Extremely Urgent News Re Hungarian Immigration

Hungarian Immigration:

A new immigration law will come into effect on 1st January 2024 in Hungary, but all procedures will be halted between 1st January and 29th February 2024, and most of the new regulations will only be applicable from 1st March 2024.

Until 29th of February 2024 current regulations will also be applicable. During this time, no permit requests may be submitted.

All residence permits and settlement permits that expire between 2024-01-01 and 2024-02-29 are automatically prolonged until 2024-04-30 by the force of law.

Procedures started before 2024-01-01 will be judged under the old regulations.

If an application is submitted electronically, it is considered as having been started if the administrative fee is paid until December 31, 2023.

This will also apply to new applications for residence permits, residence cards, and EU registration cards, which will only be accepted if they are in the national interest, which means the government has mandated that the application is needed. Therefore, new applications can only be submitted from 1st March.

Please stand by for further updates.