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How to Answer the 10 Questions Filipino Applicants Ask Before They Trust You

The questions are predictable. The answers are what separate programs that fill intakes from programs that get screenshotted.

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Last updated August 12, 2026·9 min read

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Filipino applicants ask the same ten questions about every overseas program, mostly to each other, before ever contacting you. This guide gives you the answer pattern for each: what to state, where to publish it, and the phrasing traps that turn a good answer into a red flag.

These ten questions come from watching how Filipino nursing communities actually vet programs. Your applicants are asking them right now, in group chats, about you. Most programs answer none of them publicly, which means the group chat answers on your behalf. Each entry below covers why she asks, how to answer, and what not to say. The pattern across all ten: answer in public, in writing, before being asked.

Question 1

What is the full timeline, step by step?

Why she asks

Vague timelines are the most shared horror story in the community.

How to answer

A dated, staged timeline with honest ranges per stage, published on your site and repeated in content. Include the slow stages.

Never say

"It depends on you." Even when partly true, it reads as evasion. Say what it depends on, specifically.

Question 2

What does each stage cost, and who pays?

Why she asks

Surprise fees are the defining scam pattern of two generations.

How to answer

One complete table, every cost, who pays it, and what you never charge for.

Never say

"Fees will be discussed upon application."

Question 3

Should I resign from my current job?

Why she asks

Someone she knows resigned early on a recruiter's vague timeline and lost months of income.

How to answer

Explicitly, with the milestone that has to be locked before resigning makes sense. Make this its own piece of content.

Never say

"The sooner you’re ready, the better." That sentence has a body count in this community.

Question 4

What experience do you actually require?

Why she asks

She doesn't want to waste an application fee, and requirement surprises mid-process are a known pattern.

How to answer

Exact requirements, what counts and what doesn't, and an honest can't-apply-yet path for fresh passers.

Never say

"Just apply and we’ll assess." Assessment without stated criteria reads as a fee trap.

Question 5

Who will I actually be talking to?

Why she asks

Accountability. When something goes wrong, a form has never fixed anything.

How to answer

A named coordinator, on camera, with a stated reply window.

Never say

"Our team will be in touch."

Question 6

What happens if my documents are delayed?

Why she asks

Documents are the stage she controls least, and she's heard stories about programs that punish delays.

How to answer

The actual policy: what pauses, what expires, what restarts.

Never say

Nothing. Silence on edge cases is read as a trap being saved for later.

Question 7

Has anyone from my school gone through this?

Why she asks

May kilala ka ba is the proof standard. A stranger's testimonial is marketing. A batchmate's is evidence.

How to answer

Real alumni and staff, named and on camera, findable without asking.

Never say

"We have many successful candidates" with no visible human attached.

Question 8

What does the first 90 days actually look like?

Why she asks

The gap between the offer and the reality is where regret lives, and she knows it.

How to answer

Honest day-one-to-day-ninety content: housing, first shifts, first payslip surprises, homesickness included.

Never say

Only the good parts. Curated perfection reads as concealment.

Question 9

What do current Filipino staff say about you?

Why she asks

Your current staff are the reference check she can actually run.

How to answer

Let them speak, unscripted, on the record, including something honest about the hard parts.

Never say

Scripted praise. The community can smell a script in one sentence.

Question 10

What happens if I fail a requirement?

Why she asks

Fees plus failure is the nightmare scenario. She needs to know the downside before committing the family's money.

How to answer

The exact policy on refunds, retakes, and exits, in writing.

Never say

"Don’t worry about that." She will, and she should.

The meta-answer

Notice what all ten answers have in common. They cost nothing but knowledge of your own program and the willingness to publish it. That willingness is the actual product being evaluated. A program that answers all ten in public has, in the eyes of this community, already passed the test that matters.

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