Five Years at a Time for the Spouse of a Hungarian, Two Years of Marriage Before Settled Status, and a Second Spouse Refused in Terms
Answer
The general rule applies to you
No exception is recorded for citizens of Finland on this topic. That is the answer, not a gap - everything below is the rule you get, unchanged.
172 exceptions recorded across 63 countries · none match Finland to Hungary · Residency through marriage
Marriage reaches Hungarian residence through the family unity permit in section 71 of Act XC of 2023. The spouse of a Hungarian citizen is covered by section 71(1)(e) read with section 71(2)(a), and section 73(1)(c) gives that permit up to five years at a time, extendable by five - the longest family term in the Act apart from the guest investor's ten. The spouse of a third-country national with a residence permit is in the same section but on a shorter clock, three years at a time under section 73(1)(a), and only where the sponsor is not one of the nine kinds section 71(4) shuts out: a guest worker, a White Card holder, a student, a trainee, a volunteer, or a guest self-employed person in their first year. Section 73(2) caps the family permit at the sponsor's own permit, so a spouse never outlasts the person they joined. Settled status is a separate clock again. Section 83(1)(c) opens the national residence card to the spouse of a Hungarian citizen, of a settled third-country national or of a recognised refugee where the marriage was concluded at least two years before the application - no residence requirement, but still the national-interest condition and the cultural knowledge examination of section 83(2). Section 72(1)(a) gives the family member an independent right to stay five years after the permit was first issued, and section 72(1)(b) preserves it if the sponsor dies and the conditions of the stay are met. Section 71(9) refuses a permit to the spouse of a sponsor whose other spouse already holds one.
At a glance
- Permit length, spouse of a Hungarian citizen
- 5 years, extendable by 5
Section 73(1)(c) of Act XC of 2023, which also covers the spouse of a holder of an EC permanent residence permit or EU residence card issued under section 87(1)(b).
- Permit length, spouse of a third-country national
- 3 years, extendable by 3
Section 73(1)(a) of Act XC of 2023, with four years where the sponsor holds an EU Blue Card or a Corporate Card and ten where the sponsor is a guest investor.
- Cap on the family permit
- Never longer than the sponsor's own permit
Section 73(2) of Act XC of 2023. Where the sponsor holds an EU Blue Card the two run for identical terms.
- Marriage needed for settled status
- 2 years, concluded before the application
Section 83(1)(c) of Act XC of 2023. There is no separate residence requirement on this route, but section 83(2) still applies.
- Independent right to stay
- 5 years from the first issue of the family permit
Section 72(1)(a) of Act XC of 2023, or on the sponsor's death under section 72(1)(b) where the conditions of the stay are secured.
- A second spouse
- Refused: section 71(9) of Act XC of 2023
The bar bites where the sponsor's other spouse already holds a family unity visa or permit.
- Sponsors who cannot bring a spouse at all
- 9 classes, in section 71(4) of Act XC of 2023
Guest self-employed in their first year, seasonal worker, investment-project worker, employment permit holder, guest worker, White Card holder, student or trainee, and volunteer.
Requirements
- A marriage to a Hungarian citizen, to a settled third-country national or to one holding a residence permit that allows a sponsor
- For settled status, a marriage concluded at least two years before the application, plus the cultural knowledge examination
- A sponsor who is not a guest worker, a White Card holder, a student, a trainee or a volunteer
Country-level policy
Act II of 2007 on the entry and residence of third-country nationals governed Hungarian immigration for sixteen years and it is not law. Act XC of 2023 replaced it, and did so in two steps that are a day apart. Section 350 of the new Act repealed sections 1 to 120 of the old one - every substantive provision, listed point by point across eighteen lettered items. Section 351 then repealed the Act itself. Section 285(1) brought the new Act into force on 1 January 2024 and section 285(2) held section 351 back to 2 January 2024, so for the whole of 1 January 2024 Act II of 2007 existed as a title and a set of empty section numbers with no content in any of them. The National Legislation Database records the consequence on its own page for the Act, which is dated Hatalyos: 2024. 01. 01. - 2024. 01. 01. The new Act opens with a preamble that no other instrument in this corpus matches in tone, and it is worth reading because it states what the drafters were trying to do with the chapters that follow.
Section 83(2)(b) of Act XC of 2023 makes the social coexistence conditions a condition of the national residence card, and section 87(4) extends the same requirement to the EU residence card, so both routes to settled status in Hungary pass through it. Section 80(1) of Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.) says what it means in practice: a Hungarian cultural knowledge examination. Section 81(6) provides that the examination is written and in Hungarian, which makes it a language requirement as well as a knowledge one although no provision read here sets a language level. The fee is 20,000 forints a sitting under section 80(4), payable before admission. Section 80(2) exempts only three classes - a person who has already passed it in another immigration procedure, a third-country national under 14, and one placed under guardianship by a final court judgment. The authority must announce at least four sittings a month and give fifteen working days' notice, and the result is pass or fail, announced on the spot. The provision with no counterpart elsewhere in this corpus is section 81(11): where an applicant finishes the examination with a fail three times, a further application to sit it must be refused. There is no waiting period and no second chance after it, and the refusal is of the application to sit rather than of the residence application. Section 79(2) exempts the national residence card issued in the national interest from the whole requirement.
Section 7(1) of Act XC of 2023 states a principle no other statute in this corpus states so plainly: a foreign national may stay in Hungary on one ground at a time, and where they acquire an entitlement on a second ground the earlier one must be withdrawn. The architecture built on it is what makes the Hungarian system hard to move around in. The guest self-employed permit (section 21(6)), the employment permit (section 28(8)), the guest worker permit (section 31(4)) and the White Card (section 62(5)) each carry the same sentence: during the permit's validity and after it expires, a residence permit on another ground may not be applied for within the country. The holder has to leave and apply from abroad. A second layer bars the same people from settled status: section 83(5) lists thirteen permit types from which the national residence card cannot be reached, and section 84(3)(b) excludes White Card time from the three years anyone else would be accumulating. A third layer bars them from bringing family: section 71(4) lists nine classes of sponsor who cannot, with one exception in section 71(5) for a child born in Hungary while the permit is in force. And section 19(3) adds a condition on extension that reads oddly until you see what it is for: a permit may be extended only where the holder's stay on it has already exceeded ninety days in any 180, which stops a permit being obtained and then renewed by someone who never really came. Section 7(2) requires the person to leave the country without delay when the entitlement expires.
What applies to you
Nothing changes for a citizen of Finland
We have no rule recorded that treats your citizenship differently here, so the general rule above is the one that applies to you. That is an answer, not a gap.
What the law says
«71. § (1) A családi együttélés biztosítása céljából kiadott tartózkodási engedélyt az a harmadik országbeli állampolgár kaphat, aki a) tartózkodási engedéllyel rendelkező személy, b) bevándorlási, letelepedési, ideiglenes letelepedési, nemzeti letelepedési vagy EK letelepedési engedéllyel rendelkező személy, c) ideiglenes tartózkodási kártyával, nemzeti tartózkodási kártyával vagy EU tartózkodási kártyával rendelkező személy, d) az [Szmtv.](https://njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/2007-1-00-00) szerinti tartózkodási kártyával, állandó tartózkodási kártyával, vagy huzamos tartózkodási kártyával rendelkező személy, vagy e) magyar állampolgár (ezen fejezet alkalmazásában a továbbiakban együtt: családegyesítő) családtagja. (2) Családtagnak minősül a) a harmadik országbeli állampolgár vagy a magyar állampolgár házastársa, b) a harmadik országbeli állampolgár házastársával közös kiskorú gyermeke (ideértve az örökbefogadott és nevelt gyermeket is), c) a harmadik országbeli állampolgár eltartott kiskorú gyermeke (ideértve az örökbefogadott és nevelt gyermeket is), aki felett a harmadik országbeli állampolgár szülői felügyeleti jogot gyakorol, d) a harmadik országbeli állampolgár vagy a magyar állampolgár házastársának eltartott kiskorú gyermeke (ideértve az örökbefogadott és nevelt gyermeket is), aki felett a házastárs szülői felügyeleti jogot gyakorol, e) a kiskorú magyar állampolgár felett szülői felügyeleti joggal rendelkező, a szülői felügyeleti jogát gyakorló, a magyar állampolgárral egy háztartásban élő személy.»Our translation - not official
Section 71 (1) A residence permit issued for the purpose of ensuring family unity may be granted to a third-country national who is a family member of a) a person holding a residence permit, b) a person holding an immigration, settlement, temporary settlement, national settlement or EC settlement permit, c) a person holding a temporary residence card, a national residence card or an EU residence card, d) a person holding a residence card, permanent residence card or long-term residence card under the Free Movement Act, or e) a Hungarian citizen (together, for the purposes of this Chapter: the sponsor). (2) The following qualify as family members a) the spouse of the third-country national or of the Hungarian citizen, b) the minor child of the third-country national and their spouse in common (including an adopted and a fostered child), c) the dependent minor child of the third-country national (including an adopted and a fostered child) over whom the third-country national exercises parental custody, d) the dependent minor child of the spouse of the third-country national or of the Hungarian citizen (including an adopted and a fostered child) over whom the spouse exercises parental custody, e) a person who exercises parental custody over a minor Hungarian citizen and lives in one household with the Hungarian citizen.
Known to be out of date. The National Legislation Database dates this time-state 2026. 10. 01. - 2026. 12. 31., which on its own definition in section 1 of Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) means the text changes on 1 January 2027. The instrument that changes it was not read.
The closed definition of a family member. A dependent parent and a sibling are not in it: they are in section 71(7), on separate terms.
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The Hungarian state's own electronic collection of legislation, operated for the Minister of Justice by Magyar Kozlony Lap- es Konyvkiado Kft. under a public service contract, and the only place a consolidated Hungarian statute is published at all. Section 29(1) of Act CXXX of 2010 defines it; Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) sets the duties. Section 2(1) of the decree requires every statute in force to appear in consolidated form with all of its past time-states back to 1 January 2010 and its next three; section 2(3) requires the consolidation within three working days of promulgation. **Read the host carefully: section 8(1) of the decree still names www.njt.hu and the service that answers is njt.jog.gov.hu.** The address shape is njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/{YEAR}-{NUMBER}-00-00 for an Act, using the Act's Roman numeral converted to Arabic - Act XC of 2023 is 2023-90-00-00, Act LV of 1993 is 1993-55-00-00, Act CXVII of 1995 is 1995-117-00-00 - and njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/{YEAR}-{NUMBER}-20-22 for a government decree, so Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.) is 2024-35-20-22. The decisive thing on every page is the line under the title: Hatalyos: 2026. 10. 01. - 2026. 12. 31. By the definition of a time-state in section 1 of the decree, the closing date is the day before the text changes, so a page with a closing date is telling the reader that the law will be different on the day after it, and Nem ismert means no change is yet scheduled. Footnotes at the foot of the text name, for every amended paragraph, the Act or decree that put the current words there, which is the only machine-readable amendment history in the corpus.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: **Nothing published here is the authentic text and Hungarian law says so in terms.** Section 25(1) of Act CXXX of 2010 confers authenticity on the Magyar Kozlony and section 25(2) forbids a consolidated text from being published in the Magyar Kozlony at all, so the authentic text and the current text are in two different places by design and the consolidation is never the authentic one. Neither Act CXXX of 2010 nor Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) uses the word hiteles of this database anywhere. The practical limitation that follows is narrower than it sounds and bites hard in one place: **an amending provision disappears from here once it has done its work.** Section 12(2) of Act CXXX of 2010 makes an amending provision lose force the day after it takes effect, and the consolidated text of the amending Act then prints only a footnote saying so, stripping the subtitle headings with it. Act XC of 2023 as served here therefore contains neither section 350 nor section 351, the two provisions that repealed the statute it replaced; Act LXXXIV of 2024 as served here contains neither section 135, which removed the 500,000 EUR property option from the guest investor programme, nor the subtitle that would say which commencement date applied to it. **For what was enacted, and for when, read the Magyar Kozlony issue.** It also cannot be cited for anything kept outside the statute book, and the 2023 immigration Act pushes a great deal out there: the government decree naming which nationalities may hold a guest worker permit or a National Card, the ministerial communication fixing the annual permit number under sections 28(4) and 30(4), the communication listing excluded occupations, the communication fixing the EU Blue Card salary under section 48(7) of Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.), and the registers of preferential employers and qualified temporary-work agencies. Nor is it the place to read a figure a statute re-indexes: section 25(3) of Act CXXX of 2019 prints a health service contribution of 7,710 forints set in 2020 and in the same breath provides that the rate in force is published each year by the National Tax and Customs Administration on its own website.
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«A családi együttélés biztosítása céljából kiadott tartózkodási engedély érvényességi ideje a) – a b)–d) pontban meghatározott esetek kivételével – legfeljebb három év, amely alkalmanként legfeljebb három évvel meghosszabbítható, b) legfeljebb négy év, amely alkalmanként legfeljebb négy évvel meghosszabbítható, ha a családegyesítő EU Kék Kártyával vagy Vállalati Kártyával rendelkezik, c) legfeljebb öt év, amely alkalmanként legfeljebb öt évvel meghosszabbítható, ha a családegyesítő magyar állampolgár vagy a 87\. § (1) bekezdés b) pontja alapján kiadott EK letelepedési engedéllyel vagy EU tartózkodási kártyával rendelkezik, d) legfeljebb 10 év, amely alkalmanként legfeljebb 10 évvel meghosszabbítható, ha a családegyesítő vendégbefektetői tartózkodási engedéllyel rendelkezik.»Our translation - not official
The validity of the residence permit issued for the purpose of ensuring family unity is a) - except in the cases set out in points b) to d) - at most three years, extendable each time by at most three years, b) at most four years, extendable each time by at most four years, if the sponsor holds an EU Blue Card or a Corporate Card, c) at most five years, extendable each time by at most five years, if the sponsor is a Hungarian citizen or holds an EC settlement permit or EU residence card issued under section 87(1)(b), d) at most 10 years, extendable each time by at most 10 years, if the sponsor holds a guest investor residence permit.
Known to be out of date. The National Legislation Database dates this time-state 2026. 10. 01. - 2026. 12. 31., which on its own definition in section 1 of Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) means the text changes on 1 January 2027. The instrument that changes it was not read.
Four tiers, and which one applies is decided by the sponsor's own document rather than by the family relationship.
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The Hungarian state's own electronic collection of legislation, operated for the Minister of Justice by Magyar Kozlony Lap- es Konyvkiado Kft. under a public service contract, and the only place a consolidated Hungarian statute is published at all. Section 29(1) of Act CXXX of 2010 defines it; Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) sets the duties. Section 2(1) of the decree requires every statute in force to appear in consolidated form with all of its past time-states back to 1 January 2010 and its next three; section 2(3) requires the consolidation within three working days of promulgation. **Read the host carefully: section 8(1) of the decree still names www.njt.hu and the service that answers is njt.jog.gov.hu.** The address shape is njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/{YEAR}-{NUMBER}-00-00 for an Act, using the Act's Roman numeral converted to Arabic - Act XC of 2023 is 2023-90-00-00, Act LV of 1993 is 1993-55-00-00, Act CXVII of 1995 is 1995-117-00-00 - and njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/{YEAR}-{NUMBER}-20-22 for a government decree, so Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.) is 2024-35-20-22. The decisive thing on every page is the line under the title: Hatalyos: 2026. 10. 01. - 2026. 12. 31. By the definition of a time-state in section 1 of the decree, the closing date is the day before the text changes, so a page with a closing date is telling the reader that the law will be different on the day after it, and Nem ismert means no change is yet scheduled. Footnotes at the foot of the text name, for every amended paragraph, the Act or decree that put the current words there, which is the only machine-readable amendment history in the corpus.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: **Nothing published here is the authentic text and Hungarian law says so in terms.** Section 25(1) of Act CXXX of 2010 confers authenticity on the Magyar Kozlony and section 25(2) forbids a consolidated text from being published in the Magyar Kozlony at all, so the authentic text and the current text are in two different places by design and the consolidation is never the authentic one. Neither Act CXXX of 2010 nor Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) uses the word hiteles of this database anywhere. The practical limitation that follows is narrower than it sounds and bites hard in one place: **an amending provision disappears from here once it has done its work.** Section 12(2) of Act CXXX of 2010 makes an amending provision lose force the day after it takes effect, and the consolidated text of the amending Act then prints only a footnote saying so, stripping the subtitle headings with it. Act XC of 2023 as served here therefore contains neither section 350 nor section 351, the two provisions that repealed the statute it replaced; Act LXXXIV of 2024 as served here contains neither section 135, which removed the 500,000 EUR property option from the guest investor programme, nor the subtitle that would say which commencement date applied to it. **For what was enacted, and for when, read the Magyar Kozlony issue.** It also cannot be cited for anything kept outside the statute book, and the 2023 immigration Act pushes a great deal out there: the government decree naming which nationalities may hold a guest worker permit or a National Card, the ministerial communication fixing the annual permit number under sections 28(4) and 30(4), the communication listing excluded occupations, the communication fixing the EU Blue Card salary under section 48(7) of Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.), and the registers of preferential employers and qualified temporary-work agencies. Nor is it the place to read a figure a statute re-indexes: section 25(3) of Act CXXX of 2019 prints a health service contribution of 7,710 forints set in 2020 and in the same breath provides that the rate in force is published each year by the National Tax and Customs Administration on its own website.
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«A családegyesítő házastársa nem kaphat tartózkodási engedélyt, ha a családegyesítő másik házastársa a családi együttélés biztosítása érdekében kiadott tartózkodási vízummal, illetve tartózkodási engedéllyel rendelkezik.»Our translation - not official
The spouse of the sponsor may not be granted a residence permit if the sponsor's other spouse holds a residence visa or residence permit issued for the purpose of ensuring family unity.
Known to be out of date. The National Legislation Database dates this time-state 2026. 10. 01. - 2026. 12. 31., which on its own definition in section 1 of Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) means the text changes on 1 January 2027. The instrument that changes it was not read.
The bar is on the second permit rather than on the second marriage, and it operates whichever spouse applies first.
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The Hungarian state's own electronic collection of legislation, operated for the Minister of Justice by Magyar Kozlony Lap- es Konyvkiado Kft. under a public service contract, and the only place a consolidated Hungarian statute is published at all. Section 29(1) of Act CXXX of 2010 defines it; Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) sets the duties. Section 2(1) of the decree requires every statute in force to appear in consolidated form with all of its past time-states back to 1 January 2010 and its next three; section 2(3) requires the consolidation within three working days of promulgation. **Read the host carefully: section 8(1) of the decree still names www.njt.hu and the service that answers is njt.jog.gov.hu.** The address shape is njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/{YEAR}-{NUMBER}-00-00 for an Act, using the Act's Roman numeral converted to Arabic - Act XC of 2023 is 2023-90-00-00, Act LV of 1993 is 1993-55-00-00, Act CXVII of 1995 is 1995-117-00-00 - and njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/{YEAR}-{NUMBER}-20-22 for a government decree, so Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.) is 2024-35-20-22. The decisive thing on every page is the line under the title: Hatalyos: 2026. 10. 01. - 2026. 12. 31. By the definition of a time-state in section 1 of the decree, the closing date is the day before the text changes, so a page with a closing date is telling the reader that the law will be different on the day after it, and Nem ismert means no change is yet scheduled. Footnotes at the foot of the text name, for every amended paragraph, the Act or decree that put the current words there, which is the only machine-readable amendment history in the corpus.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: **Nothing published here is the authentic text and Hungarian law says so in terms.** Section 25(1) of Act CXXX of 2010 confers authenticity on the Magyar Kozlony and section 25(2) forbids a consolidated text from being published in the Magyar Kozlony at all, so the authentic text and the current text are in two different places by design and the consolidation is never the authentic one. Neither Act CXXX of 2010 nor Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) uses the word hiteles of this database anywhere. The practical limitation that follows is narrower than it sounds and bites hard in one place: **an amending provision disappears from here once it has done its work.** Section 12(2) of Act CXXX of 2010 makes an amending provision lose force the day after it takes effect, and the consolidated text of the amending Act then prints only a footnote saying so, stripping the subtitle headings with it. Act XC of 2023 as served here therefore contains neither section 350 nor section 351, the two provisions that repealed the statute it replaced; Act LXXXIV of 2024 as served here contains neither section 135, which removed the 500,000 EUR property option from the guest investor programme, nor the subtitle that would say which commencement date applied to it. **For what was enacted, and for when, read the Magyar Kozlony issue.** It also cannot be cited for anything kept outside the statute book, and the 2023 immigration Act pushes a great deal out there: the government decree naming which nationalities may hold a guest worker permit or a National Card, the ministerial communication fixing the annual permit number under sections 28(4) and 30(4), the communication listing excluded occupations, the communication fixing the EU Blue Card salary under section 48(7) of Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.), and the registers of preferential employers and qualified temporary-work agencies. Nor is it the place to read a figure a statute re-indexes: section 25(3) of Act CXXX of 2019 prints a health service contribution of 7,710 forints set in 2020 and in the same breath provides that the rate in force is published each year by the National Tax and Customs Administration on its own website.
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«72. § (1) A családtag – ha más jogcímen nem szerzett tartózkodási jogosultságot – további tartózkodásra jogosult a) abban az esetben, ha a tartózkodási engedélye első ízben történő kiadásától számított öt év eltelt, vagy b) a családegyesítő, illetve a menekültként elismert személy halála esetén, ha a tartózkodás feltételei biztosítottak.»Our translation - not official
Section 72 (1) A family member - where they have not acquired a residence entitlement on another ground - is entitled to continue to stay a) where five years have elapsed since their residence permit was first issued, or b) on the death of the sponsor or of the person recognised as a refugee, if the conditions of the stay are secured.
Known to be out of date. The National Legislation Database dates this time-state 2026. 10. 01. - 2026. 12. 31., which on its own definition in section 1 of Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) means the text changes on 1 January 2027. The instrument that changes it was not read.
The point at which the permit stops depending on the marriage.
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The Hungarian state's own electronic collection of legislation, operated for the Minister of Justice by Magyar Kozlony Lap- es Konyvkiado Kft. under a public service contract, and the only place a consolidated Hungarian statute is published at all. Section 29(1) of Act CXXX of 2010 defines it; Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) sets the duties. Section 2(1) of the decree requires every statute in force to appear in consolidated form with all of its past time-states back to 1 January 2010 and its next three; section 2(3) requires the consolidation within three working days of promulgation. **Read the host carefully: section 8(1) of the decree still names www.njt.hu and the service that answers is njt.jog.gov.hu.** The address shape is njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/{YEAR}-{NUMBER}-00-00 for an Act, using the Act's Roman numeral converted to Arabic - Act XC of 2023 is 2023-90-00-00, Act LV of 1993 is 1993-55-00-00, Act CXVII of 1995 is 1995-117-00-00 - and njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/{YEAR}-{NUMBER}-20-22 for a government decree, so Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.) is 2024-35-20-22. The decisive thing on every page is the line under the title: Hatalyos: 2026. 10. 01. - 2026. 12. 31. By the definition of a time-state in section 1 of the decree, the closing date is the day before the text changes, so a page with a closing date is telling the reader that the law will be different on the day after it, and Nem ismert means no change is yet scheduled. Footnotes at the foot of the text name, for every amended paragraph, the Act or decree that put the current words there, which is the only machine-readable amendment history in the corpus.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: **Nothing published here is the authentic text and Hungarian law says so in terms.** Section 25(1) of Act CXXX of 2010 confers authenticity on the Magyar Kozlony and section 25(2) forbids a consolidated text from being published in the Magyar Kozlony at all, so the authentic text and the current text are in two different places by design and the consolidation is never the authentic one. Neither Act CXXX of 2010 nor Government Decree No 338/2011. (XII. 29.) uses the word hiteles of this database anywhere. The practical limitation that follows is narrower than it sounds and bites hard in one place: **an amending provision disappears from here once it has done its work.** Section 12(2) of Act CXXX of 2010 makes an amending provision lose force the day after it takes effect, and the consolidated text of the amending Act then prints only a footnote saying so, stripping the subtitle headings with it. Act XC of 2023 as served here therefore contains neither section 350 nor section 351, the two provisions that repealed the statute it replaced; Act LXXXIV of 2024 as served here contains neither section 135, which removed the 500,000 EUR property option from the guest investor programme, nor the subtitle that would say which commencement date applied to it. **For what was enacted, and for when, read the Magyar Kozlony issue.** It also cannot be cited for anything kept outside the statute book, and the 2023 immigration Act pushes a great deal out there: the government decree naming which nationalities may hold a guest worker permit or a National Card, the ministerial communication fixing the annual permit number under sections 28(4) and 30(4), the communication listing excluded occupations, the communication fixing the EU Blue Card salary under section 48(7) of Government Decree No 35/2024. (II. 29.), and the registers of preferential employers and qualified temporary-work agencies. Nor is it the place to read a figure a statute re-indexes: section 25(3) of Act CXXX of 2019 prints a health service contribution of 7,710 forints set in 2020 and in the same breath provides that the rate in force is published each year by the National Tax and Customs Administration on its own website.
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Practical notes
Nothing read here requires the marriage to be genuine as a separate condition of the family unity permit, and nothing read here sets a period of cohabitation. The two-year rule is a condition of settled status under section 83(1)(c), not of the permit.
The spouse of a Union, EEA or Swiss citizen is outside this Act. Section 1(2)(b) of Act XC of 2023 puts them under Act I of 2007, where a residence card rather than a residence permit is the document.
- consolidates2023. évi XC. törvény a harmadik országbeli állampolgárok beutazására és tartózkodására vonatkozó általános szabályokról
Nemzeti Jogszabalytar, Igazsagugyi Miniszterium · consolidated to 2026-10-01
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