Sources & Methodology

Where every rule comes from

Each rule in the Horizon engine — skilled points systems, investment thresholds and the programmes behind our short-stay guidance — is drawn from an official page published by a government authority. The complete registry is listed below: 34 official sources, monitored daily. These are the same links shown inside your report, and we encourage you to verify any result against them.

How the rules stay current

Every page below is checked automatically each day from our cloud infrastructure: the monitor fetches the page, fingerprints its content, and raises an alert the same day anything changes. A specialist then reviews the change and updates the affected rules before reports rely on them. Independently of alerts, the full rule set receives a human review each quarter — last completed 2026-Q1. Every report prints both facts in its header.

Language equivalencies

Test-score conversions use the official published equivalency tables: IELTS to Canadian Language Benchmarks (per ability), Australia's competent / proficient / superior bands, and CEFR estimation for European requirements. Where you have not taken a test, the report clearly labels language-derived scores as estimates.

A note on honest limits

Some determinations cannot be made remotely: exact occupation classification, formal credential recognition and skills-assessment outcomes rest with the designated authorities. Reports identify each of these as a requirement to confirm rather than pretending certainty we do not have.