TRANSPARENT BY DESIGN

How Maxpat Decides What Is Worth Investigating

Maxpat does not start with beaches, popularity or a generic “best country” list. It starts with whether a move appears legally and financially realistic for your situation, then compares the destinations that remain.

✓ Eligibility first ✓ Source-dated facts ✓ No consultant sales funnel
Portugal city and daily-life context Mexico destination context Poland destination context Thailand destination context
1. Legal Feasibility
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1. Legal Feasibility

We look for published residence pathways that fit your life stage, income type, household and work plans before lifestyle preferences influence the result.

2. Financial Sustainability
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2. Financial Sustainability

We compare dependable monthly income, savings or investment funds, household size and realistic living-cost ranges so an attractive destination does not hide an impossible budget.

3. Healthcare & Daily-Life Fit
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3. Healthcare & Daily-Life Fit

Healthcare access, required insurance, family needs, schools, work rights, language and practical daily-life factors are brought in only when they apply to you.

4. Evidence & Freshness
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4. Evidence & Freshness

Important visa, residency, tax, Social Security, work-right and safety facts are tied to sources, verification dates and review dates so stale information can be flagged instead of quietly reused.

THE DECISION FLOW

From six answers to a useful shortlist

Each stage removes noise. Lifestyle fit comes after feasibility—not before it.

1Your answers
→
2Eligibility filters
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3Financial reality
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4Lifestyle fit
→
5Your shortlist

HOW WE HANDLE CHANGING INFORMATION

Every important fact has an age.

Visa thresholds, work rights, safety advisories and healthcare rules can change. Maxpat is designed to show when a fact was checked and where it came from.

MAXPAT DATA CHECK✓
Official source
Government / authority
Last verified
2026-09-30
Review due
30–90 days
Current / needs review / stale
CURRENT

WHAT MAXPAT DOES NOT DO

Useful guidance without pretending to be the government.

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No promise that a visa will be approved.

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No political or ideological country matching.

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No hidden requirement to book an expensive consultant.

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