How we check guides

This page explains how guides on Travel to Work are made, what we will and will not put in them, and how we handle mistakes.

How a guide is made

1. We pick a real question. Topics come from the practical questions people have before and during a stretch of working abroad: how a visa type usually works, what documents to gather, how to open a bank account in a new country.
2. A first draft is written with the help of an AI writing tool. We say this openly. The draft is a starting point, not a finished guide.
3. A separate checking pass looks for problems. It removes invented statistics, quotes and stories, strips out numbers that change (fees, age limits, quotas, income thresholds, processing times), and rewrites anything that reads like legal or tax advice for a specific person.
4. An editor reads the guide in full before it goes live and fixes what the earlier steps missed.
5. Every guide ends with “Check before you go”: a short list of the official offices or licensed advisers who can confirm what applies to you.

Our rules

• No invented people. No fake authors, experts, testimonials or travel stories. Guides are signed by the Travel to Work desk.
• No invented numbers. No made-up statistics or survey results. Where a number changes by country or over time, we tell you where to look it up instead of printing a figure that may be out of date by the time you read it.
• General information only. We explain concepts like tax residency or the difference between a visitor visa and a work permit. Whether something applies to you depends on your passport, the country and your situation, and that is a question for the official source or a licensed professional.
• No selling. No affiliate links, sponsored posts, paid placements, or recommendations of particular banks, apps, mobile carriers, insurers, job boards or agencies. Where it helps, we explain what to look for instead.
• No pretending to be official. We never present ourselves as, or on behalf of, a government, embassy or immigration authority.

Dates and updates

Each guide shows the date it was filed and, when it has been meaningfully revised, the date of the revision. Rules change after we publish, which is one more reason to check the official source before you act.

Corrections

If you spot something wrong or out of date, email [email protected] with the page address and what needs fixing. We check every report and correct the guide when it is warranted.