How We Score

Nobody else in this space publishes their methodology. Here's ours — the Scorecard weighting, the Fact Log's evidence tiers, and what we do and don't get paid for.

01

The Fact Log

Every claim starts as a dated, sourced row — FACT, ESTIMATE, RATING, or ASSESSMENT — before it becomes a sentence in a guide.

02

Evidence tiers

Confidence is graded per fact, not assumed for the whole guide — a rent estimate and a visa rule don't carry the same certainty.

03

The Scorecard

Six topics — cost, healthcare, visa pathway, connectivity & work, safety, climate — weighted by what you tell us matters, not by an age bracket.

Weighting, in plain terms

The six topics never change. What changes is the weight each one carries in your total score, based on where you said you are in the journey.

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Disclosure

We don't take payment from destinations, developers, or relocation services.

Where we do earn a referral fee — insurance, tax prep, real estate — the rate is published on the resource itself, not buried in a terms page.

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