Non-EU citizens can apply for Hungarian Card, 65 thousand guest workers may come

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Guest workers from third-world countries with high professional qualifications in mathematics, natural sciences, technology and IT can receive the Hungarian Card (Magyar Kártya), the Culture and Innovation Ministry (KIM) said on Friday.

The ministry said in a statement that the measure is among others aimed at ensuring the workforce necessary for a dynamic economy.

65,000 guest workers may come from 15 countries

According to hvg.hu, in 2024, 65,000 is the maximum number of guest workers who can come to Hungary. The 15 countries foreigners can come from are the following: Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Montenegro, Vietnam, Russia, Brazil, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Venezuela, and Colombia.

However, there are lots of jobs non-EU foreigners cannot accept. For example, they cannot be government members, priests, engineers, dentists, or pharmacists. They cannot work as teachers at universities or schools, as actors or historians. They cannot be shopkeepers, metro, tram, or trolley bus drivers, shoemakers, or furriers. But as a non-EU citizen, you can work as a bus driver. We detailed in THIS article that, for example, Budapest welcomes foreign bus drivers to ease the labour shortage in the sector.

Number of registered jobseekers falls to all-time low in February

The number of registered jobseekers in Hungary fell by 10,000 to 235,400 last month, an all-time low for the month of February, the state secretary for employment policy said on Friday, citing data from the National Employment Service (NFSZ).

The number of registered jobseekers fell by 4 percent from the same month a year earlier, Sándor Czomba said in a statement. Compared with 2010, the number of jobseekers has fallen by more than 420,000, he added.

Anyone who is willing and able to work can find a job in Hungary, the state secretary said, adding that wages were also rising.

Having reined in inflation, the government is now focused on achieving an economic growth rate of 4 percent, Czomba said, adding that this required restoring consumption, raising the labour market activity rate and keeping the investment rate above 25 percent.

Read also:

  • Hungarian parliament adopts law on guest workers – Read more HERE
  • Staggering! Half a million guest workers in Hungary – Details in THIS article

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