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ARTICLE · 06 FEBRUARY 2025

Immigration Policy Changes – January 2025

The "Government Decree 450/2024. (XII. 23.) Korm. of the Government on the Employment of Guest Workers in Hungary (hereinafter referred to as the Government Decree)" published...

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Hungary: Immigration Policy Changes – January 2025

  1. Change in relation to employment with a guest worker residence permit and a residence permit for the purpose of employment without high level qualification

The "Government Decree 450/2024. (XII. 23.) Korm. of the Government on the Employment of Guest Workers in Hungary (hereinafter referred to as the Government Decree)" published in the 135th issue of the Hungarian Gazette of 2024 on 23 December 2024 entered into force on 1 January 2025. The regulation affects both the quota of foreigners who do not have university degrees and the range of countries.

The maximum guest worker quota will be reduced by half, to 35 thousand. Only new permits from 2025 should be taken into account in this year's foreign labor quota of 35 thousand.

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