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Open immigration data
Download the source-linked datasets behind Visa Atlas. Each JSON endpoint is free to reuse with attribution, carries its own review date, and links back to the official government sources used for the underlying figures.
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How to cite the data layer
Cite Visa Atlas for the compiled dataset and cite the linked government authority for the underlying rule or figure. The canonical data catalog is https://visaatlas.org/api/public.
Reference datasets
Stable lookup tables for routes, destinations and dated policy changes.
Reference dataset
Visa routes
1,414 records
Every indexed visa and residence route, with category, sponsorship, settlement, summary, primary source and review date.
- Last modified
- 1 August 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Destinations
233 records
Indexable destination countries and territories, with official immigration portals and advice regulators.
- Last modified
- 22 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Policy updates
39 records
Dated, source-linked immigration policy changes with severity, claims, affected routes and review dates.
- Last modified
- 30 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Policy update claims
121 records
One source-backed, stable-url record for each atomic immigration policy claim, linked to the policy update page, affected routes and supporting source.
- Last modified
- 30 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Immigration citation packs
162 records
Concise, source-linked answer packets for AI retrievers, journalists, researchers and auditors, each with canonical page URL, dataset URL, facts, sources, date modified, license and suggested citation.
- Last modified
- 1 August 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Verified answer capsules
293 records
Question-answer records extracted from rendered Visa Atlas verified-answer blocks, each with canonical page URL, source URLs, dataset URLs, date modified, license and legal note.
- Last modified
- 1 August 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
AI citation benchmark
48 records
Fixed high-intent skilled-migration question basket used to measure whether answer engines cite Visa Atlas for source-backed immigration questions.
- Last modified
- 2 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
AI retrieval task index
48 records
Query-level retrieval contract joining benchmark immigration questions to canonical pages, answer capsules, citation packs, calculator contexts, SEO/GEO page actions, competitor battlecards, MCP tools and safe-answer rules.
- Last modified
- 4 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
AI retrieval readiness scorecard
48 records
Prompt-level gap scorecard ranking AI citation benchmark tasks by answer capsule, citation pack, page action, battlecard, calculator context, MCP tool depth and evidence-gate coverage.
- Last modified
- 5 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
AI answer accuracy audit protocol
7 records
Public protocol for grading high-risk AI immigration answers against source-backed Visa Atlas facts, with answer-key coverage, stale-claim traps, local commands and publication guardrails.
- Last modified
- 3 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Immigration source-transparency benchmark
7 records
Sampled competitor/source-class benchmark comparing public immigration-information surfaces against source transparency, freshness, open-data and AI-retrieval criteria.
- Last modified
- 4 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
SEO/GEO visibility metrics
9 records
Public measurement contract separating Google organic growth, AI citation share, crawler access, source freshness, index quality and technical trust gates.
- Last modified
- 3 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
SEO/GEO traffic forecast model
5 records
Falsifiable cohort-level planning model for the Visa Atlas 500k/month SEO/GEO target, with ranges, assumptions, measurement commands and kill gates.
- Last modified
- 3 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Technical SEO/GEO control matrix
9 records
Audit-ready control matrix for rendering, indexability, schema, open-data discovery, AI retrieval, freshness, performance and private-evidence boundaries behind the SEO/GEO plan.
- Last modified
- 4 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
SEO/GEO audit evidence pack
12 records
Big-4-style evidence pack mapping the SEO/GEO dominance plan to public controls, local evidence workflows, external evidence needs, pass criteria and private-data boundaries.
- Last modified
- 5 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
SEO/GEO execution readiness scorecard
5 records
Cohort-level execution scorecard tying the 500k/month SEO/GEO plan to content pieces, page changes, technical gates, competitor wedges, private evidence needs and no-go conditions.
- Last modified
- 4 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
SEO/GEO production queue
52 records
Flat ticket queue derived from the market-share capture plan, exposing content, page, technical and evidence workstreams with owners, target pages, commands, source datasets, evidence gates and no-go conditions.
- Last modified
- 4 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
SEO/GEO page action map
118 records
Page-level join table mapping SEO/GEO target URLs to production tickets, battlecards, SERP/AI handoff briefs, search-demand actions, answer capsules, citation packs, calculator contexts, source datasets, local commands and audit gates.
- Last modified
- 4 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Battlecard retrieval coverage matrix
13 records
Battlecard-level coverage matrix joining competitor query clusters to target pages, page-action rows, answer surfaces, citation packs, AI retrieval prompts, experiments, snapshot protocols and evidence gates.
- Last modified
- 6 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
SEO/GEO dominance gap ledger
13 records
Battlecard-level blocker ledger joining public retrieval coverage, content/page/technical work, competitor pressure, reviewer queues, authority distribution and outcome-proof gates for the 500k/month plan.
- Last modified
- 6 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
SEO/GEO measurement run queue
13 records
Battlecard-level run queue joining dominance blockers to private GSC experiments, SERP/AI snapshots, reviewer proof, authority proof, AI visibility, market-share and traffic outcome proof workflows.
- Last modified
- 6 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
SEO/GEO reviewer evidence bridge
14 records
Reviewer-evidence bridge joining reviewer-blocked SEO/GEO battlecards to high-risk reviewer queues, acquisition controls, reviewedBy schema gates, P0 page-refresh controls and local proof commands.
- Last modified
- 7 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
SEO/GEO external evidence bridge
8 records
External-evidence bridge joining external-evidence-blocked SEO/GEO battlecards to authority distribution channels, GSC/SERP/AI evidence workflows, market-share baselines, traffic proof gates and local proof commands.
- Last modified
- 7 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
SEO/GEO private measurement bridge
61 records
Private-measurement bridge joining ready-for-private-measurement SEO/GEO battlecards to run-now GSC, SERP/AI, authority, market-share, AI-visibility and traffic proof workflows.
- Last modified
- 7 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
SEO/GEO release gate contract
8 records
Audit-ready release gate for shipping Visa Atlas SEO/GEO changes: compile, source audits, freshness, optional liveness, production build, rendered crawler output and outcome-claim boundaries.
- Last modified
- 7 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Search demand action map
7 records
Audit-ready decision matrix for turning local GSC, SERP and AI answer-surface evidence into content, page and technical SEO/GEO actions without publishing private query data.
- Last modified
- 4 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Crawler and AI retrieval access audit
25 records
Public audit of the robots policy, crawler-facing discovery surfaces, JSON headers and local log commands that let search and AI retrievers access Visa Atlas.
- Last modified
- 3 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Embeddable widget catalog
32 records
Machine-readable catalog of approved Visa Atlas embed scripts for sourced immigration figures and calculators, with source trails, attribution rules and legal-scope guardrails.
- Last modified
- 4 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
SEO/GEO content opportunity map
28 records
Auditable priority map for the content pieces, page work and technical changes that support the Visa Atlas 500k/month SEO/GEO plan, with competitor wedge notes and evidence surfaces.
- Last modified
- 3 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Competitor query battlecards
13 records
Auditable SEO/GEO battlecards mapping high-intent immigration query clusters to sampled competitor archetypes, checked public evidence URLs, Visa Atlas wedge moves, strategic positioning rollups, target pages, retrieval playbooks, crawl-path and indexability assurance, source datasets and measurement commands.
- Last modified
- 5 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Battlecard search experiments
13 records
Public experiment contract for converting competitor query battlecards into Search Console-measured title, snippet, answer-capsule and internal-link tests while keeping private GSC exports local.
- Last modified
- 3 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
SERP and AI answer-surface snapshot protocol
13 records
Auditable protocol for capturing Google SERP features, competitor source classes and AI answer citations by battlecard query while keeping raw screenshots, transcripts and private reviewer notes local.
- Last modified
- 2 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Publisher and AI-citation kits
7 records
Reusable citation and outreach kits for publishers, journalists, researchers and AI retrievers, with canonical URLs, source datasets, attribution snippets and private evidence-log rules.
- Last modified
- 3 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
External repository mirror manifest
6 records
Repository-ready export manifests, metadata templates, DOI/accession checklists and canonical backlink requirements for mirroring original Visa Atlas datasets into external data repositories.
- Last modified
- 3 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Knowledge-graph entity seeding manifest
9 records
Auditable entity-seeding controls for source-backed datasets, reports and organization nodes, including sameAs governance, approved external accession ingestion and local knowledge-graph evidence logging.
- Last modified
- 2 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Expert reviewer entity program
13 records
Reviewer disclosure model for YMYL immigration pages, including source-editor limits, regulated reviewer slots, reviewedBy schema governance and local credential evidence logging.
- Last modified
- 2 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
reviewedBy schema rollout controls
6 records
Schema emission controls for page-level reviewedBy JSON-LD fragments, gated by approved reviewer evidence rows and offline export review before publication.
- Last modified
- 2 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
High-risk page review acquisition controls
6 records
Reviewer sourcing, vetting and handoff controls for high-risk YMYL immigration page queues, with local-only candidate evidence and no public reviewer claims until approved handoff.
- Last modified
- 2 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
P0 reviewed page refresh controls
3 records
Publication gates for refreshing P0 YMYL pages after reviewer handoff evidence, with local-only reviewer notes, content-diff evidence and reviewedBy schema checks blocked by default.
- Last modified
- 2 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Calculator verdict contexts
10 records
Dated cutoff, salary-threshold and proof-of-funds context for high-intent immigration calculators, so calculator outputs can be interpreted against current source-backed figures.
- Last modified
- 30 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Indexable page manifest
7,383 records
Audit mirror of the XML sitemap: every indexable Visa Atlas URL classified by page cohort, priority, change frequency, freshness date and source-dataset pointers.
- Last modified
- 3 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Public site search index
1,989 records
Compact title, description, kind, keyword and URL map for Visa Atlas searchable destinations, visa routes, nationality hubs, calculators, data pages, research reports, policy updates, editorial routes, rankings and best-of guides.
- Last modified
- 3 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Reference dataset
Source freshness report
1,677 records
Public freshness/SLA report over every dated Visa Atlas source record, including processing-time figures, fees, cost-to-complete models, salary thresholds, route narratives, settlement pathways and policy updates.
- Last modified
- 1 August 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Figure datasets
Numeric and derived datasets for country comparisons, fees, all-in cost models, salary floors, processing windows, Express Entry draw history and Express Entry category tracking.
Figure dataset
Processing-time planning reliability index
99 records
Derived index scoring how usable each official immigration processing-time clock is for planning, based on clock availability, window width, percentile disclosure and source freshness.
- Last modified
- 1 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Figure dataset
Skilled-migration planning accessibility index
30 records
Derived index scoring tracked skilled and skilled-adjacent migration routes by planning accessibility across cost, proof-of-funds exposure, salary floor, processing-clock transparency, sponsor requirement, settlement path and source freshness.
- Last modified
- 1 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Figure dataset
Country comparison data
3,192 records
Machine-readable inventory of indexable country comparison pages, with destination profiles and pair-level trade-off metrics derived from source-linked route, salary, processing, cost and policy datasets.
- Last modified
- 1 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Figure dataset
Visa and immigration fees
37 records
Government-published fee breakdowns by destination and visa route, with per-line amounts, currencies and a worked example for the headline case.
- Last modified
- 21 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Figure dataset
Visa cost-to-complete models
30 records
All-in route cost models separating mandatory non-refundable costs from refundable proof-of-funds requirements, with each line item sourced or marked indicative.
- Last modified
- 1 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Figure dataset
Salary thresholds
21 records
Minimum-salary thresholds by destination, grouped into 21 destination blocks covering 62 individual route thresholds, each with local-currency amount, basis and effective date.
- Last modified
- 1 August 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Figure dataset
Processing times
99 records
Typical decision-time bands by destination and visa route, drawn from each issuing authority where it publishes one.
- Last modified
- 21 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Figure dataset
Canada Express Entry draws
45 records
Round-by-round history of Canada Express Entry invitations, with category, invitations issued and CRS cut-off score, confirmed against IRCC.
- Last modified
- 29 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Figure dataset
Canada Express Entry categories
10 records
Derived tracker for IRCC category-based Express Entry selection: current categories, categories with 2026 draws, categories without a 2026 draw, invitations and CRS ranges.
- Last modified
- 29 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Figure dataset
Rules and threshold fact changes
7 records
Machine-readable diff feed of every recorded fee, salary-threshold and processing-time movement, with stable fact IDs, old/new values, effective dates, current owning route and primary source.
- Last modified
- 1 March 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Figure dataset
Monthly immigration figure changes
5 records
Month-by-month archive of recorded fee, salary-threshold and processing-time movements, with old value, new value, owning page, source URL and same-month policy context.
- Last modified
- 1 July 2026
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Machine-readable entry points
- Dataset catalog JSON
- Indexable page manifest JSON
- Public site search index JSON
- API documentation
- OpenAPI contract JSON
- AI agent retrieval contract
- LLM index
- Full LLM content index
- Citation packs JSON
- Verified answer capsules JSON
- AI citation benchmark JSON
- AI answer accuracy audit protocol JSON
- Crawler and AI retrieval access audit JSON
- SEO/GEO content opportunity map JSON
- Competitor query battlecards JSON
- Battlecard search experiments JSON
- SERP and AI answer-surface snapshot protocol JSON
- Quarterly market-share evidence summary JSON
- Publisher and AI-citation kits JSON
- Embeddable widget catalog JSON
- Authority distribution plan JSON
- SEO/GEO release gate contract JSON
- External repository mirror manifest JSON
- Knowledge-graph entity seeding manifest JSON
- Expert reviewer entity program JSON
- reviewedBy schema rollout controls JSON
- High-risk page review acquisition controls JSON
- P0 reviewed page refresh controls JSON
- SEO/GEO reviewer evidence bridge JSON
- SEO/GEO private measurement bridge JSON
- SEO/GEO external evidence bridge JSON
- Calculator verdict contexts JSON
- Route finder API
- Source-transparency benchmark JSON
- SEO/GEO traffic forecast JSON
- Technical SEO/GEO controls JSON
- Topical authority internal-link map JSON
- SEO/GEO audit evidence pack JSON
- SEO/GEO execution readiness scorecard JSON
- SEO/GEO market-share capture plan JSON
- SEO/GEO production queue JSON
- SEO/GEO page action map JSON
- Battlecard retrieval coverage matrix JSON
- SEO/GEO dominance gap ledger JSON
- SEO/GEO measurement run queue JSON
- AI retrieval task index JSON
- AI retrieval readiness scorecard JSON
- Search demand action map JSON
- SEO/GEO visibility metrics JSON
- Source freshness JSON
- Country comparison JSON
- Express Entry categories JSON
- Figure changelog RSS
- Fact-change JSON
- Policy updates RSS