Baden-Württemberg is Germany's machinery and precision-engineering heartland — Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Freiburg, the Swabian Alb — and its Mittelstand is short of exactly the technicians the Philippines' plant and electronics industries produce.
Machinery, precision engineering and automotive suppliers dominate the state's employment and its skills gap — industrial mechanics, mechatronics, electrical technology, CNC machining in the districts where it remains scarce. Where a metal or electrical employer is collectively bound and pays tariff, the § 6 salary-floor exception may apply for diploma-holding Filipino technicians.
Industrial mechanics and mechatronics technicians, CNC machinists, electricians, welders for machinery and plant builders; SHK technicians; nurses under the Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart's recognition; cooks and hotel staff for the Black Forest and Lake Constance. Everything here is subject to applicable German recognition, immigration, licensing and labour-law requirements.
Recruitment in the Philippines runs through our own DMW-licensed agency, Prime Search Manpower Agency Inc. in Makati (licence DMW-027-LB-11182024). Your company is accredited at the Migrant Workers Office in Berlin — recruitment agreement, job order, master employment contract, commercial-register extract — and the verified file is registered with the Department of Migrant Workers. Every selected worker leaves Manila with a verified contract, medical clearance, pre-departure orientation and an Overseas Employment Certificate.
The Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart for the whole state.
Then the €45,630 threshold applies on the experience route; the recognition partnership and the training visa are the alternatives.
Regionally yes, especially in precision districts; nationally machining left the BA shortage list in 2025.
General information for employers, not legal or migration advice. Rules change; we re-verify before each hire.