The second wave happened between the 1940s and the 1970s, when many Filipinos moved to the U.S.A. permanently as war veterans, relatives of previous migrants and specialised workers.

During the second world war, the U.S. American government strongly encouraged Filipinos to become nurses to work in and for the USA..

Under Philippine president Marcos, the situation of Oversea Filipino Workers (OFW) and their employment became a matter of national relevance, which led to the establishment of various governmental institutions.

Many of those OFWs were obliged to send 50% to 80% of their monthly income back to their families in the Philippines, which is still common practice among the global Filipino community, although not at this magnitude.

The Philippine Oversea Employment Administration (POEA) reported that the number of OFWs rose from 44,271 in 1987 to 686,461 in 1992, with an average annual growth rate of 11.3%.

They decide to leave the Philippines primarily because of subpar wages, relatively bad working condition and the lack of jobs.

Ironically, this development put a strain on the Filipino healthcare infrastructure as many hospitals closed due to a lack of nurses - an issue that is still very relevant in the Philippines.

The Austrian government strongly supported their recruitment by paying all expenses for their arrival, sponsoring German language courses, equating Philippine nursing diplomas to Austrian nursing diplomas and signing extendable working contracts of 3-year durations.

The reason why many nurses came to Austria was in many cases due to mere circumstance and the chance to work abroad.

On a big stage are live music acts, performances and short speeches in either German, English or Tagalog.

Normally the many Filipino organizations also present themselves in short march parades over the festival grounds (traditionally a soccer field), perform dances.

[29] The Center of Filipino and Austrian culture and language[30] (Sentro ng Kultura at Wika ng Austria at Pilipinas or Zentrum für österreichische und philippinische Kultur und Sprache), which is an organization led by voluntary members of the Filipino Austrian community, has published in February 2022 "Common Diversities junge Filipin@s im deutschsprachigen Raum".

It is a collage of the young authors' personal insights supported by their research and scientific method analysis on why their parent(s) migrated and what role does culture play in their identity formation.