Editorial standards

Source hierarchy

Every visa requirement on VisaGlance must trace back to an official source. When sources conflict, we use the following order of precedence:

1. Government website of the destination country — the immigration ministry, border agency, or equivalent official portal.
2. Official embassy or consulate pages of the destination country published for the passport country in question.
3. Authoritative supranational regulations — for example, EU Regulation 2018/1806 governs visa policy for all Schengen-area countries; we cite the consolidated regulation directly.
4. Official travel advisories from the passport country's own foreign ministry.
5. Primary news reports citing official sources, used only for very recent changes not yet reflected in the above.

Travel blogs, aggregator sites, and visa agency marketing content are not primary sources and are never used as the basis for a data value.

Verified vs. dataset-only

An entry is labelled verified only when a member of our team has manually consulted the governing official source, confirmed or corrected the data value, and recorded the source URL and the date of the check. Verification is per destination, not per passport-destination pair — when we verify a destination, we go through every relevant passport entry for that destination against the official source.

Entries we have not yet independently checked are labelled dataset-only. They are drawn from the open-source passport-index dataset (MIT licence, last upstream update January 2025) and may be correct, but we make no claim that they are current. Dataset-only entries are not surfaced in our search index.

What "verified" does not mean

A verified entry means we checked it against the official source on the date shown. It does not mean the rule cannot have changed since then. Visa policy can change with very little notice. Always confirm directly with the destination country's embassy or official immigration authority before you book or travel.

Independence from commercial relationships

VisaGlance may earn affiliate commissions from travel services we link to (see how we make money). Those relationships have no bearing on data values or the verified/dataset-only label. No partner can pay to have a visa result altered, a destination prioritised, or a label changed. If we ever find ourselves in a situation where a commercial relationship creates a conflict, the right answer is to disclose it visibly — not to quietly resolve it in the partner's favour.

We do not accept payment to alter editorial judgments. We do not accept sponsored content presented as independent editorial. We do not accept free visa applications or travel in exchange for favourable treatment.

Corrections policy

• Every verified page shows the date of the last check.
• We aim to re-verify each destination at least every 90 days.
• When a correction is reported and confirmed, we update the value, update the verification date, and log the change.
• We do not silently edit errors — if a value was wrong and we corrected it, the change is recorded in our verification log.
• To report an error: info@visaglance.com. Corrections are the most useful thing you can send us.