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ICT long-term mobility permit

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

The pathway is for third-country nationals transferred intra-corporate for employment or training purposes, including those holding an ICT permit from another EU Member State applying for long-term mobility.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not separately define the specific occupations or professional activities for the long-term mobility permit beyond the general intra-corporate transfer definition; it does not distinguish manager, specialist, or trainee categories for this route.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The applicant must be bound by a work contract before and during the transfer with the same company or group of companies, and the Hungarian host entity and the company established in a third country must belong to the same company or group of companies.

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  • The document does not explicitly state whether a job offer is required beyond the existing work contract and the intra-corporate relationship; it does not detail the employer's role in the long-term mobility application beyond the general intra-corporate transfer requirements.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The pathway requires evidence of the intra-corporate transfer relationship, including three months of continuous employment at the same company or group of companies immediately preceding the transfer, and for executive employees and specialists, a university degree or vocational training, or for trainee employees, a university degree.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not specify salary, skill level, shortage status, or labour-market conditions for this route; it does not distinguish the professional characteristics unique to the long-term mobility permit beyond the general intra-corporate transfer requirements.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The long-term mobility permit entitles the intra-corporate transferee to reside and work in Hungary as a second Member State, within the intra-corporate transfer to the Hungarian host entity. A family member legally residing with the transferee in Hungary may also apply for a residence permit.

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Limits of the record
  • long-term mobility: applicant and family member legally residing with him/her may apply in Hungary — c3ffa4e24257304c.txt[36321:36793]: «An applicant residing in Hungary who already holds a residence permit issued by a Member State of the Europ...»
  • The citation is the overview line of the employer/host-organisation factsheet (not the designated ICT page); the designated page only carries the general ICT definition — ICT definition — 07e6969bfcd650da.txt[9229:9770]: «Intra-corporate transfer is defined as  a third-country national residing outside the territory of the Memb...»
  • No explicit statement on changing employer or taking other work.
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    LONG-TERM MOBILITY (entitles the intra-corporate transferee to reside and work in the territory of a second Member State)

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

For executive employees or specialists the document is issued for a maximum of 3 years; it may be extended, but its total validity may not exceed 3 years from the date of first issuance. No longer-term residence direction is stated.

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Limits of the record
  • Section 9 of the page does not name the long-term mobility permit separately; the page covers both the ICT permit and the long-term mobility permit and states validity by category — trainee category: trainee validity — 07e6969bfcd650da.txt[24357:24556]: «In case of trainee the  validity period of the document is maximised in  1 year , and it may be extended; h...»
  • extension conditions on the ICT page — 07e6969bfcd650da.txt[15750:16035]: «Please be informed that the extension of the residence permit is only possible if · you are a holder of a v...»
  • extension window on the ICT page — 07e6969bfcd650da.txt[16038:16355]: «Please note that an application for the extension of a residence permit may be submitted no more than 90 da...»
  • Trigger for long-term mobility (stay in Hungary above 90 days): employer page — c3ffa4e24257304c.txt[36321:36582]: «An applicant residing in Hungary who already holds a residence permit issued by a Member State of the Europ...»; application 20 days before start: employer page — c3ffa4e24257304c.txt[36794:36881]: «Ø the application must be submitted 20 days before the start of the long-term mobility,»
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    In case of executive employees or specialists  the validity period of the document is maximised in 3 years , and it may be extended; however, its validity period may not exceed 3 years  of time from the date of first issuance.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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