Primary sources, not press releases
We start from government portals, statistics offices, and ministries — then layer in experience. If two sources disagree, we say so.
Moving abroad,
made honest.
GoExpat is the independent research desk for people relocating across borders. No clickbait, no fluff. Just primary sources, every claim cross-checked, and the trade-offs spelled out — including in the country and city rankings we publish.
- Cross-checked against primary records
- Sources cited, not paraphrased away
GoExpat by the numbers
5
Core topics
Visas, taxes, salaries, cost of living, healthcare
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Categories
Organised so readers find the right depth fast
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Articles published
Each claim checked against primary sources
Our mission
Treat your
relocation
like it matters.
A move across borders touches your career, your money, your family, your healthcare, your sense of home. The information that drives those choices deserves the same care a serious business publication would give a market-moving story.
That is the bar we hold ourselves to. Every article on GoExpat is written so a smart, busy reader can decide in one sitting whether a country fits — and so they don't get blindsided three months in.
We're not paid by countries to flatter them and we don't sell ranking position.
What we stand for
Rules we don't break
These are the lines that separate a research desk from a content farm. We hold them publicly so you can hold us to them.
Source-verified before publish
Every rule, fee, and number is checked against the original government portal, statistics office, or regulatory body — never paraphrased from another blog.
Independent of the agencies
No relocation agency, immigration firm, or government body funds our coverage or sees it before publication. Rankings reflect the evidence — never a partnership, paid placement, or pressure to soften a verdict.
How we research
From rule book to readable article
Every page on this site goes through the same four steps. No shortcuts, no AI-summarised competitor articles dressed up as original work.
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Pick the right primary source
Each article opens from the official record — immigration portals, tax authorities, statistics offices, salary surveys, ministries of health — not from a competitor blog.
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Translate, don't over-simplify
Whether it's a visa subcategory, a tax bracket, a salary band, a rent index, or a healthcare entitlement — we render the language into plain English without dropping the conditions that decide what actually applies to you.
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Cross-check the numbers
Anything contradictory between sources gets verified against a second authoritative record before it lands in an article.
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Keep it alive
When the rules move, we patch the page. When the page can't keep up, we flag it as stale rather than mislead the next reader.
Our story
Why this site exists
GoExpat began with a simple frustration: relocating across borders is hard, and most of what you find online is either outdated, paywalled, or written by people who have never actually moved abroad. We set out to fix that — to build the resource we wished existed when we packed our own boxes.
We focus on the five questions that actually decide a relocation: visas, taxes, salaries, cost of living, and healthcare. Every article on GoExpat slots into one of those five buckets. No clickbait, no filler topics dressed up as research. When we publish a "best country" or "best city" ranking, we show the criteria, cite the sources, and spell out the trade-offs.
Why this work matters
A relocation decision touches everything — career, finances, family, healthcare, identity. Get it right and you unlock years of opportunity. Get it wrong and you spend months untangling visa statuses, surprise tax bills, salary mismatches, broken leases, and gaps in health cover. The information that drives those decisions deserves the same care a serious business publication would give a market move. That is the bar we hold ourselves to.
We are not a marketing site for a relocation agency. We are not paid by countries to make them sound attractive. Editorial decisions are made before any commercial check.
How we work
Every article on GoExpat starts from primary sources — immigration portals, tax authorities, statistics offices, official salary surveys, central banks, ministries of health. We collect the rules, fees, and numbers directly from those records, cross-check anything that looks contradictory, and only then write the article. When two sources disagree, we say so out loud rather than pick the more convenient number.
We date every article visibly. When rules change — and in visas, taxes, salary bands, rent indexes, or healthcare entitlements, they change often — we update the page in place and note what moved. If an article cannot be kept current, we mark it stale rather than leave readers acting on dead information.
The voice behind the site
We write the way we'd brief a friend over coffee: plainly, with the trade-offs spelled out, and without pretending the answer is easy when it isn't. We translate legalese, but we do not over-simplify it; an oversimplified visa subcategory or tax bracket has cost more than one expat their permit or their savings. Where the situation is genuinely uncertain, we say so and recommend a licensed professional rather than guess.
Where we're going
We're publishing across all five core topics every month — visa pathways, tax residency rules, salary research, cost-of-living breakdowns, and healthcare access. Country-level deep-dives are next on the roadmap, once we have the article foundations in place. If a topic, country, or service you'd like to see is missing, we want to know — that's how the roadmap actually gets built.
Last reviewed 17 May 2026.
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Visas, taxes, salaries, cost of living, healthcare — researched in plain English, with sources cited.