How We Verify Visa Data

Visa Free Nomads is a data-first platform. Every visa rule, access restriction, and compound access calculation on this site is sourced from verifiable official records — not travel blogs, forums, or user reports. Here is exactly how we collect, verify, and maintain that data.

Data Sources

Official government immigration portals

Each country's immigration authority or foreign ministry website is the primary source for visa rules, fees, and processing times.

Embassy and consulate websites

For country-specific application requirements, we cross-reference the relevant embassy or consulate pages for each passport nationality.

IATA Timatic

The International Air Transport Association's Timatic database is used to validate visa-on-arrival and visa-free status for passport/destination combinations.

Bilateral agreement texts

For compound access rules (e.g. which countries accept a valid Schengen visa), we reference the published text of bilateral agreements between countries.

Update Policy

Quarterly review

All visa programs and access rules are reviewed against official sources on a quarterly basis to catch incremental changes.

Breaking changes

New bilateral agreements, eVisa launches, emergency visa suspensions, and policy reversals are reflected immediately when detected.

User reports

When a user reports a discrepancy between our data and their real-world experience, we re-verify against official sources within 48 hours.

How Compound Access Is Calculated

Compound access is the total set of countries you can enter by combining your passport's baseline visa-free access with the additional access unlocked by each visa or residence permit you hold.

The calculation works as follows:

Start with your passport's baseline — the countries you can enter visa-free, with visa-on-arrival, or via eVisa.
For each visa or residence permit you add, we look up the bilateral agreements that govern which countries accept that document as an entry permit.
The union of all accessible countries (deduplicated) is your compound access total.

Countries accessible through multiple documents are counted only once. The Compound Access Calculator performs this in real time as you add documents.

Limitations & Disclaimers

—Visa rules change without notice. Always verify current requirements directly with the destination country's official immigration authority before booking travel.
—Compound access rules (e.g. which countries accept a valid Schengen visa) are based on published bilateral agreements and may not reflect unpublished or discretionary border practices.
—Digital nomad visa data reflects the program's published eligibility criteria. Individual applications may be assessed differently at the discretion of immigration officers.
—We do not provide legal advice. This site is an information resource only.

Found an error?

If you've spotted a discrepancy between our data and official government sources, we want to know. Accuracy is the only thing that makes this site useful. Read the full story behind Visa Free Nomads or use the calculator to explore your compound access.