Methodology
Official data where it exists. Field evidence where it doesn't.
Statistics show how many permits are issued. Agencies and employers show how the process actually runs — and what it really costs. Our reports combine both.
Official sources
Eurostat · National statistics institutes · Immigration and labor authorities · Work permit and quota data · National legislation
Market sources
Interviews with recruitment agencies and employers · Partners in sourcing countries · Hands-on experience with international placement
Our standards
Three rules every report follows.
Every figure is sourced.
Each number carries its source and its date, so you know how current it is.
Rules checked at delivery.
Immigration and labor rules change often. We verify them as of the date the report is delivered.
Confidential by default.
Your brief, your questions and your findings stay with you.
Limits we state openly
Where the data stops, we say so.
Official figures are incomplete or out of date in several of the markets we cover. Where that happens, the report says which figure is an estimate, how it was built and how confident we are in it — rather than presenting it as a fact.