Rules on Hungarian immunity certificate have changed!

On Monday evening, the Hungarian government issued in a new decree some modifications regarding the immunity certificate. These changes involve both Hungarian and foreign citizens to a certain extent.

Based on the new decision announced in Magyar Közlöny, the most significant changes involve the vaccination of those Hungarian citizens who do not have social security (TAJ) number and those foreigners who have been living in the country for a long time already. The decree creates the legal base for the inoculation of these two groups. All documentation needed in order to make, deliver and receive the certificate is also involved, writes hvg.hu.

The process, naturally, is a bit easier for Hungarian citizens without a TAJ number. They do not need to comply with any conditions set up in several other laws. For instance, the duration of their stay in the country is not considered when receiving the jab.

On the other hand, foreigners’ case is a bit different. Only

those spending a long time in Hungary can be inoculated in the country. The residence permit is the document proving this fact.

In case the foreign citizen possesses neither a passport nor an identity card (in the case of British citizens), this residence permit and its number will be put into the passport number box on the immunity certificate. Thus,

the immunity certificate will only be valid together with the residence permit!

If a foreign citizen does not have a TAJ card, he will still be entitled to the immunity certificate, of course, as mentioned above. However, he will need a separate, so-called “technical code” to replace the TAJ number on the immunity certificate.