How we verify every figure
Visa rules and fees affect real decisions and real money, so we hold every figure on this site to one rule: if we cannot show you the official page it came from, we do not state it as a fact.
1. Official sources only
Facts come from government immigration departments, education ministries, official registers of institutions and official embassy pages for Nepal and India. Blogs, agents and forums are never used as a source of a fact.
2. A source and a date on every figure
Next to each fee, funds requirement and rule you will find a link to the official page and the date we last checked it. Money is always split into fees you pay, funds you only show as evidence, tuition, and living costs.
3. What we could not confirm, we say so
If an official page was unavailable or unclear, the item goes into a “Check these yourself” list on the country page instead of being stated as fact.
4. Daily change checks, human approval
An automated job checks our official sources every day and flags any page that has changed. A person reviews each flagged change against the official page before anything on this site is updated. Automation never changes a figure on its own.
5. Honest dates
“Last updated” changes only when a figure, rule or source actually changes. “Facts checked” shows when we last confirmed the figures. Each guide has a review-by date; after it, the page warns you to confirm the figures yourself.
6. Nepal and India separately
Where a rule differs for Nepali and Indian citizens — evidence levels, where you apply, tests, scholarships — we show it separately.
Use of AI
The first version of these guides (October 2026) was researched with AI tools that opened each official page and recorded the figure, the link and the date. Our team is reviewing every figure against those official pages, and from now on every change found by the daily check is approved by a person before it is published. The source link is always shown so you can check it yourself.
Found a mistake?
Tell us through our complaints page or the enquiry form. We correct errors and note the change on the country page.