{"version":"2026-07-05","name":"Visa Atlas quarterly market-share evidence summary","description":"Public baseline and local rollup contract for summarising reviewed SERP and AI answer-surface evidence by competitor query battlecard without publishing raw private evidence.","quarter":"2026 Q3 baseline","license":"CC BY 4.0","attribution":"Visa Atlas","sourceDatasets":["/api/public/serp-answer-surface-snapshots","/api/public/competitor-query-battlecards","/api/public/battlecard-search-experiments","/api/public/source-transparency-benchmark","/api/public/visibility-metrics"],"methodology":{"battlecardsVersion":"2026-07-05","snapshotProtocolVersion":"2026-07-02","sourceTransparencyVersion":"2026-07-04","visibilityMetricsVersion":"2026-07-03","planningTargetMonthlyVisits":500000,"evidenceStatus":"baseline-from-public-contracts","sourceOfTruth":"Baseline rows are derived from public competitor query battlecards and the SERP/AI answer-surface snapshot protocol. Live market-share counts require a separately reviewed local snapshot summary with explicit partial or complete battlecard coverage.","privateDataPolicy":"Raw screenshots, AI answer transcripts, browser profiles, Search Console exports and reviewer notes stay local; only approved redacted counts may be converted into public quarterly rollups. Approved public rollups require approvedForPublication=true, reviewedAt and reviewedBy; incomplete approval claims fail, and incomplete coverage claims also fail, in the local market-share summary command.","rollupInputSchema":{"source":"JSON output from npm run seo:surface-snapshots -- snapshots.jsonl --json after human review.","requiredFields":["generatedAt","publicProtocolDataset","summaries[].battlecardId","summaries[].firstCapturedAt","summaries[].lastCapturedAt","summaries[].snapshots","summaries[].serpSnapshots","summaries[].aiAnswerSnapshots","summaries[].visaAtlasVisibleCount","summaries[].visaAtlasVisibilityRate","summaries[].staleOrUnsupportedClaimCount","summaries[].sourceClassCounts","summaries[].competitorDomains"],"approvalFields":["approvedForPublication","reviewedAt","reviewedBy"]},"coverageRules":{"expectedBattlecardCount":13,"highPriorityBattlecardCount":10,"completeClaimRequires":["Every baseline battlecard appears once in the reviewed rollup.","Every high-priority battlecard appears in the reviewed rollup.","Each battlecard summary reconciles snapshots = serpSnapshots + aiAnswerSnapshots.","Partial approved rollups are labelled partial-battlecard-rollup and cannot support complete quarterly market-share claims.","Only full-coverage approved evidence can be labelled complete-quarterly-market-share-rollup."],"partialClaimPolicy":"Approved rollups that cover fewer than all battlecards may be published only as partial-battlecard-rollup evidence with missingBattlecardIds and missingHighPriorityBattlecardIds disclosed."},"caveats":["No approved live SERP/AI market-share percentage is published in this baseline feed.","Source-class pressure is directional planning evidence until dated reviewed snapshots are supplied.","A complete quarterly market-share claim requires all baseline and high-priority battlecards to be covered; partial rollups must be labelled partial.","The summary is not a guarantee of rankings, traffic, citations, CTR or market share."]},"summary":{"battlecardCount":13,"highPriorityCount":10,"queryCount":47,"sourceClassCount":7,"approvedSnapshotCount":0,"evidenceStatus":"baseline-from-public-contracts","currentMarketShareClaim":"No approved live SERP/AI market-share percentage is published in this feed until reviewed redacted snapshots are 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publish counts and dates, not raw screenshots, long AI transcripts or private reviewer notes.","Competitor source-class labels must stay aligned with the source-transparency benchmark and snapshot protocol."]},{"id":"germany-chancenkarte-points-cost-market-share-baseline","quarter":"2026 Q3 baseline","battlecardId":"germany-chancenkarte-points-cost","title":"Germany Chancenkarte points, proof of funds and cost market-share evidence baseline","priority":"high","primaryIntent":"calculator","queryCluster":["Germany Chancenkarte points calculator 2026","Germany Opportunity Card blocked account amount","Germany Chancenkarte cost proof of funds"],"targetPages":["/calculators/germany-chancenkarte","/visas/germany/chancenkarte","/routes/eu-blue-card-vs-chancenkarte-germany","/cost-to-complete/germany-chancenkarte"],"expectedCompetitorSourceClasses":["government-source","law-advisory","broad-aggregator","ai-answer"],"competitorArchetypes":[{"sampleId":"fragomen","name":"Fragomen","archetype":"Global immigration law/advisory firm"},{"sampleId":"visaguide-world","name":"VisaGuide.World","archetype":"Broad visa/travel aggregator"},{"sampleId":"deel","name":"Deel","archetype":"Global HR, payroll and mobility platform"}],"sourceClassPressure":[{"sourceClass":"government-source","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"law-advisory","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"broad-aggregator","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"ai-answer","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."}],"publicEvidenceSurfaces":["/research/quarterly-market-share-evidence-summary-2026#germany-chancenkarte-points-cost-market-share-baseline","/research/serp-answer-surface-snapshots-2026#germany-chancenkarte-points-cost-surface-snapshot","/research/competitor-query-battlecards-2026#germany-chancenkarte-points-cost","/visibility-metrics","/api/public/quarterly-market-share-summary","/api/public/serp-answer-surface-snapshots","/api/public/competitor-query-battlecards"],"snapshotProtocolId":"germany-chancenkarte-points-cost-surface-snapshot","approvedSnapshotEvidence":{"approvedSnapshotCount":0,"visaAtlasVisibleCount":null,"visaAtlasVisibilityRate":null,"staleOrUnsupportedClaimCount":null,"publicationStatus":"not-yet-collected"},"marketShareInterpretation":"Baseline only: competitor pressure is known from public battlecards, but current Visa Atlas share is not asserted until an approved redacted snapshot rollup supplies dated counts.","nextEvidenceNeeded":["Run the SERP/AI 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and dates, not raw screenshots, long AI transcripts or private reviewer notes.","Competitor source-class labels must stay aligned with the source-transparency benchmark and snapshot protocol."]},{"id":"uk-skilled-worker-cost-salary-market-share-baseline","quarter":"2026 Q3 baseline","battlecardId":"uk-skilled-worker-cost-salary","title":"UK Skilled Worker cost, IHS and salary floors market-share evidence baseline","priority":"high","primaryIntent":"cost","queryCluster":["UK Skilled Worker visa cost including IHS","UK Skilled Worker minimum salary 2026","Health and Care Worker IHS exemption"],"targetPages":["/salary-thresholds/uk","/visas/uk/skilled-worker","/calculators/uk-skilled-worker","/cost-to-complete/uk-skilled-worker","/fees/uk/skilled-worker","/calculators/visa-fees","/cost-to-complete/uk-health-and-care-worker","/fees/uk/health-and-care-worker","/visas/uk/health-and-care-worker","/calculators/uk-ilr","/settlement/uk"],"expectedCompetitorSourceClasses":["government-source","law-advisory","broad-aggregator","ai-answer"],"competitorArchetypes":[{"sampleId":"fragomen","name":"Fragomen","archetype":"Global immigration law/advisory firm"},{"sampleId":"visaguide-world","name":"VisaGuide.World","archetype":"Broad visa/travel aggregator"},{"sampleId":"deel","name":"Deel","archetype":"Global HR, payroll and mobility platform"}],"sourceClassPressure":[{"sourceClass":"government-source","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer 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protocol for every query in this battlecard across the agreed locale and device set.","Summarise reviewed evidence with npm run seo:market-share-summary before any public quarterly share claim is published.","Run npm run seo:market-share-proof before using a complete rollup as market-share evidence.","Tie zero-visibility or stale-answer findings back to the battlecard search experiment before changing page titles or answer capsules."],"commands":["npm run seo:surface-snapshots -- snapshots.jsonl --json","npm run seo:market-share-summary -- surface-summary.json --json","npm run seo:market-share-proof -- market-share-proof.json --json","npm run seo:gsc-battlecard-experiments -- gsc-queries.csv --json --period-start=YYYY-MM-DD --period-end=YYYY-MM-DD --property-label=gsc-domain-redacted --search-type=web","npm run audit:rendered-seo"],"auditNotes":["This row is a Q3 2026 baseline contract, not a live rank or traffic-share claim.","Approved market-share rollups must publish counts and dates, not raw screenshots, long AI transcripts or private reviewer notes.","Competitor source-class labels must stay aligned with the source-transparency benchmark and snapshot protocol."]},{"id":"uk-global-talent-eligibility-market-share-baseline","quarter":"2026 Q3 baseline","battlecardId":"uk-global-talent-eligibility","title":"UK Global Talent eligibility, endorsement and settlement market-share evidence baseline","priority":"medium","primaryIntent":"comparison","queryCluster":["UK Global Talent visa eligibility","Global Talent endorsement UK tech arts research","UK Global Talent visa settlement 3 years"],"targetPages":["/visas/uk/global-talent","/processing-times/uk/global-talent","/settlement/uk"],"expectedCompetitorSourceClasses":["government-source","law-advisory","broad-aggregator","ai-answer"],"competitorArchetypes":[{"sampleId":"fragomen","name":"Fragomen","archetype":"Global immigration law/advisory 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snapshots."}],"publicEvidenceSurfaces":["/research/quarterly-market-share-evidence-summary-2026#uk-global-talent-eligibility-market-share-baseline","/research/serp-answer-surface-snapshots-2026#uk-global-talent-eligibility-surface-snapshot","/research/competitor-query-battlecards-2026#uk-global-talent-eligibility","/visibility-metrics","/api/public/quarterly-market-share-summary","/api/public/serp-answer-surface-snapshots","/api/public/competitor-query-battlecards"],"snapshotProtocolId":"uk-global-talent-eligibility-surface-snapshot","approvedSnapshotEvidence":{"approvedSnapshotCount":0,"visaAtlasVisibleCount":null,"visaAtlasVisibilityRate":null,"staleOrUnsupportedClaimCount":null,"publicationStatus":"not-yet-collected"},"marketShareInterpretation":"Baseline only: competitor pressure is known from public battlecards, but current Visa Atlas share is not asserted until an approved redacted snapshot rollup supplies dated counts.","nextEvidenceNeeded":["Run the SERP/AI snapshot protocol for every query in this battlecard across the agreed locale and device set.","Summarise reviewed evidence with npm run seo:market-share-summary before any public quarterly share claim is published.","Run npm run seo:market-share-proof before using a complete rollup as market-share evidence.","Tie zero-visibility or stale-answer findings back to the battlecard search experiment before changing page titles or answer capsules."],"commands":["npm run seo:surface-snapshots -- snapshots.jsonl --json","npm run seo:market-share-summary -- surface-summary.json --json","npm run seo:market-share-proof -- market-share-proof.json --json","npm run seo:gsc-battlecard-experiments -- gsc-queries.csv --json --period-start=YYYY-MM-DD --period-end=YYYY-MM-DD --property-label=gsc-domain-redacted --search-type=web","npm run audit:rendered-seo"],"auditNotes":["This row is a Q3 2026 baseline contract, not a live rank or traffic-share claim.","Approved market-share rollups must publish counts and dates, not raw screenshots, long AI transcripts or private reviewer notes.","Competitor source-class labels must stay aligned with the source-transparency benchmark and snapshot protocol."]},{"id":"ireland-critical-skills-salary-cost-market-share-baseline","quarter":"2026 Q3 baseline","battlecardId":"ireland-critical-skills-salary-cost","title":"Ireland Critical Skills salary, cost and Stamp 4 path market-share evidence baseline","priority":"high","primaryIntent":"salary","queryCluster":["Ireland Critical Skills salary threshold 2026","Critical Skills Employment Permit cost Ireland","Ireland Critical Skills Stamp 4 timeline"],"targetPages":["/salary-thresholds/ireland","/cost-to-complete/ireland-critical-skills-employment-permit","/visas/ireland/critical-skills-employment-permit","/calculators/ireland-citizenship","/settlement/ireland"],"expectedCompetitorSourceClasses":["government-source","law-advisory","broad-aggregator","ai-answer"],"competitorArchetypes":[{"sampleId":"fragomen","name":"Fragomen","archetype":"Global immigration law/advisory firm"},{"sampleId":"visaguide-world","name":"VisaGuide.World","archetype":"Broad visa/travel aggregator"},{"sampleId":"deel","name":"Deel","archetype":"Global HR, payroll and mobility platform"}],"sourceClassPressure":[{"sourceClass":"government-source","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"law-advisory","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"broad-aggregator","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"ai-answer","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."}],"publicEvidenceSurfaces":["/research/quarterly-market-share-evidence-summary-2026#ireland-critical-skills-salary-cost-market-share-baseline","/research/serp-answer-surface-snapshots-2026#ireland-critical-skills-salary-cost-surface-snapshot","/research/competitor-query-battlecards-2026#ireland-critical-skills-salary-cost","/visibility-metrics","/api/public/quarterly-market-share-summary","/api/public/serp-answer-surface-snapshots","/api/public/competitor-query-battlecards"],"snapshotProtocolId":"ireland-critical-skills-salary-cost-surface-snapshot","approvedSnapshotEvidence":{"approvedSnapshotCount":0,"visaAtlasVisibleCount":null,"visaAtlasVisibilityRate":null,"staleOrUnsupportedClaimCount":null,"publicationStatus":"not-yet-collected"},"marketShareInterpretation":"Baseline only: competitor pressure is known from public battlecards, but current Visa Atlas share is not asserted until an approved redacted snapshot rollup supplies dated counts.","nextEvidenceNeeded":["Run the SERP/AI snapshot protocol for every query in this battlecard across the agreed locale and device set.","Summarise reviewed evidence with npm run seo:market-share-summary before any public quarterly share claim is published.","Run npm run seo:market-share-proof before using a complete rollup as market-share evidence.","Tie zero-visibility or stale-answer findings back to the battlecard search experiment before changing page titles or answer capsules."],"commands":["npm run seo:surface-snapshots -- snapshots.jsonl --json","npm run seo:market-share-summary -- surface-summary.json --json","npm run seo:market-share-proof -- market-share-proof.json --json","npm run seo:gsc-battlecard-experiments -- gsc-queries.csv --json --period-start=YYYY-MM-DD --period-end=YYYY-MM-DD --property-label=gsc-domain-redacted --search-type=web","npm run audit:rendered-seo"],"auditNotes":["This row is a Q3 2026 baseline contract, not a live rank or traffic-share claim.","Approved market-share rollups must publish counts and dates, not raw screenshots, long AI transcripts or private reviewer notes.","Competitor source-class labels must stay aligned with the source-transparency benchmark and snapshot protocol."]},{"id":"canada-express-entry-freshness-market-share-baseline","quarter":"2026 Q3 baseline","battlecardId":"canada-express-entry-freshness","title":"Canada Express Entry latest draw and category freshness market-share evidence baseline","priority":"high","primaryIntent":"fresh-answer","queryCluster":["latest Express Entry draw CRS cutoff","Express Entry category based draws 2026","how many CRS points do I need"],"targetPages":["/research/canada-express-entry-draw-tracker","/citation-packs#express-entry-latest-draw","/widgets","/research/canada-express-entry-category-tracker","/citation-packs#express-entry-categories-2026","/calculators/canada-crs","/visas/canada/express-entry-fsw"],"expectedCompetitorSourceClasses":["government-source","single-country-media","forum-community","ai-answer"],"competitorArchetypes":[{"sampleId":"moving2canada","name":"Moving2Canada","archetype":"Canada-focused migration media and tools"},{"sampleId":"canadavisa","name":"CanadaVisa","archetype":"Canada law-firm, forum and tools network"}],"sourceClassPressure":[{"sourceClass":"government-source","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"single-country-media","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"forum-community","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"ai-answer","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."}],"publicEvidenceSurfaces":["/research/quarterly-market-share-evidence-summary-2026#canada-express-entry-freshness-market-share-baseline","/research/serp-answer-surface-snapshots-2026#canada-express-entry-freshness-surface-snapshot","/research/competitor-query-battlecards-2026#canada-express-entry-freshness","/visibility-metrics","/api/public/quarterly-market-share-summary","/api/public/serp-answer-surface-snapshots","/api/public/competitor-query-battlecards"],"snapshotProtocolId":"canada-express-entry-freshness-surface-snapshot","approvedSnapshotEvidence":{"approvedSnapshotCount":0,"visaAtlasVisibleCount":null,"visaAtlasVisibilityRate":null,"staleOrUnsupportedClaimCount":null,"publicationStatus":"not-yet-collected"},"marketShareInterpretation":"Baseline only: competitor pressure is known from public battlecards, but current Visa Atlas share is not asserted until an approved redacted snapshot rollup supplies dated counts.","nextEvidenceNeeded":["Run the SERP/AI snapshot 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cost"],"targetPages":["/cost-to-complete/canada-express-entry-fsw","/fees/canada/express-entry-fsw","/visas/canada/express-entry-fsw","/cost-to-complete/canada-express-entry-cec","/visas/canada/express-entry-cec","/cost-to-complete/canada-express-entry-pnp","/fees/canada/pnp","/visas/canada/pnp"],"expectedCompetitorSourceClasses":["government-source","single-country-media","law-advisory","ai-answer"],"competitorArchetypes":[{"sampleId":"moving2canada","name":"Moving2Canada","archetype":"Canada-focused migration media and tools"},{"sampleId":"canadavisa","name":"CanadaVisa","archetype":"Canada law-firm, forum and tools network"},{"sampleId":"fragomen","name":"Fragomen","archetype":"Global immigration law/advisory firm"}],"sourceClassPressure":[{"sourceClass":"government-source","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer 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snapshots."}],"publicEvidenceSurfaces":["/research/quarterly-market-share-evidence-summary-2026#canada-skilled-cost-proof-funds-market-share-baseline","/research/serp-answer-surface-snapshots-2026#canada-skilled-cost-proof-funds-surface-snapshot","/research/competitor-query-battlecards-2026#canada-skilled-cost-proof-funds","/visibility-metrics","/api/public/quarterly-market-share-summary","/api/public/serp-answer-surface-snapshots","/api/public/competitor-query-battlecards"],"snapshotProtocolId":"canada-skilled-cost-proof-funds-surface-snapshot","approvedSnapshotEvidence":{"approvedSnapshotCount":0,"visaAtlasVisibleCount":null,"visaAtlasVisibilityRate":null,"staleOrUnsupportedClaimCount":null,"publicationStatus":"not-yet-collected"},"marketShareInterpretation":"Baseline only: competitor pressure is known from public battlecards, but current Visa Atlas share is not asserted until an approved redacted snapshot rollup supplies dated counts.","nextEvidenceNeeded":["Run the SERP/AI snapshot protocol for every query in this battlecard across the agreed locale and device set.","Summarise reviewed evidence with npm run seo:market-share-summary before any public quarterly share claim is published.","Run npm run seo:market-share-proof before using a complete rollup as market-share evidence.","Tie zero-visibility or stale-answer findings back to the battlecard search experiment before changing page titles or answer capsules."],"commands":["npm run seo:surface-snapshots -- snapshots.jsonl --json","npm run seo:market-share-summary -- surface-summary.json --json","npm run seo:market-share-proof -- market-share-proof.json --json","npm run seo:gsc-battlecard-experiments -- gsc-queries.csv --json --period-start=YYYY-MM-DD --period-end=YYYY-MM-DD --property-label=gsc-domain-redacted --search-type=web","npm run audit:rendered-seo"],"auditNotes":["This row is a Q3 2026 baseline contract, not a live rank or traffic-share claim.","Approved market-share rollups must publish counts and dates, not raw screenshots, long AI transcripts or private reviewer notes.","Competitor source-class labels must stay aligned with the source-transparency benchmark and snapshot protocol."]},{"id":"policy-change-freshness-control-market-share-baseline","quarter":"2026 Q3 baseline","battlecardId":"policy-change-freshness-control","title":"Immigration rule-change and source-freshness control market-share evidence baseline","priority":"high","primaryIntent":"fresh-answer","queryCluster":["major immigration rule changes 2026 skilled migrants","immigration source freshness visa data","visa rule changes current source dates"],"targetPages":["/research/immigration-rule-changes-2026","/policy-updates","/changelog","/freshness","/methodology"],"expectedCompetitorSourceClasses":["government-source","law-advisory","single-country-media","ai-answer"],"competitorArchetypes":[{"sampleId":"fragomen","name":"Fragomen","archetype":"Global immigration law/advisory firm"},{"sampleId":"moving2canada","name":"Moving2Canada","archetype":"Canada-focused migration media and tools"},{"sampleId":"visaguide-world","name":"VisaGuide.World","archetype":"Broad visa/travel aggregator"}],"sourceClassPressure":[{"sourceClass":"government-source","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"law-advisory","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"single-country-media","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"ai-answer","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."}],"publicEvidenceSurfaces":["/research/quarterly-market-share-evidence-summary-2026#policy-change-freshness-control-market-share-baseline","/research/serp-answer-surface-snapshots-2026#policy-change-freshness-control-surface-snapshot","/research/competitor-query-battlecards-2026#policy-change-freshness-control","/visibility-metrics","/api/public/quarterly-market-share-summary","/api/public/serp-answer-surface-snapshots","/api/public/competitor-query-battlecards"],"snapshotProtocolId":"policy-change-freshness-control-surface-snapshot","approvedSnapshotEvidence":{"approvedSnapshotCount":0,"visaAtlasVisibleCount":null,"visaAtlasVisibilityRate":null,"staleOrUnsupportedClaimCount":null,"publicationStatus":"not-yet-collected"},"marketShareInterpretation":"Baseline only: competitor pressure is known from public battlecards, but current Visa Atlas share is not asserted until an approved redacted snapshot rollup supplies dated counts.","nextEvidenceNeeded":["Run the SERP/AI snapshot protocol for every query in this battlecard across the agreed locale and device set.","Summarise reviewed evidence with npm run seo:market-share-summary before any public quarterly share claim is published.","Run npm run seo:market-share-proof before using a complete rollup as market-share evidence.","Tie zero-visibility or stale-answer findings back to the battlecard search experiment before changing page titles or answer capsules."],"commands":["npm run seo:surface-snapshots -- snapshots.jsonl --json","npm run seo:market-share-summary -- surface-summary.json --json","npm run seo:market-share-proof -- market-share-proof.json --json","npm run seo:gsc-battlecard-experiments -- gsc-queries.csv --json --period-start=YYYY-MM-DD --period-end=YYYY-MM-DD --property-label=gsc-domain-redacted --search-type=web","npm run audit:rendered-seo"],"auditNotes":["This row is a Q3 2026 baseline contract, not a live rank or traffic-share claim.","Approved market-share rollups must publish counts and dates, not raw screenshots, long AI transcripts or private reviewer notes.","Competitor source-class labels must stay aligned with the source-transparency benchmark and snapshot protocol."]},{"id":"australia-skilled-points-costs-market-share-baseline","quarter":"2026 Q3 baseline","battlecardId":"australia-skilled-points-costs","title":"Points-tested and sponsored skilled route costs market-share evidence baseline","priority":"high","primaryIntent":"calculator","queryCluster":["Australia subclass 189 points test","Australia Skills in Demand visa cost 2026","Australia 190 vs 491 skilled visa difference","Singapore S Pass levy medical insurance cost","New Zealand Accredited Employer Work Visa cost","Austria Red-White-Red Card points cost"],"targetPages":["/calculators/australia-189","/cost-to-complete/australia-189-skilled-independent","/visas/australia/subclass-189-skilled-independent","/cost-to-complete/australia-subclass-482-skills-in-demand","/fees/australia/subclass-482-tss","/salary-thresholds/australia","/cost-to-complete/australia-subclass-186-employer-nomination-scheme","/fees/australia/subclass-186-ens","/cost-to-complete/australia-190-skilled-nominated","/cost-to-complete/australia-491-skilled-work-regional-provisional","/cost-to-complete/singapore-s-pass","/fees/singapore/s-pass","/visas/singapore/s-pass","/cost-to-complete/new-zealand-accredited-employer-work-visa","/fees/new-zealand/accredited-employer-work-visa","/visas/new-zealand/accredited-employer-work-visa","/cost-to-complete/new-zealand-skilled-migrant-category","/visas/new-zealand/skilled-migrant-category","/salary-thresholds/new-zealand","/calculators/austria-rwr","/cost-to-complete/austria-red-white-red-card","/visas/austria/red-white-red-card","/fees/austria/red-white-red-card","/salary-thresholds/austria"],"expectedCompetitorSourceClasses":["government-source","law-advisory","broad-aggregator","ai-answer"],"competitorArchetypes":[{"sampleId":"visaguide-world","name":"VisaGuide.World","archetype":"Broad visa/travel aggregator"},{"sampleId":"fragomen","name":"Fragomen","archetype":"Global immigration law/advisory firm"},{"sampleId":"deel","name":"Deel","archetype":"Global HR, payroll and mobility platform"}],"sourceClassPressure":[{"sourceClass":"government-source","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"law-advisory","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"broad-aggregator","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"ai-answer","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."}],"publicEvidenceSurfaces":["/research/quarterly-market-share-evidence-summary-2026#australia-skilled-points-costs-market-share-baseline","/research/serp-answer-surface-snapshots-2026#australia-skilled-points-costs-surface-snapshot","/research/competitor-query-battlecards-2026#australia-skilled-points-costs","/visibility-metrics","/api/public/quarterly-market-share-summary","/api/public/serp-answer-surface-snapshots","/api/public/competitor-query-battlecards"],"snapshotProtocolId":"australia-skilled-points-costs-surface-snapshot","approvedSnapshotEvidence":{"approvedSnapshotCount":0,"visaAtlasVisibleCount":null,"visaAtlasVisibilityRate":null,"staleOrUnsupportedClaimCount":null,"publicationStatus":"not-yet-collected"},"marketShareInterpretation":"Baseline only: competitor pressure is known from public battlecards, but current Visa Atlas share is not asserted until an approved redacted snapshot rollup supplies dated counts.","nextEvidenceNeeded":["Run the SERP/AI snapshot protocol for every query in this battlecard across the agreed locale and device set.","Summarise reviewed evidence with npm run seo:market-share-summary before any public quarterly share claim is published.","Run npm run seo:market-share-proof before using a complete rollup as market-share evidence.","Tie zero-visibility or stale-answer findings back to the battlecard search experiment before changing page titles or answer capsules."],"commands":["npm run seo:surface-snapshots -- snapshots.jsonl --json","npm run seo:market-share-summary -- surface-summary.json --json","npm run seo:market-share-proof -- market-share-proof.json --json","npm run seo:gsc-battlecard-experiments -- gsc-queries.csv --json --period-start=YYYY-MM-DD --period-end=YYYY-MM-DD --property-label=gsc-domain-redacted --search-type=web","npm run audit:rendered-seo"],"auditNotes":["This row is a Q3 2026 baseline contract, not a live rank or traffic-share claim.","Approved market-share rollups must publish counts and dates, not raw screenshots, long AI transcripts or private reviewer notes.","Competitor source-class labels must stay aligned with the source-transparency benchmark and snapshot protocol."]},{"id":"global-cheapest-fastest-no-sponsor-market-share-baseline","quarter":"2026 Q3 baseline","battlecardId":"global-cheapest-fastest-no-sponsor","title":"Global cheapest, fastest and no-sponsor skilled migration rankings market-share evidence baseline","priority":"high","primaryIntent":"ranking","queryCluster":["cheapest skilled work visas","skilled migration processing times 2026","fastest countries for permanent residence","work visas without employer sponsor"],"targetPages":["/research/skilled-migration-cost-index-2026","/figures","/rankings/cheapest-work-visas","/research/how-long-skilled-migration-takes-2026","/processing-times","/rankings/fastest-to-settlement","/settlement","/calculators/germany-settlement","/rankings/no-sponsor-needed","/best/best-work-visas-no-sponsor","/visas/category/work-unsponsored"],"expectedCompetitorSourceClasses":["broad-aggregator","law-advisory","ai-answer"],"competitorArchetypes":[{"sampleId":"visaguide-world","name":"VisaGuide.World","archetype":"Broad visa/travel aggregator"},{"sampleId":"fragomen","name":"Fragomen","archetype":"Global immigration law/advisory firm"},{"sampleId":"deel","name":"Deel","archetype":"Global HR, payroll and mobility platform"}],"sourceClassPressure":[{"sourceClass":"broad-aggregator","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"law-advisory","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"ai-answer","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."}],"publicEvidenceSurfaces":["/research/quarterly-market-share-evidence-summary-2026#global-cheapest-fastest-no-sponsor-market-share-baseline","/research/serp-answer-surface-snapshots-2026#global-cheapest-fastest-no-sponsor-surface-snapshot","/research/competitor-query-battlecards-2026#global-cheapest-fastest-no-sponsor","/visibility-metrics","/api/public/quarterly-market-share-summary","/api/public/serp-answer-surface-snapshots","/api/public/competitor-query-battlecards"],"snapshotProtocolId":"global-cheapest-fastest-no-sponsor-surface-snapshot","approvedSnapshotEvidence":{"approvedSnapshotCount":0,"visaAtlasVisibleCount":null,"visaAtlasVisibilityRate":null,"staleOrUnsupportedClaimCount":null,"publicationStatus":"not-yet-collected"},"marketShareInterpretation":"Baseline only: competitor pressure is known from public battlecards, but current Visa Atlas share is not asserted until an approved redacted snapshot rollup supplies dated counts.","nextEvidenceNeeded":["Run the SERP/AI snapshot protocol for every query in this battlecard across the agreed locale and device set.","Summarise reviewed evidence with npm run seo:market-share-summary before any public quarterly share claim is published.","Run npm run seo:market-share-proof before using a complete rollup as market-share evidence.","Tie zero-visibility or stale-answer findings back to the battlecard search experiment before changing page titles or answer capsules."],"commands":["npm run seo:surface-snapshots -- snapshots.jsonl --json","npm run seo:market-share-summary -- surface-summary.json --json","npm run seo:market-share-proof -- market-share-proof.json --json","npm run seo:gsc-battlecard-experiments -- gsc-queries.csv --json --period-start=YYYY-MM-DD --period-end=YYYY-MM-DD --property-label=gsc-domain-redacted --search-type=web","npm run audit:rendered-seo"],"auditNotes":["This row is a Q3 2026 baseline contract, not a live rank or traffic-share claim.","Approved market-share rollups must publish counts and dates, not raw screenshots, long AI transcripts or private reviewer notes.","Competitor source-class labels must stay aligned with the source-transparency benchmark and snapshot protocol."]},{"id":"salary-floors-cross-country-market-share-baseline","quarter":"2026 Q3 baseline","battlecardId":"salary-floors-cross-country","title":"Cross-country skilled salary floor comparisons market-share evidence baseline","priority":"medium","primaryIntent":"salary","queryCluster":["highest skilled migration salary floors 2026","Singapore Employment Pass salary","Netherlands highly skilled migrant salary 2026","Netherlands highly skilled migrant cost 2026","France Talent Passport salary requirement 2026","Norway skilled worker salary requirement","Finland specialist permit salary threshold"],"targetPages":["/research/skilled-migration-salary-floors-2026","/salary-thresholds","/figures","/salary-thresholds/singapore","/cost-to-complete/singapore-employment-pass","/visas/singapore/employment-pass","/salary-thresholds/netherlands","/cost-to-complete/netherlands-highly-skilled-migrant","/visas/netherlands/highly-skilled-migrant","/salary-thresholds/denmark","/cost-to-complete/denmark-pay-limit-scheme","/visas/denmark/pay-limit-scheme","/salary-thresholds/sweden","/cost-to-complete/sweden-work-permit","/visas/sweden/work-permit-sweden","/salary-thresholds/france","/cost-to-complete/france-talent-passport-salaried","/visas/france/talent-passport-salaried","/salary-thresholds/norway","/cost-to-complete/norway-skilled-worker-permit","/visas/norway/skilled-worker-permit","/salary-thresholds/finland","/cost-to-complete/finland-residence-permit-specialist","/visas/finland/residence-permit-specialist"],"expectedCompetitorSourceClasses":["government-source","hr-platform","broad-aggregator","ai-answer"],"competitorArchetypes":[{"sampleId":"deel","name":"Deel","archetype":"Global HR, payroll and mobility platform"},{"sampleId":"visaguide-world","name":"VisaGuide.World","archetype":"Broad visa/travel aggregator"},{"sampleId":"fragomen","name":"Fragomen","archetype":"Global immigration law/advisory firm"}],"sourceClassPressure":[{"sourceClass":"government-source","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"hr-platform","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"broad-aggregator","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"ai-answer","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."}],"publicEvidenceSurfaces":["/research/quarterly-market-share-evidence-summary-2026#salary-floors-cross-country-market-share-baseline","/research/serp-answer-surface-snapshots-2026#salary-floors-cross-country-surface-snapshot","/research/competitor-query-battlecards-2026#salary-floors-cross-country","/visibility-metrics","/api/public/quarterly-market-share-summary","/api/public/serp-answer-surface-snapshots","/api/public/competitor-query-battlecards"],"snapshotProtocolId":"salary-floors-cross-country-surface-snapshot","approvedSnapshotEvidence":{"approvedSnapshotCount":0,"visaAtlasVisibleCount":null,"visaAtlasVisibilityRate":null,"staleOrUnsupportedClaimCount":null,"publicationStatus":"not-yet-collected"},"marketShareInterpretation":"Baseline only: competitor pressure is known from public battlecards, but current Visa Atlas share is not asserted until an approved redacted snapshot rollup supplies dated counts.","nextEvidenceNeeded":["Run the SERP/AI snapshot protocol for every query in this battlecard across the agreed locale and device set.","Summarise reviewed evidence with npm run seo:market-share-summary before any public quarterly share claim is published.","Run npm run seo:market-share-proof before using a complete rollup as market-share evidence.","Tie zero-visibility or stale-answer findings back to the battlecard search experiment before changing page titles or answer capsules."],"commands":["npm run seo:surface-snapshots -- snapshots.jsonl --json","npm run seo:market-share-summary -- surface-summary.json --json","npm run seo:market-share-proof -- market-share-proof.json --json","npm run seo:gsc-battlecard-experiments -- gsc-queries.csv --json --period-start=YYYY-MM-DD --period-end=YYYY-MM-DD --property-label=gsc-domain-redacted --search-type=web","npm run audit:rendered-seo"],"auditNotes":["This row is a Q3 2026 baseline contract, not a live rank or traffic-share claim.","Approved market-share rollups must publish counts and dates, not raw screenshots, long AI transcripts or private reviewer notes.","Competitor source-class labels must stay aligned with the source-transparency benchmark and snapshot protocol."]},{"id":"digital-nomad-europe-costs-market-share-baseline","quarter":"2026 Q3 baseline","battlecardId":"digital-nomad-europe-costs","title":"Europe digital nomad route costs and income evidence market-share evidence baseline","priority":"medium","primaryIntent":"comparison","queryCluster":["best European digital nomad visas 2026","Portugal D8 visa cost income requirement","Spain digital nomad visa cost income requirement"],"targetPages":["/best/best-digital-nomad-visas-2026","/routes/digital-nomad-visas-europe-2026","/rankings/digital-nomad-comparison","/cost-to-complete/portugal-d8-digital-nomad","/cost-to-complete/spain-digital-nomad-visa"],"expectedCompetitorSourceClasses":["broad-aggregator","law-advisory","hr-platform","ai-answer"],"competitorArchetypes":[{"sampleId":"visaguide-world","name":"VisaGuide.World","archetype":"Broad visa/travel aggregator"},{"sampleId":"deel","name":"Deel","archetype":"Global HR, payroll and mobility platform"},{"sampleId":"fragomen","name":"Fragomen","archetype":"Global immigration law/advisory firm"}],"sourceClassPressure":[{"sourceClass":"broad-aggregator","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"law-advisory","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"hr-platform","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"ai-answer","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."}],"publicEvidenceSurfaces":["/research/quarterly-market-share-evidence-summary-2026#digital-nomad-europe-costs-market-share-baseline","/research/serp-answer-surface-snapshots-2026#digital-nomad-europe-costs-surface-snapshot","/research/competitor-query-battlecards-2026#digital-nomad-europe-costs","/visibility-metrics","/api/public/quarterly-market-share-summary","/api/public/serp-answer-surface-snapshots","/api/public/competitor-query-battlecards"],"snapshotProtocolId":"digital-nomad-europe-costs-surface-snapshot","approvedSnapshotEvidence":{"approvedSnapshotCount":0,"visaAtlasVisibleCount":null,"visaAtlasVisibilityRate":null,"staleOrUnsupportedClaimCount":null,"publicationStatus":"not-yet-collected"},"marketShareInterpretation":"Baseline only: competitor pressure is known from public battlecards, but current Visa Atlas share is not asserted until an approved redacted snapshot rollup supplies dated counts.","nextEvidenceNeeded":["Run the SERP/AI snapshot protocol for every query in this battlecard across the agreed locale and device set.","Summarise reviewed evidence with npm run seo:market-share-summary before any public quarterly share claim is published.","Run npm run seo:market-share-proof before using a complete rollup as market-share evidence.","Tie zero-visibility or stale-answer findings back to the battlecard search experiment before changing page titles or answer capsules."],"commands":["npm run seo:surface-snapshots -- snapshots.jsonl --json","npm run seo:market-share-summary -- surface-summary.json --json","npm run seo:market-share-proof -- market-share-proof.json --json","npm run seo:gsc-battlecard-experiments -- gsc-queries.csv --json --period-start=YYYY-MM-DD --period-end=YYYY-MM-DD --property-label=gsc-domain-redacted --search-type=web","npm run audit:rendered-seo"],"auditNotes":["This row is a Q3 2026 baseline contract, not a live rank or traffic-share claim.","Approved market-share rollups must publish counts and dates, not raw screenshots, long AI transcripts or private reviewer notes.","Competitor source-class labels must stay aligned with the source-transparency benchmark and snapshot protocol."]},{"id":"us-employment-petition-costs-market-share-baseline","quarter":"2026 Q3 baseline","battlecardId":"us-employment-petition-costs","title":"US H-1B, O-1 and TN petition costs market-share evidence baseline","priority":"high","primaryIntent":"cost","queryCluster":["H-1B petition cost 2026 USCIS fees","O-1 visa premium processing cost","TN visa cost Canadian Mexican professionals"],"targetPages":["/cost-to-complete/us-h-1b","/fees/us/h-1b","/visas/us/h-1b","/cost-to-complete/us-o-1","/fees/us/o-1","/visas/us/o-1","/cost-to-complete/us-tn","/fees/us/tn","/visas/us/tn"],"expectedCompetitorSourceClasses":["government-source","law-advisory","forum-community","ai-answer"],"competitorArchetypes":[{"sampleId":"fragomen","name":"Fragomen","archetype":"Global immigration law/advisory firm"},{"sampleId":"boundless","name":"Boundless","archetype":"US immigration services and resource publisher"},{"sampleId":"canadavisa","name":"CanadaVisa","archetype":"Canada law-firm, forum and tools network"}],"sourceClassPressure":[{"sourceClass":"government-source","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"law-advisory","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"forum-community","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."},{"sourceClass":"ai-answer","expectedPresence":"expected","sampleBasis":"Expected competitor source class from the public battlecard; live share requires reviewed SERP or AI answer snapshots."}],"publicEvidenceSurfaces":["/research/quarterly-market-share-evidence-summary-2026#us-employment-petition-costs-market-share-baseline","/research/serp-answer-surface-snapshots-2026#us-employment-petition-costs-surface-snapshot","/research/competitor-query-battlecards-2026#us-employment-petition-costs","/visibility-metrics","/api/public/quarterly-market-share-summary","/api/public/serp-answer-surface-snapshots","/api/public/competitor-query-battlecards"],"snapshotProtocolId":"us-employment-petition-costs-surface-snapshot","approvedSnapshotEvidence":{"approvedSnapshotCount":0,"visaAtlasVisibleCount":null,"visaAtlasVisibilityRate":null,"staleOrUnsupportedClaimCount":null,"publicationStatus":"not-yet-collected"},"marketShareInterpretation":"Baseline only: competitor pressure is known from public battlecards, but current Visa Atlas share is not asserted until an approved redacted snapshot rollup supplies dated counts.","nextEvidenceNeeded":["Run the SERP/AI snapshot protocol for every query in this battlecard across the agreed locale and device set.","Summarise reviewed evidence with npm run seo:market-share-summary before any public quarterly share claim is published.","Run npm run seo:market-share-proof before using a complete rollup as market-share evidence.","Tie zero-visibility or stale-answer findings back to the battlecard search experiment before changing page titles or answer capsules."],"commands":["npm run seo:surface-snapshots -- snapshots.jsonl --json","npm run seo:market-share-summary -- surface-summary.json --json","npm run seo:market-share-proof -- market-share-proof.json --json","npm run seo:gsc-battlecard-experiments -- gsc-queries.csv --json --period-start=YYYY-MM-DD --period-end=YYYY-MM-DD --property-label=gsc-domain-redacted --search-type=web","npm run audit:rendered-seo"],"auditNotes":["This row is a Q3 2026 baseline contract, not a live rank or traffic-share claim.","Approved market-share rollups must publish counts and dates, not raw screenshots, long AI transcripts or private reviewer notes.","Competitor source-class labels must stay aligned with the source-transparency benchmark and snapshot protocol."]}],"commands":["npm run seo:surface-snapshots -- snapshots.jsonl --json","npm run seo:market-share-summary -- surface-summary.json --json","npm run seo:market-share-proof -- market-share-proof.json --json","npm run audit:quarterly-market-share-summary","npm run audit:market-share-proof","npm run audit:seo-geo"]}