The AI Visa Eligibility Checker for the whole world.

An immigration eligibility checker is an online tool that estimates which visas you are likely to qualify for by comparing your profile against a destination country's published immigration rules. Instead of reading dozens of government pages, cross-referencing salary thresholds and hunting through occupation lists, you answer a short questionnaire and receive a shortlist of pathways that actually fit.

A modern visa eligibility checker should do three things well: it should be grounded in official sources, it should account for both your citizenship and your current country of residence, and it should tell you honestly when you do not qualify — along with realistic alternatives. EntryNest was built around that principle. Every score is derived from country-specific rules (CRS points for Canada, salary floors for the UK Skilled Worker route, funds bands for Schengen students, occupation lists for Australia's SkillSelect) and reviewed against portals like IRCC, USCIS, GOV.UK, the German Federal Foreign Office and Australia's Home Affairs.

Most free online visa requirements checkers ask only for a destination and a purpose. That is why they get results wrong so often. A Canadian citizen resident in Dubai has completely different options for moving to Australia than an Indian citizen resident in Toronto — even if their salary, education and age are identical. Citizenship unlocks or blocks entire treaty pathways. Residence determines processing routes, biometrics, tax exposure and, for permanent residency applications, whether you meet ties-to-home requirements.

EntryNest treats both as first-class inputs. If you hold a passport that grants visa-free entry — or eTA, ETA, ESTA or Visa on Arrival access — for a short-stay purpose, the engine short-circuits and tells you so directly rather than pushing you towards an unnecessary consular visa. If your residence unlocks a bilateral treaty (for example a UAE resident applying for a GCC-national-track visa), we flag it. This is what separates a real immigration pathway finder from a generic form.

These scenarios are illustrative. Your actual result depends on documented experience, verified language scores and current government policy — all of which the checker will surface transparently, including honest "not eligible right now, here is why" outcomes.

Almost every visa, residence permit and green-card lottery entry requires a photograph that meets an exact official specification — a precise pixel or millimetre size, a plain background, a defined head height, a neutral expression and a recent capture date. Photo non-compliance is one of the most common reasons applications are returned, delayed or silently disqualified, and it is entirely avoidable.

Because specifications differ by destination — 2×2 inches for the United States, 35×45 mm for the Schengen area and the United Kingdom, 50×70 mm for Canada — EntryNest surfaces a photo recommendation only once your destination and pathway are known, so the guidance you see matches the specification you actually have to meet. We recommend ImageGates to crop, resize and format your photo to that exact requirement in seconds, for both digital upload and printing.

Recommended · Passport & visa photos

Create a compliant passport photo with ImageGates

Before you submit, make sure your photo meets the official specification: correct dimensions, plain background and a neutral expression. ImageGates crops, resizes and formats your photo to the exact requirement in seconds — no photo studio appointment needed.

• Exact size & head position
• Background & file-size fixes
• Print & digital-upload ready

Create Your Photo on ImageGates Powered by ImageGates · Partner link

For many destinations, travel insurance for visa applications is more than a nice-to-have — it is a documented entry requirement. All 29 Schengen states require applicants for short-stay Type C visas to submit proof of travel medical insurance with a minimum coverage of €30,000, valid across the entire Schengen area and for the full duration of stay. Cuba, Turkey, Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia (including Umrah and Hajj visas) all publish their own visa insurance requirements, and consular officers routinely refuse applications when the policy certificate is missing, mispriced, or issued by an unrecognised provider.

Beyond the paperwork, immigration travel insurance protects you from the two most common financial shocks abroad: emergency medical care and trip interruption. A single hospital admission in the United States, Germany or Switzerland can exceed US$20,000 — and public health systems in most destinations do not cover non-residents. A properly scoped international health insurance for travelers policy fills that gap and, in many cases, also covers repatriation, lost baggage, flight delays and personal liability.

EntryNest partners with Heymondo because their coverage matches the wording most consulates expect: minimum €30,000 medical, valid Schengen-wide, 24/7 assistance, and instant PDF certificates you can attach to your visa file. When your citizenship × destination × purpose in the eligibility checker indicates that insurance is either required or strongly recommended, we surface a Heymondo quote directly in your results — never as a generic ad, only when it is relevant to your immigration journey.

Recommendations are kept strictly independent from your eligibility score. Buying insurance through our Heymondo link does not raise, lower or otherwise influence any pathway match — it simply helps fund EntryNest's free tools at no extra cost to you.