Embassy of the United States Budapest, Hungary

Contact Information

Szabadság tér 12, H-1054 Budapest
Telephone: (36-1) 475-4408; Fax: (36-1) 475-4520

General Information about Job Applications

Important Notices

In compliance with U.S. law, an employment application received from any individual not present in Hungary at the time of submission is ineligible for consideration. American citizens are required under Hungarian law to obtain residency in Hungary in order to work. An American citizen, who is offered employment by the U.S. Government and who is not already a resident of Hungary, must enter Hungary on a labor visa that has been issued by a Hungarian authority in the United States. Any expenses associated with this lengthy process are the responsibility of the applicant, e.g. transportation, physical examination, etc.  

Downloadable Application Forms

The Application for Employment as a Locally Engaged Staff Member and for a U.S. Citizen, please download the DS-174 Application for Employment form that is available as a Word document and in PDF format:

• Application for Employment as a Locally Employed Staff or Family Member (PDF 195K)
• Application Form Instructions (PDF 112K)

Please send questions regarding employment with the U.S. Government in Hungary to budhr@state.gov. Applications submitted via email should be sent to budapestrecruitment@state.gov.  

Definitions of Terms Used in Job Announcements

1. Eligible Family Member (EFM):
   U.S. citizen spouse or U.S. citizen child as referred to in 6 FAM 111.3, para R, (1) who is at least age 18, and who, in either case, is on the travel orders of a U.S. citizen Foreign or Civil Service employee or military service member permanently assigned to or stationed at a U.S. Foreign Service post or establishment abroad and under Chief of Mission authority.
2. Member of Household (MOH):
   Non-U.S. citizen spouses, dependent children not on the employee's travel orders, unmarried partners of the same and opposite sex, parents, other relatives or adult children declared as an MOH to the Chief of Mission in writing but who fall outside the Department's current legal and statutory definition of EFM.
3. Ordinarily Resident (OR):
   A citizen of the host country or a citizen of another country who has shifted the main residency focus to the host country (either permanently or temporarily) and would require work and/or residency permit to be employed in country. Any Ordinarily Resident American will receive a salary that is no less than U.S. minimum wage.
4. Non-Ordinarily Resident (NOR):
   Typically NORs are U.S. citizen Eligible Family Members and family members of Foreign Service, Civil Service, and military personnel who are on travel orders and under the Chief of Mission authority, or other personnel having diplomatic privileges and immunities.

All offers of employment are based on availability of funding.

The U.S. Government is an Equal Opportunity Employer.