For journalists and researchers
Quotable stats, founder bio, brand assets, and a guarantee: every claim on this page traces to a database record we maintain quarterly.
Citable headline stats
One-paragraph description
"whereTOemigrate.io is an independent visa intelligence platform covering +1,500+ visa and residency programmes across 190+ countries. A 14-question quiz produces a per-country verdict — Eligible or Almost eligible — ranked against the user's nationality, savings, profession, age, family status, language ability, and stated priorities. Every visa pathway is traced to its issuing government's official immigration portal. Operated from by founder Antonio Mira; positioned as the research phase before a user hires immigration counsel."
Founder quotes (use freely with attribution)
"Most emigration sites tell you which countries exist. Almost none tell you which ones are realistically viable for *your* profile. That gap is the entire reason this platform exists."
"The cheapest valuable thing in emigration research is a clear *no*. We tell users which countries to take off their list before they spend €5,000 on a consultation that would have reached the same conclusion."
"99% of the +2,500+ programmes in our database link to the issuing government's own URL. The 1% that don't are flagged as draft and excluded from public reports. That's the floor for what 'verified' should mean in this space — and most aggregators don't clear it."
"The scoring engine is mathematically sound but unvalidated against real outcome data. We disclose that publicly because the alternative — pretending we have a closed feedback loop — would be the exact opposite of what we're trying to be."
"Of the +2,500+ programmes we track, 48% have no published path to permanent residency. People apply for those without realising their visa is a ten-year cul-de-sac. Surfacing that asymmetry is the whole point of the indices we publish."
Top countries by programme count (2026)
A "programme" is a distinct visa or residency pathway with its own eligibility criteria, fees, and processing timeline. Each entry is verified against the issuing government's portal.
Original research — six indices
All six indices are public, free, and built from the same +1,500+-programme database. Use the data with attribution: "whereTOemigrate.io ([wheretoemigrate.io/data-sources](/data-sources))".
- Visa Friction Index 2026 — composite difficulty score combining processing time, document load, financial floor, language requirement, and rejection signals.
- Migration Speed Rankings 2026 — median days from application to residency permit issued.
- Family Relocation Ease Index 2026 — spouse work rights, dependent visas, family-cost analysis.
- Salary-Visa Index 2026 — minimum income thresholds vs. local average salary, per country.
- Time-to-Stability Index 2026 — years from first visa to permanent residency.
- Cost-to-Exit Index 2026 — total cash outlay to relocate (visa fees + 6mo runway + setup).
Founder bio (short)
Antonio Mira is the founder of whereTOemigrate.io. Personally relocated across multiple jurisdictions. Designs the visa-matching scoring engine, maintains the +1,500+-programme database, and writes the methodology that ranks countries on the Eligible / Almost verdict framework. Editorial standards and contact at /founder.
Brand assets
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- Default social-share image (PNG, 1200×630)
- Brand colours: primary
#1A5C50(forest green), accent#C45D2C(terracotta), ink#0C2E2B
Suggested attribution
"According to whereTOemigrate.io, an independent visa intelligence platform covering 2,500+ visa programmes across 190+ countries…" (short link: wheretoemigrate.io/data-sources)
Press contact
Press inquiries: press@wheretoemigrate.io
Founder: Antonio Mira,
Response SLA: 24 hours weekdays, 48 hours weekends.
Available for: data licensing, custom dataset queries, on-the-record commentary on visa-policy changes, podcast and interview requests, fact-checking of immigration claims that cite our data, and white-label partnerships with immigration law firms.
See the full methodology
The scoring engine, the data sources, the editorial standards — fully documented and citable.