How to employ foreign employees in a Hungarian company?

Using the example of our company IST Hungary, we would like to show you how to employ a foreign employee in a Hungarian company.

Our employee initially just lived in Hungary with the status of “family reunification”, which the migration service issued only for 8 months.

According to Hungarian law, the employee could not work in our company with this status, and our company started the procedure of changing the status and official employment, in the company IST Hungary.

First, the employee applied for the extension of the residence permit on the basis of “Family Reunification” in summer 2024. We also wrote several appeals in August to the Migration Service, so that the employee would be granted a residence permit extension sooner, so that he could start working in our company sooner.

In September 2024, we received a decision to extend the residence permit for 5 years on family reunification. However, the decision to extend the residence permit was received without the right to work.

We re-prepared all the necessary documents and work permit for our new employee and in October 2024 we applied for a change of residence permit status with the right to work.
In mid-December we received a positive decision that our employee can work in our Hungarian company IST Hungary for 5 years without additional permits.

The change of status took place within the country, without traveling. The card was obtained for 5 years and is linked to our company, IST Hungary, which is the official employer of our employee.

It is possible to change status from Hungary without leaving the country.

A work contract card can be obtained immediately for 5 years with properly prepared documents.

The status can be changed relatively quickly.

If you need to change your status or to employ your employees in your Hungarian company and not only, within the country or to obtain an entry visa D for your employees. We will be happy to assist you in this process!