Sources and what is not confirmed

Official sources and open points.

Where sources conflict or we could not confirm a fact, the text says so in italics.

Main sources

• German Embassy Manila: visa and entry
• BA-ZAV: Triple Win Pilipinas
• DMW (Department of Migrant Workers)
• CFO (Commission on Filipinos Overseas)
• HCCH Apostille status table
• DFA authentication and apostille
• Federal Foreign Office: FAQ apostille
• AufenthG
• BeschV
• AufenthV
• VwGO
• anabin (KMK)
• Recognition in Germany
• Make it in Germany
• Goethe-Institut Philippines
• Faire Anwerbung Pflege Deutschland

Not confirmed or conflicting

• Apostille: legalisation route is confirmed (Embassy Manila, VFS); only the VFS fee amount is open.
• DMW rules: OEC for a first departure (OFW Pass reportedly free but only Balik Manggagawa), direct hires, placement fees for healthcare workers via private agencies, current list of licensed agencies (dmw.gov.ph did not load).
• CFO: whether the counselling or the sticker is compulsory, fees, and its relation to German visas.
• VFS service fee in Manila and Cebu; the channel (Embassy or VFS) for the Blue Card and the Opportunity Card; processing times.
• Triple Win: current terms for board and lodging, whether the employer pays visa and flight (2021 DMW release).
• LAGeSo fees and processing times for nursing.
• Access of the Philippine senior high school diploma to German universities; uni-assist rules for the Philippines; ZAB proof for Philippine degrees.
• Semester fees; deadlines of Berlin universities.
• Family reunification: exceptions to German A1, sponsor conditions, fiancé(e) visas, children's conditions.
• Whether the § 17 study- or training-place-search visa is issued in Manila in practice.
• Philippine citizenship retention after German naturalisation; Filipino community advice groups in Berlin.
• Philippine rules and bank charges for transferring money abroad to a blocked account.

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