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Français We write about decisions — visas, money, insurance — where a wrong detail has real consequences. This is how we try to earn the trust that asks for, and what we do when we get something wrong.
Sourcing
Every figure on this site comes from an official primary source — a government immigration portal, ministry, official e-visa platform or gazette — and each record stores the sources behind its claims, the date it was last verified, and a confidence rating. We use established law firms only to interpret primary sources, and we do not cite blogs, content aggregators or visa-agency marketing as evidence for any datapoint. The full approach is set out in our methodology.
Human verification
Research and cross-checking use automated tooling, but accuracy does not rest on that tooling alone. Findings that depend on interpreting a legal text — an income formula, a fee schedule, a tax trigger — are recorded as open questions and reviewed by a person against the official source before they are treated as fully confirmed. When sources genuinely conflict, the page shows a caution rather than presenting one number as settled.
Corrections
If something here is wrong, we want to fix it and we want the fix to be visible. When we correct a material error, we update the page, advance its verification date, and — where the error appeared in a dated blog post — add a brief correction note to that post rather than silently editing it. Spotted a mistake? Please write to hello@study-abroad.org with the page and the official source, and we will check it.
What we publish, and what we don't
Evergreen, how-it-works information lives in the country guides, kept current as the rules change. The blog is for dated updates and analysis that trace back to the same verified records — not recycled news or listicles. We do not invent author personas, we do not publish paid rankings, and nothing on this site is legal, tax or insurance advice; we link the competent authority on every page so you can confirm the details yourself.
Independence & funding
The site is funded through affiliate partnerships with some of the insurance providers we list. Commissions never influence which figures we publish or the order in which programs and plans appear — plans are ranked by how well they match a visa's published requirement, then by price. The details are in our affiliate disclosure.
Accountability
Henry van de Vorming is the responsible editor and the named reviewer on every fact page (see about and the imprint).