A clearer way to research immigration decisions.
Most people researching a move end up piecing together information from law firm blog posts, forum threads, and guesswork about what a government actually looks for. immigrate.io starts from the other direction: official sources and, where they exist, actual published decisions, with every fact traceable back to a real document.
Choose a country
Start with the country you're researching. Depth varies -- see each country's page for what's currently covered.
Research a pathway
Read structured pathway requirements and follow every claim back to an official source, publication, or decision.
Verify the sources
Where a case archive exists, read the finding on each legal element with the exact quoted language and a page reference back to the original document -- then prepare better questions for your attorney or advisor.
What are you trying to figure out?
Find a pathway
Start with your goals, background, and destination.
Understand requirements
See what a pathway asks for and follow the official sources.
Compare countries
Review several destinations before narrowing your research.
Read decisions and cases
Go deeper into published government decisions where the data exists.
A few United States research library terms
- AAO
- The Administrative Appeals Office — the body inside U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that decides appeals after a petition is denied.
- Matter of Dhanasar
- The controlling case that set the current three-part test USCIS applies to decide NIW petitions: substantial merit & national importance, well-positioned to advance it, and whether waiving the job offer requirement benefits the U.S. on balance.
- Non-precedent decision
- An AAO decision that resolves one specific case and isn’t binding on future cases, but shows how USCIS actually applied the standard.