Remote employees and owners of businesses registered outside Hungary may qualify for the White Card, a one-year residence permit for digital nomads.
Next Visa Step checks six months of your income against the net figure and prepares the file against the Embassy in Islamabad's own checklist.
Income, main applicant
€3,000 / month
Family cannot join on this permit. The decree and its date
The short answer
The only route on this site measured after tax.
OIF asks for six months of bank statements and an employer or tax authority certificate of regular income. The Embassy in Islamabad asks for the six months before your interview. Those two windows are not the same, so we build the file to cover both.
What the government charges
€110 at the Embassy, covering the residence permit and the visa to collect it, paid at a UBL branch after you submit. There is no separate visa fee. An extension inside Hungary is charged in forint. Insurance and accommodation are your own costs. Our fee is separate.
Documents
The Embassy in Islamabad's White Card checklist, read with OIF's factsheet.
Through a business abroad
A registered business and a tax certificate of regular revenue carry the file.
An employer outside Hungary
An employer statement naming the remote clause, and six months of net pay.
A business registered abroad
Registration, proof it trades, and income that reaches you every month.
Originals, in English. The Embassy accepts only original documents and asks for NADRA documents and your CV in English. Neither OIF's factsheet nor the checklist states an apostille or translation rule for the White Card. That silence is not an exemption, so we confirm it with the Embassy before you submit.
You have three months to enter. The visa is single entry, valid for three months, for a stay of up to 30 days, and the approval lapses if you do not travel in time. Your photo and fingerprints are taken when you apply. To extend, file between 90 and 30 days before expiry, after at least 90 days in Hungary in any 180-day period.
Filing from Pakistan: the application goes to the Embassy of Hungary in Islamabad, with the appointment booked through VFS Global, no earlier than 90 days before you plan to enter. OIF decides within 30 days. The rule itself is in Decree 35/2024.
From experience
Usually because the file was built for a gross threshold.
01
A contract salary above the line, and take-home pay below it. Hungary reads what reaches you after tax, not what the offer letter says.
How we handle itWe check the net credit in each month's statement before we check the contract.
02
The decree asks for the figure in the six months before entry, then throughout the stay. A quiet month in that window is a gap, whatever the average.
How we handle itWe map six months against both the entry date and the interview date, and move the filing if one falls short.
03
The decree wants the employer to state that the work can be done remotely and for how long. A plain salary certificate says neither.
How we handle itWe draft the points the statement must cover and check the signed version before filing.
04
Some applicants expect to bring family or switch to work later. Neither is possible on this card, and finding out after arrival costs a year.
How we handle itWe test the whole plan in the first review and point you to a better route when Hungary does not fit.
Working with us
Three stages. The first decides whether the other two happen.
Stage 1
We review how you earn, your last six months of net income and the documents supporting your ongoing work. You receive a clear explanation of any gaps to address before applying.
Stage 2
We help organise the form, the employer statement, income evidence, accommodation and civil documents. Your checklist follows the Embassy's list and how you earn.
Stage 3
We guide you through the VFS booking, the Embassy submission and the fee. We also explain the entry deadline and the extension rules once the card is approved.
Questions
At least €3,000 net a month, for at least six months before you enter Hungary, and for the whole time you stay. The figure is set in Government Decree 35/2024 and has stood since 2 March 2024.
After tax and deductions. A salary of €3,000 gross does not meet it. Every other route on our site measures gross income, so Hungary's figure is a higher bar than it looks beside them.
An employee of an employer outside Hungary whose contract allows remote, electronic work, or someone who owns or runs a business registered outside Hungary. The decree does not name freelancers; a registered business abroad is the closest fit.
No. OIF states that a family member of a White Card holder or applicant cannot get a residence permit for family reunification. The one exception it gives is a child born while the permit is valid.
Up to one year, and it can be extended once, for up to one more year, for the same purpose. To extend, you must have spent at least 90 days in Hungary in any 180-day period, and file between 90 and 30 days before expiry.
No. OIF says a White Card holder cannot get a national residence card, and cannot apply for a permit on any other ground from inside Hungary, either while the card is valid or after it expires.
At the Embassy of Hungary in Islamabad, with the appointment booked through VFS Global. Only visa-free nationals may apply from inside Hungary. The Embassy lists employment permits for Pakistanis as on hold, but it names the White Card among the cases it accepts.
OIF says it decides within 30 days of the application. Lodge it no earlier than 90 days before you plan to enter. Once approved, you must enter within three months or the approval lapses.
No. The White Card is only for people who pursue no gainful activity in Hungary and hold no share in a Hungarian company. OIF withdraws the permit if you work for or on behalf of an employer in Hungary.
€110 at the Embassy, which covers both the residence permit and the visa to collect it. There is no separate visa application. An extension inside Hungary has its own fee in forint. Our fee is separate.
We found no statement from the Hungarian tax authority on White Card holders, so this page does not give one. Tax residence follows its own rules. Speak to a Hungarian adviser before you plan around it.
Rules on this page come from the Immigration Directorate's factsheet, last edited 11 March 2026, and the Embassy in Islamabad. We do not give tax advice.
Tell us what reaches your account each month and what you plan after the first year. The first conversation gives you a straight read on the net test, the employer statement and whether Hungary suits your plan, and it costs nothing.