Editorial Standards

Editorial standards

The promise

The math is right, or the page says unknown. Readers make costly decisions from visa and cost data, so accuracy outranks coverage and speed.

How a number earns its place

Every income figure, fee, day limit, and timeline on a country page comes from an official source: a government site, a consulate, or an official program site. Each figure carries a last verified date. A route table links the official source next to the numbers it supports.

When verification fails

A value the desk cannot verify from an official or clearly reliable source reads as unknown. Editors never estimate a fee, round a rule into a cleaner shape, or carry a figure forward from an old guide.

Re-verification

The desk re-verifies every published country page at least once every 90 days, and sooner when an announcement affects the page. A stale page carries a visible note that the desk is re-verifying it, and a page returns to draft status if the check cannot finish.

Announcements

An announcement publishes only with an official source behind it, or with two independent reputable outlets reporting the same change. Rumors and single social posts never publish as fact. A program that sounds too good to be true gets an extra round of checks first.

Voices

First person writing appears only in field notes from real contributors who approved the final text. Site reporting uses a desk voice and credits its sources. Resident tips are summarized in the words of this site, with short credited quotes used rarely.

Safety line

Content explains rules and consequences. Content never coaches a reader to overstay a stay, misrepresent a purpose at a border, work without authorization, or evade tax.

Corrections

A reader who spots an error can reach the desk through the contact route on this site once it opens. Confirmed errors get a prompt fix, and the last verified date updates with the correction.