The classic route: the qualification is recognised as equivalent first, the visa follows. Slower than the experience route, but it delivers the German title from day one and suits regulated professions and employers who need it.
Regulated professions where the title is the job — nursing after the licence, electricians where the employer's insurer or customer requires the German qualification — and any employer who wants the recognised title from the first day. For Filipino degrees the ZAB statement of comparability is usually straightforward; for trades the Handwerkskammer or IHK FOSA compares the Philippine training to the German Ausbildung, and short-course certificates typically receive partial equivalence with compensation measures.
For diploma-holding technicians in tariff-bound companies, the experience route skips recognition entirely; we recommend it wherever the German title is not required. Everything here is subject to applicable German recognition, immigration, licensing and labour-law requirements.
Three to six months from a complete file; longer if a compensation measure is required.
Yes — the worker enters on a qualification permit (§ 16d) to complete the compensation measure, or uses the recognition partnership.
No — for skilled workers the priority check was abolished; the BA checks conditions of employment.
General information for employers, not legal or migration advice. Rules change; we re-verify before each hire.