the online application system ‘Enter Hungary’ is currently under development, we kindly request your patience until it is available.
Submitting an application for a national permanent residence permit or a residence permit for frontier workers is available on Enter Hungary until the above mentioned platform is available.’ (link)
The following are instructions about how to enter the government site and submit your application.
The request can be submitted via the Enter Hungary online platform. The platform can be accessed via this link:https://enterhungary.gov.hu/eh/ and can be set to English. Please kindly click on the ‘sign in’ option in the top right corner. When registering, the ‘I act as a private individual, in my own case’ should be chosen when submitting one’s own application.
Detailed guide after logging in
After logging in, you should go to my cases menu option and click on the green ‘new application’ button, where the following category should be chosen: permanent residence permit (settlement) then Application for EC/national permanent residence permit (settlement).
When submitting an application for a national permanent residence permit, the ‘yes’ option should be selected at the ‘I declare that the procedure is exempt of fee’ section.
Then the above-mentioned personal data should be filled to the data sheet and moving on, the abbreviation ‘WA’ should be indicated in the data field for ‘DETAILED CV’.
The following documents should be submitted in the file attachments possibility:
- Passport (only the data page)
- Registration certificate
- Address card
- In case applicable: power of attorney
After submitting the application, the system will generate an application form that should be signed and then the scanned document must be uploaded to the case. This application form should be present at the personal attendance as well as in other cases, the authority asks for the original.
There is a compulsory personal attendance at the authority that must happen within 15 CALENDAR days from the date of submitting the application. According to the information from the authority, this can happen at any given customer service, but only with an appointment due to the current COVID measures.
This is only an appointment where the applicant’s biometrics data (fingerprint and photo) will be taken. Passport, registration certificate, address card and the signed application form should be present in original.
Again, if this seems too much to handle, or if you are not sure you qualify, don’t panic! Just drop us a line at [email protected] and I or one of my team will be happy to assist you.
By Stuart McAlister,
Managing Director, Inter Relocation
