Sources and what is not confirmed

Official sources, status of each fact, open points.

Status: October 2026. Facts were checked against the official pages below in October 2026. Where sources conflict or we could not confirm a fact, the text says so in italics.

Main sources

• German Embassy Hanoi: visa pages (study, Ausbildung, § 16d, Opportunity Card, Blue Card, cooks, language course)
• Apostille Convention: depositary notification on Viet Nam
• Embassy Hanoi: APS
• Embassy Hanoi: legalisation
• Embassy Hanoi: document check
• Federal Foreign Office visa portal
• Federal Foreign Office: legal remedies after a visa refusal
• HCCH Apostille status table
• HCCH: objections to Vietnam's accession
• Blue Card thresholds 2026 (Federal Employment Agency)
• AufenthG
• BeschV
• SGB III (§§ 296, 296a)
• anabin (KMK)
• ZAB
• Recognition in Germany
• LEA Berlin service 324659
• LEA Berlin service 329325
• Berlin population statistics, 2nd half 2025, tables 9 and 10
• Lichtenberg district office: counselling in Vietnamese
• Reistrommel e.V.
• Seal Faire Anwerbung Pflege Deutschland
• Triple Win programme (partner countries)
• Statutes also cited: AufenthG §§ 9, 16a, 16b, 16d, 16f, 17, 18a, 18b, 18c, 18g, 19c, 20, 20a, 81a; BeschV §§ 6, 11, 15d; SGB III §§ 296, 296a; VwGO §§ 58, 74; BMG § 17; StAG § 10; Vietnam: Law 69/2020/QH14, Law 79/2025/QH15

Not confirmed or conflicting

• Blue Card: the Embassy Hanoi page names €45,630 for career starters and IT; the Federal Employment Agency names €45,934.20.
• Recognition procedure (§ 16d): Embassy page €827 a month versus €1,091 on the other pages. Search for a study place (§ 17 (2)): money and German level not confirmed.
• APS: 150 and 250 USD are described as current; the 20 USD digital certificate is unclear (Embassy: since 1 November 2023; APS: only for additional certificates).
• Law 69/2020/QH14: service-fee caps (Art. 23) and broker commission (Art. 22, Circular 02/2024/TT-BLĐTBXH) from secondary sources only; possible changes by a 2026 circular; MOLISA reportedly merged into the Ministry of Home Affairs on 1 March 2025.
• Whether Vietnamese nationality is kept on German naturalisation (Law 79/2025/QH15).
• Whether a current official nursing programme with Vietnam exists; fees of the Berlin Landesprüfungsamt; the text of the nursing minimum-wage regulation.
• Student health insurance of €120 to €130 a month for 2026; how Berlin universities apply the KMK rules; Goethe locations and prices in Vietnam; late Anmeldung without an appointment.

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