No country pays to rank higher.
No government, no investment agency, no firm sponsors a country profile. Rankings are not negotiable.
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An expatriation decision involves tens of thousands of euros and several years. If the information feeding it is biased, the cost is paid by the user, not by whoever published. Here are the concrete commitments Where Next makes to stay free.
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These four red lines have existed since day one. They define the product as much as what it contains.
No government, no investment agency, no firm sponsors a country profile. Rankings are not negotiable.
Programs (Golden Visa, Digital Nomad Visa, NHR, Beckham…) are described on their real strengths and weaknesses, never on what they'd pay a third party.
We don't yet have signed testimonials to publish. We wait until we have real ones rather than fabricate. No invented names, no AI face portraits.
A country doesn't move up the ranking in exchange for payment. The weighting of the 9 sub-scores is publicly documented on the score page.
Where Next lives on Pro subscriptions. No displayed advertising, no user data monetisation, no email resale. When a specialist partner is cited, it's explicit and tracked.
A single direct revenue source. Pro subscribers pay to access full profiles, comparators, and simulators.
When a partner compensates us for the introduction, it's clearly indicated on the profile. Only partners we consider competent and independent appear there.
No grey area. Every figure is traceable, every calculation is documented, every limit is named.
At the foot of every sensitive figure. Full list on /sources.
You know when the figure was checked. Detailed cadence on /mises-a-jour.
Fixed sub-score weighting, standard tax case and limits. Dedicated page /score.
We are neither a law firm nor a tax advisor. We sort and structure public information to save you time before a full file.
The Where Next founding team is made up of expats or former expats. That informs our viewpoint without making it a commercial advantage. We write from lived experience but we document public figures, not personal preferences.
If one of our contributors holds a direct interest in a covered country (active tax residency, significant property investment, director of a local entity), the disclosure is brought to the user's attention on the affected profiles.
Say so. Independence is built over time, through corrections to error signals. If a phrasing, ranking, or scheme seems oriented, we'll look. And corrections are public.