Obligations of Employers and Host Organizations Concerning Citizens with the Right of Free Movement and Residence

The employer is obliged to notify the competent aliens policing authority within three working days of the failure of employment in Hungary of an EEA citizen or their family member, as well as of the termination of such employment, by providing the following data:

·         employer’s details (name, registered seat, relevant establishment, company registration number),

·         personal identification data of the EEA citizen or the family member holding third-country nationality (full name, date and place of birth, mother’s name),

·         number of the residence permit or document entitling the EEA citizen or the family member holding third-country nationality to reside in Hungary,

·         job title,

·         date of termination or failure of employment.

The aliens policing authority may impose a public order penalty on an employer who fails to comply with the obligations prescribed by law. The regional directorate competent according to the employer’s registered seat may impose a public order penalty of up to HUF 500,000 per employee on an employer who fails to comply with the obligation. The amount of the fine shall be determined with regard to all circumstances of the case, in particular the repeated nature of the infringement.

An appeal may be lodged against the decision imposing the fine.

The regional directorate may not impose a fine after more than one year has elapsed from the date on which it became aware of the infringement.

The employer shall submit the notification electronically via the aliens policing case initiation platform, Enter Hungary.

Please note that notifications made to other authorities (e.g. the National Tax and Customs Administration – NAV) do not exempt the employer from the obligation to notify the aliens policing authority.