Thanks to a new bill, it will be easier for companies that have yet another administrative and financial burden to bring in foreign workers, according to experts interviewed by Portfolio. Outside of the European Union, the import of foreign labor can become more fluid from 9 countries where the authorities themselves are working to relax the rules.

The minister leading the Prime Ministership, Gergely Gulyás, submitted a bill on regulatory issues related to the end of the state of emergency, which includes the concept of qualified employers and lenders. Companies interested mainly in the manufacturing industry, the construction industry and agriculture are in dire need of the facilitated labor import option.

 Back in 2021, with an amendment to the law, the government made it significantly easier for citizens of 9 other countries to work in Hungary in addition to Serbian and Ukrainian workers. Facilitated labor hire became possible for workers from Vietnam, Mongolia, the Philippines, Montenegro, Belarus, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, North Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, also with a simplified procedure.

"Previously, only Ukrainians and Serbs could take up work in Hungary in certain shortage professions with a biometric passport, on a seasonal basis. According to the new measure, citizens of these 9 countries can travel to Hungary with a D Visa and residence permit for employment purposes and they can be employed by qualified temporary staff for their partners," Magdolna Mihályi, Jobtain HR Service Provider Kft., explained the recently introduced facilitation . managing director.

In the text of bill T/27, signed by the minister in charge of the Prime Ministership, Gergely Gulyás, In the text of the draft law, it is also included that the responsible minister can establish an exemption from the work permit even in the case of employment with a qualified lender.

It seems that, based on the new bill, former qualified employers can also be qualified lenders. For this, they will have to register themselves in a system, and they can be included in the new state register in two weeks. For this, the following basic conditions must be met:

  • Ltd., registered as a lender, with its registered office in the EEA.
  • Have an appropriate number and level of professionally qualified employees deal with the employment issues of third-country nationals at all locations where such employees are employed.
  • Serious financial security, this means depositing HUF 50 million.
  • The average statistical number of employees in the year preceding the submission of the application must be at least 500 people.
  • You must have a reliable business background and infrastructure.
  • Exemption from public debt.
  • Can the company provide the appropriate data provision on time and accurately?
  • The company cannot pose a national security risk either, that is, it must pass the vetting of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution.

The complete article of the Portfolio can be read here.

Author: Károly Nagy

Photo: Árpád Földházi