Methodology

How these checklists are built

Immigration information is abundant, contradictory and often out of date. The value here is not more words about a country; it is a structure that makes the requirements comparable, and a review date you can judge.

One authority per country

Every destination file begins with the immigration authority’s own published requirements: the ministry, the immigration service, or the official visa portal. Secondary sources are used only to explain what a requirement means in practice, never to establish it.

Structure before prose

Each country is written into the same fields — routes, income tests, fees, documents, phases, mistakes, questions. If a fact does not fit a field, it is either a footnote or it does not belong on the page.

Review dates, not vibes

Fees, salary floors and processing times change annually, and sometimes mid-year. Every page carries the month it was last reviewed, and figures that cannot be confirmed are described as indicative rather than presented as exact.

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What this site is not

It is not legal advice, and it is not a substitute for the authority’s own checklist. Immigration decisions turn on details a general guide cannot see: your nationality, your income history, a prior refusal. Where a decision is close, a licensed practitioner in the destination country is the right next step — several are listed beside the relevant steps as partner offers.