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Intra-corporate transfer — manager

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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 managers as executive employees.

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  • The document does not separately define the specific occupation or professional activity for the manager route beyond the general intra-corporate transfer definition; it does not detail the manager's role or duties.

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 for the manager route specifically.

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

For executive employees and specialists, the pathway requires a university degree or vocational training, and a statement from the Hungarian host entity that the executive employee or specialist has the experience needed for the intra-corporate transfer.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not specify salary, skill level, shortage status, or labour-market conditions for the manager route; it does not detail the specific professional characteristics unique to managers beyond the general requirements.

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

The permission covers the posting from a business established in a third country to a Hungarian host organisation belonging to the same business or group of companies; the transferee must remain bound by a work contract with the sending organisation before and during the transfer, which ties the holder to that group. Family accompaniment is not stated.

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Limits of the record
  • family reunification: employer may file for an ICT sponsor (employer page 3.6.2) — c3ffa4e24257304c.txt[41156:41414]: «3.6.2 The  employer may also submit  an application for a residence permit for the purpose of family reunif...»
  • The page names the category 'executive employees' (definition: 'Executive employee' definition on the employer page — c3ffa4e24257304c.txt[33419:34092]: «Executive employee:  A senior person who primarily performs managerial functions in the host organization a...»); mapping to the catalogue name 'manager' is an inference.
  • Citation is from the employer/host-organisation factsheet (section 3.4); the designated ICT page carries the same 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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    Executive employees , experts and trainees  residing outside the territory of the Member States of the European Union may apply for a residence permit for intra-corporate transfers where they are posted  from a business established in a third country  to a host organisation belonging to the same business or group of companies, i.e. where the applicant is bound by a work contract with the sending organisation established in a third country before and during the period of the transfer.

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 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
  • The page says 'executive employees', not 'manager' — mapping is an inference.
  • 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...»
  • Long-term mobility permit (>90 days in Hungary) is the only onward step named: 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...»
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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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