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Hungary's implementation of the EU Long-Term Residents Directive, granting long-term resident status with EU-wide portability after five years of continuous lawful residence (with an alternative path for EU Blue Card holders). From 2025 the Hungarian Cultural Knowledge Exam is also required.
Non-EU nationals with five years of continuous lawful residence in Hungary (or EU Blue Card holders meeting the combined requirement).
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Yes. Since 1 January 2025 you must provide a certificate of the Hungarian cultural knowledge exam as part of your EU Residence Card application.
Yes. The card can be withdrawn if you leave the EU for 12 or more consecutive months, reside outside Hungary for more than six years, or obtain long-term resident status in another EU country.
The EU Residence Card grants EU long-term resident status, with portability to other EU states, after five years of continuous lawful residence in Hungary. EU Blue Card holders have an alternative combined path, and from 2025 the Hungarian Cultural Knowledge Exam is also required.
The card is issued for up to ten years and can be renewed for further ten-year periods through the Enter Hungary platform; the underlying long-term resident status itself is indefinite.
No. Time spent in Hungary as a student, vocational trainee, seasonal worker, volunteer, asylum seeker or person with tolerated/temporary protection status does not qualify you for the EU Residence Card.
Generally you need at least five years of continuous legal residence in Hungary. EU Blue Card holders can qualify with two years' continuous residence in Hungary, provided they have five years of qualifying residence across EU Member States.
You generally need your valid passport, a facial photo, proof of accommodation and subsistence, comprehensive health insurance, the Hungarian cultural knowledge exam certificate, and civil-status documents such as birth and marriage certificates.
