What actually happens when you apply

Visa requirements, refusals and entry rules — checked against official sources, dated, and not selling you anything.

Seven rules changed in 2025–26

Most visa guidance online is describing rules that no longer exist

Each of these was correct when it was written. None of them is now — and the pages saying otherwise give no indication of when they were last checked.

  • Count your passport stamps for the Schengen 90/180 rule — stamps ended April 2026
  • Georgia has a free digital nomad visa — programme ended March 2026
  • File a remonstration after a Schengen refusal — abolished July 2025
  • Order GCMS notes after a Canadian refusal — often unnecessary since July 2025
  • Lock down your social media before a US application — now counts against you

See all seven, with dates and sources →

15 countries compared

Nomad Visas

Income thresholds, duration, tax treatment and the requirement that catches people out. Two of them have no nomad visa at all.

US, UK, Schengen, Canada

Visa Refusals

What the officer is actually assessing, why reapplying unchanged fails, and which refusal grounds still exist.

Free, nothing stored

Tools

A 90/180 calculator that handles overlapping trips correctly — the thing most calculators get wrong.