Visa & length of stay

What are the stay options?

White Card for digital nomads

Hungary’s White Card addresses qualifying remote foreign employment or ownership in a profit-generating foreign business. A card is generally valid for up to one year and may be extended once for another year.

The route described here is background information, not confirmation that an individual applicant qualifies. Check the official requirements for your circumstances.

Stay-route details & sources

Source-check date recorded in the country data: 2026-09-17.

  • The published means test is at least EUR 3,000 net monthly for the six months before entry and throughout the stay.
  • The route does not permit local Hungarian gainful activity. It generally does not provide a family-reunification route for accompanying relatives.
Hungarian immigration authority: White Card ↗KAPTAR Budapest: coworking memberships ↗NYSE: regular market hours ↗
Trading hours

When does the US session fall locally?

Usually 15:30–22:00 local time; 14:30–21:00 during the illustrated Europe/US clock-change gaps.

Calculated examples use New York’s regular cash-session reference and the listed time zone. Local clocks change on different dates. Holidays, early closes and the broader futures schedule are not represented.

This reference describes the main US cash-market session, not the complete futures trading schedule.

What this guide covers

A researched starting point, not a final rating.

Additional starter guides with source-backed stay and workspace notes. These are not final destination rankings or individual eligibility decisions.

Remote-work routes are not automatically available to someone whose income comes only from personal investing or prop-firm rewards. The reviewed requirements concern qualifying work, contracts or businesses. Individual eligibility must be established separately.

Only the information in this starter guide was checked on . This does not refresh older guides or confirm any applicant’s eligibility.

Healthcare & insurance

Check how medical costs are covered.

The authority asks for comprehensive healthcare coverage or evidence that the applicant can meet healthcare costs. Insurance evidence and visa approval are separate from quality-of-care ratings.

Published information
Source and scope
Hungarian immigration authority: White Card ↗

Qualifying work, income evidence, insurance and White Card duration.

Checked 2026-09-17.
Workspace example

KAPTAR Budapest.

The reviewed membership information distinguishes daytime access from products specifically sold with 24-hour access. Its 24/7-labelled plans should not be treated as the terms for a day pass.

Published information
Source and scope
KAPTAR Budapest: coworking memberships ↗

Plan-specific access from operator information; full-page retrieval was intermittent. No service test.

Checked 2026-09-17. Based on the indexed source extract; direct access was limited.

Full-page retrieval was intermittent during the check. Ask the operator to confirm the current plan and access hours; no measured connection quality or power backup is claimed.

Planning note
Taxes & longer stays

The card does not settle tax status.

A Hungary-specific tax-residence assessment is not included in this starter profile. Neither low tax rates nor a tax exemption are inferred from holding the White Card.

Planning note
Understanding the clock

Local times, seasonal changes and overnight endings.

Calculated examples use New York’s regular cash-session reference and the listed time zone. Local clocks change on different dates. Holidays, early closes and the broader futures schedule are not represented.

Calculated examples and source

The examples use the Europe/Budapest time zone and 09:30–16:00 in New York.

2026-01-15
15:30–22:00 local time
2026-07-15
15:30–22:00 local time
2026-03-16
14:30–21:00 local time
2026-10-28
14:30–21:00 local time
NYSE: regular market hours ↗

09:30–16:00 New York reference used for clock conversion; not the full futures schedule or a holiday calendar.

Before choosing a base

Questions that remain personal or property-specific.

The questions below are editorial planning prompts, not requirements attributed to a government or tested property advice.

  • Does the income evidence cover the required six-month history?
  • Does the route work for the whole household rather than only the main applicant?
  • Which access hours, workspace services and contingency arrangements are contracted?

No affordability, connection reliability, medical-quality, safety or provider-access score has been assigned for these countries. Missing evidence is not a zero score and not permission to use a service.

No provider-by-country clearance is published for these new guides. Rules about nationality, residence, visits and account stages require separate provider-specific evidence.

Places to research

Which locations are on the research list?

Budapest

These locations are research candidates, not a completed city ranking.

Before making plans

What is still uncertain?

No affordability, connection reliability, medical-quality, safety or provider-access score has been assigned for these countries. Missing evidence is not a zero score and not permission to use a service.

Country research cautions

Notes retained from the underlying country dataset. Later sections may contain additional research.

  • Remote-work routes are not automatically available to someone whose income comes only from personal investing or prop-firm rewards. The reviewed requirements concern qualifying work, contracts or businesses. Individual eligibility must be established separately.
  • No affordability, connection reliability, medical-quality, safety or provider-access score has been assigned for these countries. Missing evidence is not a zero score and not permission to use a service.