Built to answer one question honestly: where can you actually move?
Most relocation content exists to sell you something — a five-figure advisory package, a fund, a course. expatriates.ai is the other thing: a free toolkit that shows you every visa and residency route that matches your situation (110 routes across 69 countries), what living there costs, and how banking, insurance, and healthcare work once you land — with the official government source next to each claim, so you never have to take our word for it.
What this site is
An information tool for the whole expat journey — deciding where to move, and settling in once you're there. The flagship is the visa & residency finder: tell it your income, savings, or heritage and it shows the countries whose published requirements you match, free and without an account. Around it sit the money and life guides — banking, transfers, insurance, healthcare systems, cost of living, and US expat taxes. We never file anything with any government, and nothing here is legal, tax, or immigration advice.
How we verify
Our only edge is being right and being neutral, so the method is the product:
Official sources only
Every visa route links the government page it came from — the immigration authority, not a marketing site. Commercial "golden visa" portals don't count as sources here, and the official link sits next to each figure so you can check us in one click.
Dated, sweep-verified figures
The "checked against official government sources · July 2026" stamp you see on route figures marks the last end-to-end sweep of every official link and requirement in the dataset. The date only moves after a real re-check — never automatically.
Closed programs get pulled
When a program dies, it leaves the finder. Spain's golden visa (ended April 2025) and Malta's citizenship-by-investment (struck down April 2025) stay excluded so the tool never matches you to a route that no longer exists.
We'd rather omit than pad
Routes we can't verify against an official source don't ship. That's why some countries here show fewer routes than salesy lists claim — thin-but-accurate beats padded-but-misleading.
Directional numbers say so
Cost-of-living bands, rents, and insurance premiums move with markets, so they're labelled directional and dated — a starting point to shortlist with, never presented as official figures.
Corrections are a feature
Spot something stale or wrong? Email hello@expatriates.ai. We verify against the official source, fix it, and the correction ships site-wide — every page derives from one dataset, so a fix can't miss a page.
How we make money
The tools are free and stay free — no account, no paywall. When we open specialist matching, the relocation or immigration specialist we connect you with will pay us a referral fee. On the money guides, some partner links pay a commission if you open an account or buy a policy — at no extra cost to you, clearly disclosed on the page, and it never changes which providers we show or how we rank them.
Two hard lines: we never file anything with any government on your behalf, and we never sell your data.
How we use AI
AI helps us research and draft at a scale a small team couldn't reach alone — that's how 69 countries stay covered and current. It doesn't get the final word: every route must carry an official government source to ship, the build fails if a record is missing its source or figures, and the dataset is re-swept by hand before the verification date moves. AI can still make mistakes and rules change often — which is exactly why the official source sits next to every claim. The banner at the top of every page says the same thing.
Who's behind this
A small, independent team — not a law firm, not an immigration agency, and not owned by one. No one here earns a fee based on which visa route you pick, and there's no advisory package waiting at the end of the funnel. We built the tool we couldn't find: the full list, the real numbers, and the catches — without the sales pitch. Questions, corrections, or partnerships: hello@expatriates.ai.
What we're not
expatriates.ai is an information tool, not a law firm or an immigration or relocation agency. We never file anything with any government on your behalf. Visa, residency, and citizenship requirements change and vary by case — verify with the official source or a licensed advisor before you apply.
expatriates.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by the IRS or any government agency.