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sqzr
Joined 2017
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6 years ago

Applying for Residence Permit as Freelancer with intermittent income

6 years ago

Anyone applied for the Residence Permit as a Non-EU citizen and gets their income from online/outside Hungary?

Whats your experience with the process and is there very little chance someone in these circumstances will be successful in their application? I'd love to hear peoples experience with the Residence Permit application in general.

Information:
I'm a software developer from Australia looking to relocate to Hungary (or the Czech Republic) under the Residence Permit. My income is intermittent and comes from international clients so I wont be locally employed in Hungary. I have lots of savings to get by for more than a year.

I know more about the Czech application process than the Hungarian. I'll list here the Czech process which is quite tedious, is the Hungarian process similar? Some of the requirements for residency include; show income of atleast $1400USD paid into your bank account monthly, evidence of a house/apartment you are renting in the country, a letter from the landlord, health insurance cover, pay health 'tax' every month, pay standard taxes every month, get a form from Australia that shows no criminal record, must have interview done in an embassy outside of CZ.

In general, I'm canvasing what is involved in the Hungarian process for a non-EU citizen that will not be locally employed.

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