Data sources

Information, not immigration advice. Counts change as we add or re-check routes. Full method: how we check information.

Snapshot

Data: 1454 routes · 257 reviewed · through 4 Nov 2026

• 160 countries with an official immigration link
• 1454 visa routes in total (16 deep, 400 with quoted facts, 1038 directory / link-only)
• 257 routes reviewed for the free check shortlist
• 416 routes with at least one exact official quote
• Oldest check in the dataset: 27 Oct 2026; newest: 4 Nov 2026

Three levels of detail

• Directory — name, official URL, and purpose family. Enough to find the government page.
• Screening — up to 13 points (fee, job offer, language, and so on), each with an exact quote from an official page on that country’s allowlisted domains.
• Deep — full figure tables, free summary pages, and (where researched) the same 13-point table with quotes or figure references.

Points we have not yet quoted are labelled “not stated on the official pages we read”. That is not a pass or fail — see the note on each visa page.

Deep countries

• Canada — currency CAD; sources limited to canada.ca, ontario.ca, welcomebc.ca, alberta.ca, saskatchewan.ca
• Germany — currency EUR; sources limited to make-it-in-germany.com, auswaertiges-amt.de, diplo.de, bamf.de, arbeitsagentur.de, kmk.org, muenchen.de
• United Kingdom — currency GBP; sources limited to gov.uk

Other countries

Each has at least an official immigration site. Many also list visa types; some have quoted screening facts. Browse the countries directory.

157 countries at directory or screening level.

What we never use as a source

• Agent or consultancy websites
• Forums, social media, or news summaries for a fee or requirement
• Anything behind a login we cannot cite publicly

If an official site blocks our named checker, we record that and leave the fact for human review rather than disguising the request. Corrections: corrections log.