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Intra-corporate transfer — specialist

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

The pathway is designed for third-country nationals who are temporarily posted for employment or training purposes by a company established outside the EU, bound by a work contract before and during the transfer with the same company or group of companies. Specialists must have a university degree or vocational training.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not explicitly define the term 'specialist' or specify the exact occupation or professional activity beyond the general intra-corporate transfer definition.
  • The document does not state whether the specialist must have a particular level of experience or other professional characteristics.

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 transferred intra-corporate by a company established outside the EU, bound by a work contract before and during the transfer with the same company or group of companies. The application may be lodged by an employer with the employee's written consent.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not explicitly state that a job offer is required, only that an employment contract or letter of assignment may serve as proof of purpose of residence.
  • The document does not specify the exact nature of the employer relationship beyond the intra-corporate transfer definition and the option for employer submission.

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

For specialists, the decisive professional characteristic is that the third-country national must have a university degree or vocational training, as evidenced by documents in proof of the purpose of residence.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not specify the field of the university degree or vocational training, or any other professional characteristics such as experience, salary, skill level, or shortage status for specialists.
  • The document does not state whether the specialist must be in a particular occupation or sector.
  • Documents in proof of the purpose of residence
    evidence, in the case of executive employees and specialists that the third-country national has the university degree or vocational training, or in the case of trainee employees, the university degree required;

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, so the holder is tied to that group. The official source does not state whether family members may accompany the holder.

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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 employer page names the category 'experts' (definition: 'Expert' definition on the employer page — c3ffa4e24257304c.txt[34093:34619]: «Expert:  a person with exceptional knowledge of the field of activity, methods or management of the host or...»); the designated ICT page says 'specialists' — same category, two labels.
  • 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 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
  • 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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