Part 16: Links and Worksheets

Chapter 0: A Fast Timeline for Your Emigration

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Chapter 1: Decision and Reality Check

• ChatGPT Plus – Explains the features and price of the subscription mentioned for language and everyday-life support.

Chapter 2: Money, Income, and Financial Structure

• ECB reference rate EUR/PHP – Shows the reference rate between the euro and the Philippine peso for budget and stress tests.
• XE Currency Converter – Helps with quick current exchange-rate comparisons alongside the longer-term reference rate.
• BSP Foreign Exchange Regulations – Collects Philippine rules on foreign exchange, cash, and cross-border money movements.
• Philippine Bureau of Customs: Foreign Currency – Explains customs requirements for cash and other currencies when entering or leaving the country.
• BSP Republic Act 9194: Covered Transactions – Provides context for reportable or specially reviewed financial transactions in the Philippines.
• German Payment Accounts Act, Section 31: Basic Account – Sets out the legal conditions for a German basic payment account.
• Western Union – Provides a practical example for comparing transfer routes, fees, exchange rates, and payout methods.
• BMAS: Pension adjustment 2026 – Documents the pension adjustment used in the exchange-rate example, effective 1 July 2026.

Chapter 3: Authorities, Taxes, Pension, and Deregistration

• Federal Registration Act, Section 17: Registration and Deregistration – Sets out registration, deregistration, and the applicable deadlines in Germany.
• Federal Registration Act, Section 54: Administrative Fines – Shows which breaches of registration duties are treated as administrative offences.
• Social Code II, Section 7: Eligible Persons – Helps assess when habitual residence becomes relevant for benefit eligibility.
• Social Code I, Section 30: Residence and Habitual Abode – Defines residence and habitual abode in German social law.
• Federal Ministry of Health: Health and Long-term Care Insurance Abroad – Summarises key contact and orientation points for insurance questions during a stay abroad.
• DVKA – Collects guidance on cross-border health and social insurance.
• German Embassy Manila – Provides contact routes and consular information for Germans in the Philippines.
• Honorary Consulate Cebu – Shows the remit and contact details of the honorary consulate for consular emergencies and practical matters in Cebu.
• German Pension Insurance: Online Services – Leads to digital services for pension records, applications, and supporting documents.
• AusweisApp: Download – Provides the download and preparation tools for using Germany's online identity function before departure.
• German Pension Insurance: Pension and Living Abroad – Explains pension payments, evidence, and special considerations when living abroad.
• Pension Service: Proof-of-life Certificate – Explains the process and return of the regularly required proof-of-life certificate.
• Federal Returning Officer: Germans Abroad – Explains applications, conditions, and deadlines for voting in German federal elections from abroad.
• Federal Foreign Office: ELEFAND – Leads to the crisis-preparedness register for Germans staying abroad.

Chapter 4: Documents, Digital Security, and Mail

• Federal Foreign Office: Passport Validity – Explains German passport validity and why a passport cannot simply be extended.
• Federal Foreign Office: Passports and Identity Cards – Collects application routes and guidance on German identity documents abroad.
• Federal Foreign Office: Apostille and Legalisation – Explains how German and foreign documents are authenticated for international use.
• Vehicle Registration Regulation, Section 6 – Contains the requirements for registration applications and an authorised recipient.
• AusweisApp: Download and Device Check – Helps test the online identity function, smartphone, and card reader before moving.

Chapter 5: Health and Insurance

• Norbert Fuß: International Health Insurance – The contact named in the chapter for individual guidance on long-term international health insurance.
• Federal Ministry of Health: Insurance Cover Abroad – Provides context on German health-insurance cover during stays or residence abroad.
• Federal Ministry of Health: Health and Long-term Care Insurance Abroad – Lists contact routes and guidance for unresolved health and long-term care insurance questions.
• Republic Act No. 10932: Anti-Hospital Deposit Law – Contains Philippine rules on emergency treatment without an advance deposit demand.
• DVKA: Pensioners Living Abroad – Collects guidance on health insurance for pensioners living outside Germany.
• Federal Ministry of Health: Persons Covered by Long-term Care Insurance – Explains who is covered by German long-term care insurance and why this matters when leaving the country.
• Philippine FDA: Registered Medicines Database – Helps check whether a required medicine is registered in the Philippines.

Chapter 6: Moving, Luggage, and Shipping

• Amazon FBA Export – Explains limits and conditions for international orders and deliveries through Amazon.com.
• Bureau of Customs – Is the starting point for Philippine customs rules, import restrictions, and current notices.
• Bens Balikbayan – A shipping service named in the chapter where transit time, insurance, and exclusions can be checked.
• Happy Box – Another named example for Balikbayan shipping that should be checked again before placing an order.
• LBC Express Germany / Per Brechelt – Provides a third comparison option for collection, transit time, liability, and delivery in the Philippines.
• Consumer Act of the Philippines, RA 7394 – Contains the legal basis for warranties and consumer rights in the Philippines.
• DTI Consumer Education – Explains practical routes for repair, replacement, and refunds.
• Amazon A-to-z Guarantee – Describes buyer protection that may matter for cross-border Amazon orders.

Chapter 7: Arrival and First Accommodation

• Manila International Airport Authority – Helps check terminals, airport notices, and arrival information for Manila.
• Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority – Helps check terminals, airport notices, and arrival information for Cebu.
• Philippine Embassy Germany: Visa-free Entry – Summarises the conditions and limits of visa-free entry from Germany.
• eTravel: FAQ – Answers common questions about the electronic travel and health declaration.
• eTravel: Portal – Leads to the registration that may be required before entering or leaving the country.
• AirAsia – Supports checks of real routes, baggage rules, and onward-travel options.
• Cebu Pacific – Supports checks of actual domestic and regional flights and their baggage rules.
• Philippine Airlines – Supports comparisons of long-haul, regional, and domestic connections.
• NTC: SIM Registration Act – Explains the legal framework for registering Philippine SIM cards.
• NTC: SIM Registration FAQ – Answers practical questions about documents, the process, and registration problems.
• Apple Account: Change Country or Region – Explains the conditions and consequences of changing the country in an Apple Account.
• Google Play: Change Country – Explains the conditions, waiting periods, and consequences of changing the Google Play country.

Chapter 8: The First 90 Days in the Philippines

• Manila International Airport Authority – Helps prepare the first arrival in Manila using terminal and airport information.
• Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority – Helps prepare the first arrival in Cebu using terminal and airport information.
• Grab Philippines: Download – Leads to the transport app recommended in the chapter for the first reliable ride to the accommodation.
• GCash – Shows the features of and access to the widely used Philippine payment app.
• foodpanda Philippines – Is a practical example of food and grocery delivery during the first settling-in period.
• Bureau of the Treasury: Escheat Proceedings – Explains the process involving bank balances that remain unclaimed for a long period.
• BTr Citizen’s Charter: Reactivation of Unclaimed Accounts – Describes contacts and steps for reactivating unclaimed account balances.
• Treasury Circular No. 01-2010 – Contains procedural rules for reactivating unclaimed balances.

Chapter 9: Visas, Residence, and Local Authorities

• Bureau of Immigration – Is the starting point for current residence routes, forms, deadlines, and office locations.
• Bureau of Immigration: Temporary Visitor 9A Visa Waiver – Explains the conditions and process for extending a temporary visitor stay.
• Philippine Embassy Germany: Visa-free Entry – Summarises entry conditions that need to be checked before departure.
• Home 901 Travel, Visa & Immigration Services – The contact named in the chapter for practical help with SRRV and visa procedures.
• Philippine Retirement Authority: SRRV – Explains the variants and requirements of the Special Resident Retiree’s Visa.
• Bureau of Immigration: 13A Marriage Visa – Describes the requirements and documents for an immigrant visa based on marriage.
• Bureau of Immigration: Visa Overview – Collects the various residence and visa categories for an initial comparison.
• German Embassy Manila: Family Matters and Marriage – Collects guidance on marriage, civil status, and the German documents required.
• PSA: CENOMAR – Explains the certificate showing that no marriage is registered.
• PSA: Requesting Civil Registry Documents – Shows how to request Philippine birth, marriage, and other civil-registry documents.

Chapter 10: Work, Income, and Business

• Bureau of Immigration: Pre-arranged Employment Visa 9G – Describes the residence route for pre-arranged employment in the Philippines.
• DOLE Department Order 248-25 – Contains the rules governing the employment of foreign nationals in the Philippines.
• Philippine Information Agency: DOLE Order 248 and AEP Practice – Provides context on implementing the new rules and work-permit practice.
• LinkedIn – Supports searches for real job profiles, employers, and international contacts.
• X / Twitter – Can be used for current industry contacts and monitoring local employers.
• Multilingual Philippines Official – A Facebook group named in the chapter for multilingual job opportunities in the Philippines.
• Multilingual/Bilingual Jobs PH – Another named group for bilingual and multilingual jobs.
• Bilingual Jobs PH – An additional search channel for roles that explicitly require foreign-language skills.
• Bilingual/Multilingual Jobs in PH – A named community for cross-checking vacancies and employers.
• Bilingual Careers In The Philippines – Another chapter-listed starting point for finding bilingual careers.
• Multilingual Philippines – A community for multilingual applicants and matching employers.
• Multilingual Careers Philippines – An additional channel for monitoring multilingual career opportunities.
• Bilingual and Multilingual Professionals in the PH – A named group for professional contacts among bilingual and multilingual specialists.
• Bilingual Jobs in the Philippines – Another search channel whose listings need to be checked individually before applying.
• Zeitverschiebung.org – Helps calculate daily overlap between the destination country, clients, team, and family.
• Philippine Board of Investments: Business Permit Guide – Outlines the steps and bodies involved in setting up a business.

Chapter 11: Everyday Life, Culture, and Common Traps

• 1987 Philippine Constitution, Article XII – Contains the foundations for ownership, land, and economic restrictions affecting foreigners.

Chapter 12: Family, Children, Pets, and Special Cases

• DepEd Order No. 001 s. 2022: Homeschooling Program – Contains the framework for regulated homeschooling in the Philippines.
• DepEd: Homeschooling as an Alternative Delivery Mode – Provides context on implementing and regulating the homeschooling programme.
• Bureau of Animal Industry: Pet Import Philippines – Collects requirements and steps for importing pets into the Philippines.
• USDA APHIS: Pet Travel Export – Uses the US process to show which export documents may be required for international pet travel.
• IATA: Traveler’s Pet Corner – Explains basic processes and requirements for transporting pets by air.
• European Commission: Bringing a Pet into the EU from a Non-EU Country – Explains return-entry requirements for dogs, cats, and ferrets entering the European Union.
• European Commission: Country List for the Rabies Antibody Test – Helps determine whether a rabies antibody test is required before returning to the EU.
• LTO: Foreign Driving Licence – Documents guidance on using a foreign driving licence in the Philippines.

Chapter 13: Safety, Emergencies, and Disaster Preparedness

• NDRRMC / Office of Civil Defense – Collects information on disaster preparedness, alerts, and national crisis coordination.
• PAGASA – Provides weather forecasts and warnings for typhoons, heavy rain, and dangerous sea conditions.
• PHIVOLCS – Provides information and warnings on earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis.

Chapter 14: Living Well for the Long Term

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Chapter 15: And What If It Does Fail? Returning to Germany

• German Embassy Manila – Provides contact routes for consular assistance and preparing a return from the Philippines.
• Honorary Consulate Cebu – Is an accessible consular contact in Cebu for return and emergency matters.
• Bureau of Immigration – Helps check unresolved residence issues, exit requirements, and responsible offices before departure.

Change Log

• 16 July 2026: Built the link register from Chapters 0 to 15, reconciled it with the central link directory, and verified both language versions.