Nursing tops Germany's shortage list, and Filipino nurses — four-year degree, national licence, English-medium training — have been coming since the state Triple Win programme began in 2013. Here is how a hospital or care provider recruits them privately: recognition, language, the licence, and the compliance on both sides.
The Federal Employment Agency's 2025 analysis lists nursing and health occupations as the strongest shortage group for the second decade running, and nursing recognition applications show where Germany already looks: the Philippines was 13.6 % of applicants in 2018, third after Bosnia and Serbia. The reason is the qualification — a four-year university degree with a national licensure examination, taught in English, with specialisations from ICU to geriatrics.
Prime Search screens for the BSN, PRC licence, hospital experience and specialty you need; German to A2 or B1 with partner schools in Manila; recorded clinical-scenario interviews in English for your nursing director; the recognition file prepared for your Land. Everything here is subject to applicable German recognition, immigration, licensing and labour-law requirements and the Land's licensing rules.
Typically twelve to eighteen months from selection: six to nine months to A2/B1 in Manila, entry on a recognition partnership, then B2 and recognition in Germany.
Privately, through a DMW-licensed agency accredited by MWO Berlin; Triple Win is the parallel state programme.
Yes — see the care-assistants page; the route differs.
General information for employers, not legal or migration advice. Rules change; we re-verify before each hire.