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A free, independent field guide to moving countries. Every figure links to its official government source.

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Visa Atlas is a free, open reference. If you are a migrant planning a move, a researcher studying migration, or a journalist on a deadline, you are welcome to reuse our figures — the salary floors, fees, processing times, settlement timelines, and policy changes — in your own work. You do not need to ask permission. We only ask that you credit us so your readers can trace a figure back to its source.

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The content and figures on this site are available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. That means you are free to share and adapt the material, including commercially, as long as you give appropriate credit and link back.

How to cite Visa Atlas

A simple attribution looks like this:

Visa Atlas, “Use our data,” https://visaatlas.org/use-our-data (accessed 3 July 2026).

When you are citing a specific figure, link to the page it appears on so readers can see the date it was last reviewed. Every figure on this site also links its own primary government source — the issuing authority, such as GOV.UK, USCIS, IRCC, or the relevant ministry. For the underlying fact itself, please cite that original authority too; we are a faithful, dated mirror of it, not the issuer.

Directory and repository listing details

If you are adding Visa Atlas to a data catalog, MCP directory, AI-agent resource list, repository mirror, publisher resource page, or newsroom source list, use these public details. They are listing copy and evidence boundaries, not proof that a third-party platform has accepted, indexed, linked to, cited, ranked, or sent traffic to us.

  • Name: Visa Atlas
  • Homepage: https://visaatlas.org/
  • Open data catalog: https://visaatlas.org/data
  • Public API catalog: https://visaatlas.org/api/public
  • OpenAPI contract: https://visaatlas.org/api/openapi.json
  • Read-only MCP endpoint: https://visaatlas.org/mcp
  • AI agent guide: https://visaatlas.org/ai-agents
  • LLM index: https://visaatlas.org/llms.txt
  • License: CC BY 4.0 with attribution to Visa Atlas and the underlying government source.

Suggested short description: Visa Atlas is a free, source-linked immigration data and research site with public JSON datasets, an OpenAPI contract, an unauthenticated read-only MCP endpoint, citation packs, answer capsules, widgets and government-source provenance. The public authority-distribution control plane is at https://visaatlas.org/research/authority-distribution-plan-2026.

Machine-readable surfaces

If you would rather build on our data directly than copy it by hand, these endpoints are kept in sync with the site:

  • Open data catalog — every downloadable dataset, with review dates, JSON links, license terms, and citation guidance.
  • API & data reference — the full developer guide: every endpoint, every field, and a real example response for each.
  • OpenAPI contract - machine-readable OpenAPI 3.1 schema for public JSON endpoints, route-finder POST inputs, provenance fields, and reuse caveats.
  • Indexable page manifest - sitemap-derived JSON for every indexable URL, page cohort, priority, freshness date and source-dataset pointer.
  • Public site search index - compact JSON title, description, path, keyword and source-dataset map for destinations, visas, calculators, data pages, research reports, policy updates, routes, rankings and guides.
  • AI agent retrieval contract - entry points, citation rules, LLM indexes, feeds, and the read-only MCP tool contract for agents.
  • Embeddable widgets - static Express Entry latest-draw, cost-to-complete badge and UK total migration cost calculator widgets with sourced attribution links back to the underlying breakdown; JSON catalog at /api/public/widgets.
  • Citation packs - compact source-linked answer packets for AI retrievers, journalists, researchers, and auditors; JSON is available at /api/public/citation-packs.
  • Verified answer capsules - source-linked short answers extracted from rendered answer blocks; JSON is available at /api/public/answer-capsules.
  • AI citation benchmark - fixed high-intent skilled-migration question basket for citation-share measurement; JSON is available at /api/public/citation-benchmark.
  • AI answer accuracy audit protocol - conservative answer-key coverage, stale-claim traps and publication guardrails for grading AI immigration answers; JSON is available at /api/public/ai-answer-accuracy-audit, while raw model outputs stay local until reviewed.
  • Crawler and AI retrieval access audit - robots policy, AI/search crawler access rules, discovery headers and server-log proof limits; JSON is available at /api/public/crawler-access, while raw server logs and Search Console exports stay local.
  • SEO/GEO traffic forecast - falsifiable cohort-level 500k/month planning model with assumptions, commands and kill gates; JSON is available at /api/public/traffic-forecast.
  • Technical SEO/GEO control plane - audit-ready controls for rendering, indexability, schema, API discovery, AI retrieval, freshness, performance and private-evidence boundaries; JSON is available at /api/public/technical-seo-controls.
  • Topical authority internal-link map - audit-ready crawl-path clusters, canonical hubs, supporting pages, anchor rules and evidence commands; JSON is available at /api/public/topical-authority-map.
  • SEO/GEO audit evidence pack - Big-4-style matrix for public controls, local evidence workflows, remaining external proof needs and private-data boundaries; JSON is available at /api/public/seo-geo-audit-evidence.
  • SEO/GEO execution readiness scorecard - cohort-level readiness rows for content pieces, page changes, technical gates, competitor wedges, private evidence needs and no-go conditions; JSON is available at /api/public/execution-readiness.
  • SEO/GEO market-share capture plan - battlecard-level execution rows for competitor displacement, content pieces, page changes, technical gates, evidence commands and no-go conditions; JSON is available at /api/public/market-share-capture-plan, while raw GSC exports, screenshots, transcripts and unapproved rollups stay local.
  • SEO/GEO production queue - flat content, page, technical and evidence tickets with owners, target pages, commands, evidence gates and no-go conditions; JSON is available at /api/public/seo-geo-production-queue.
  • SEO/GEO page action map - page-level joins between target URLs, production tickets, battlecards, answer capsules, citation packs, calculator contexts, commands and audit gates; JSON is available at /api/public/seo-geo-page-action-map.
  • Battlecard retrieval coverage matrix - battlecard-level coverage across target pages, citation packs, AI retrieval prompts, experiments, snapshot protocols and evidence gates; JSON is available at /api/public/battlecard-retrieval-coverage, while raw outcome evidence stays local unless reviewed and aggregated.
  • SEO/GEO dominance gap ledger - battlecard-level blockers across content, page, technical, reviewer, authority and outcome-proof evidence; JSON is available at /api/public/seo-geo-dominance-gap-ledger, while raw analytics, GSC, SERP, AI and reviewer evidence stays local unless reviewed and aggregated.
  • SEO/GEO measurement run queue - battlecard-level private measurement runs for GSC experiments, SERP/AI snapshots, reviewer proof, authority proof, market-share proof, AI visibility proof and traffic outcome proof; JSON is available at /api/public/seo-geo-measurement-run-queue, while raw analytics, Search Console exports, screenshots, transcripts, referrer logs and reviewer notes stay local unless reviewed and aggregated.
  • SEO/GEO reviewer evidence bridge - reviewer-blocked battlecards joined to reviewer queues, acquisition controls, reviewedBy schema gates, P0 page-refresh controls and local proof commands; JSON is available at /api/public/seo-geo-reviewer-evidence-bridge, while raw reviewer notes, private contacts, credential evidence, analytics and screenshots stay local unless reviewed and aggregated.
  • SEO/GEO private measurement bridge - ready-for-private-measurement battlecards joined to run-now GSC, SERP/AI, authority, market-share, AI-visibility and traffic proof workflows; JSON is available at /api/public/seo-geo-private-measurement-bridge, while raw analytics, Search Console exports, SERP screenshots, AI transcripts, authority evidence and unapproved rollups stay local unless reviewed and aggregated.
  • SEO/GEO external evidence bridge - external-evidence-blocked battlecards joined to authority channels, GSC/SERP/AI evidence workflows, market-share baselines and traffic proof gates; JSON is available at /api/public/seo-geo-external-evidence-bridge, while raw analytics, Search Console exports, private listing URLs, SERP screenshots, AI transcripts and unapproved rollups stay local unless reviewed and aggregated.
  • AI retrieval task index - query-level joins between benchmark prompts, canonical pages, answer capsules, citation packs, calculator contexts, page actions, battlecards, MCP tools and safe-answer rules; JSON is available at /api/public/ai-retrieval-task-index, while raw AI transcripts, Search Console queries, SERP screenshots and analytics stay local unless reviewed and aggregated.
  • AI retrieval readiness scorecard - prompt-level gap scores for answer capsule, citation pack, page action, battlecard, calculator context, MCP tool depth and evidence-gate coverage; JSON is available at /api/public/ai-retrieval-readiness, while raw AI transcripts, Search Console queries, SERP screenshots and analytics stay local unless reviewed and aggregated.
  • Search demand action map - audited decision rules for turning local GSC, SERP and AI answer-surface evidence into content, page and technical changes; JSON is available at /api/public/search-demand-actions.
  • SEO/GEO content opportunity map - auditable priority map for the content, page and technical work behind the 500k/month plan; JSON is available at /api/public/content-opportunities.
  • Competitor query battlecards - source-backed production briefs for high-intent SEO/GEO query clusters, competitor archetypes, target pages and measurement commands; JSON is available at /api/public/competitor-query-battlecards.
  • Battlecard search experiments - public experiment contracts for title, snippet, answer-capsule and internal-link tests; JSON is available at /api/public/battlecard-search-experiments, while private Search Console exports stay local.
  • SERP and AI answer-surface snapshot protocol - capture rules for SERP features, competitor source classes and AI answer citations; JSON is available at /api/public/serp-answer-surface-snapshots, while raw screenshots and transcripts stay local until reviewed.
  • Quarterly market-share evidence summary - Q3 2026 baseline and local rollup contract for reviewed SERP and AI answer-surface evidence; JSON is available at /api/public/quarterly-market-share-summary, while unapproved market-share rollups and raw evidence stay local.
  • Publisher and AI-citation kits - reusable citation snippets, proof assets and attribution rules for publishers, researchers and AI retrievers; JSON is available at /api/public/publisher-citation-kits, while target contacts, replies and unapproved outreach notes stay local.
  • Authority distribution plan - launch-readiness channels, copy assets, local commands and evidence fields for off-site distribution; JSON is available at /api/public/authority-distribution-plan, while account credentials, unpublished listing URLs, contact details and unreviewed outcomes stay local.
  • SEO/GEO release gate contract - deploy checks, proof boundaries and no-go rules for SEO/GEO release sign-off; JSON is available at /api/public/seo-geo-release-gate, while raw GSC, analytics, log, transcript, liveness and reviewer evidence stays local unless reviewed.
  • External data repository mirrors - repository-ready export manifests, metadata templates, DOI and accession checklists, and canonical backlink requirements for mirroring original datasets; JSON is available at /api/public/external-repository-mirrors, while account-side credentials, rejected submissions and unapproved repository evidence stay local.
  • Knowledge-graph entity seeding - sameAs governance, approved external accession ingestion and JSON-LD export controls for source-backed dataset and identity nodes; JSON is available at /api/public/knowledge-graph-entities, while unapproved identifiers, rejected mappings and private reviewer notes stay local.
  • Expert reviewer entity program - reviewer disclosure rules, regulated reviewer slots and reviewedBy schema governance for high-risk immigration pages; JSON is available at /api/public/expert-reviewer-entities, while private reviewer contacts, draft notes and unapproved credential evidence stay local.
  • reviewedBy schema rollout controls - schema emission controls, required evidence fields and local reviewedBy JSON-LD fragment export rules for high-risk pages; JSON is available at /api/public/reviewedby-schema-rollout, while generated fragments, private reviewer evidence and unapproved credentials stay local.
  • High-risk page review acquisition controls - reviewer sourcing, vetting, disqualification and handoff controls for high-risk YMYL page queues; JSON is available at /api/public/high-risk-page-review-acquisition, while candidate leads, contacts, engagement terms and screening notes stay local.
  • P0 reviewed page refresh controls - publication gates, content-diff evidence fields, source-freshness rechecks and reviewedBy schema final-review controls for P0 pages; JSON is available at /api/public/p0-reviewed-page-refresh, while reviewer notes, private comments, draft diffs and rejected evidence stay local.
  • Calculator verdict contexts - dated cutoff, salary-threshold and proof-of-funds context for interpreting high-intent calculator outputs.
  • Route finder API - POST profile inputs to receive deterministic ranked route candidates with canonical pages, official source URLs, review dates and legal-scope caveats.
  • Source-transparency benchmark - sampled competitor/source-class benchmark for open-data, freshness and AI-retrieval controls; JSON is available at /api/public/source-transparency-benchmark.
  • SEO/GEO visibility metrics - public measurement contract for citation share, crawler access, freshness, index quality and technical gates; JSON is available at /api/public/visibility-metrics.
  • Source freshness dashboard - public review-SLA evidence for every dated record; JSON is available at /api/public/freshness.
  • Processing-time planning reliability index - derived planning-transparency scores for official processing-time clocks; JSON is available at /api/public/processing-reliability.
  • Skilled-migration planning accessibility index - derived planning-accessibility scores across cost, funds, salary, sponsor, settlement and processing transparency; JSON is available at /api/public/skilled-migration-accessibility.
  • Country comparisons - indexable country-pair inventory and derived head-to-head metrics for route count, sponsor flexibility, salary floors, processing clocks, tracked costs and policy activity; JSON is available at /api/public/country-comparisons.
  • Monthly immigration figure changes - month-by-month old-to-new movements for recorded fees, salary thresholds and processing-time facts; JSON is available at /api/public/monthly-figure-changes.
  • Canada Express Entry category tracker - current category-based selection categories, which have drawn in 2026, which have not, category invitations and CRS ranges; JSON is available at /api/public/express-entry-categories.
  • Visa routes (JSON) — every visa, with its summary, category, and primary source.
  • Destinations (JSON) — the countries we cover and their official portals.
  • Policy updates (JSON) — dated, source-linked policy changes.
  • Policy claims (JSON) - one stable, source-backed record per atomic policy claim, with a claim URL for citation.
  • Cost-to-complete models (JSON) - all-in route budget models separating non-refundable sunk costs from refundable proof-of-funds requirements.
  • Fact changes (JSON) - stable fact IDs, old/new values, effective dates, owning pages, and primary sources for changed fees, salary floors, and processing-time figures.
  • llms.txt and llms-full.txt — a plain-text index of the whole site.
  • Policy updates feed (RSS) and changelog feed (RSS) — subscribe to track when figures and rules change.
  • Sitemap (XML) — every page on the site.
  • Research reports — original analysis computed from the same figures, each with its method and limitations stated.

Spotted a figure that looks out of date? We would rather hear about it than have it spread — please get in touch and we will check it against the source.

Last reviewed: 3 July 2026.