You can only apply for a visa at the German Embassy in Manila if you are resident in the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia or Palau. You can check here whether you as a national of another country need a visa to enter Germany.
Depending on the intended duration of your stay in Germany, you can either apply for a Schengen visa (stay up to 90 days) or for a German national visa (stay over 90 days).
The waiting time for an appointment to submit your application is currently: Family reunion or marriage up to 1 month, Nurses up to 1 month, all other purposes up to 1 month.
Please note: You have to submit applications for Schengen visas, for river cruise employees, health care workers and for family reunion of minors to their parents at VFS in Manila or Cebu. Please submit the applications for all other visa categories, especially with fast track approvals, at the Embassy.
The digital paper “Opportunities-working in Germany” informs about work migration to Germany. You can find more information on the immigration of skilled workers here.
Attention: Dubious visa agencies!
The Embassy works exclusively with the service provider VFS. The Embassy does not work with intermediaries or agencies that offer their services, e.g. on the street, via websites or messenger apps. They do not have special access to our appointment system. Do not pay any money to these agencies. Only the visa fee charged by the Embassy and the service fee of our service provider VFS are due for the visa procedure. No additional processing fees will be charged.
Visa applications can be accepted in the Visa Section only after an appointment has been made for this purpose. You find the link to the appointment system in the information about the different visa categories.
Please read carefully the information regarding visas on this website and restrict your inquiries to specific questions concerning visa matters that are not answered by the information on the website.
For general inquiries about visas, you can call the Visa Section from Monday to Thursday from 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm. If you have specific questions concerning your visa application, please send us an email.
NOTICE: We recommend enquiries via email rather than telephone calls.
To find out how to apply for your visa and which documents to submit, please read the section below according to your visa type.