How we check entry requirements
Getting an entry rule wrong can cost someone a flight, so this page states where every status on Yoogo comes from, what the dates on it mean, and what to do when you find something that is out of date.
The Yoogo editorial team
Entry requirements are read from the destination government's own portal, confirmed against the traveller's government, and re-checked on a schedule. Every page carries the date it was last checked.
Source hierarchy
Where the answer comes from
Sources contradict each other often. When they do, the first one on this list that covers the question wins.
- 1
The destination government
The immigration ministry, foreign ministry or official visa portal of the country being entered. It writes the rule, so it decides what the rule is.
- 2
The traveller's own government
Foreign-ministry travel advice for the passport being carried. Used for advisories and for confirming what the destination says, never to overrule it.
- 3
Embassies, consulates and tourism boards
Context only: fees, opening hours, appointment systems. Never the basis for a visa status on its own.
Dates
What Checked and Last change mean
- Checked
- The date someone last read the official source for that corridor and confirmed the page against it. A recent Checked date with no change means the rule was looked at and found to be the same, not that nothing has happened.
- Last change
- The date the requirement itself last moved: a new eVisa, a different length of stay, a fee that appeared. A corridor with an old Last change date and a recent Checked date is the most reliable kind of page on the site.
How often we look again
| Pages | Re-check cadence |
|---|---|
| Core Set corridors | Every 90 days, and immediately when a change is detected |
| Every other corridor | Annually, and immediately when a change is detected |
| Travel advisories | Weekly for the most-visited destinations |
A detected change is never applied automatically. The pipeline records it and a person confirms it against the source before the page moves.
Limits
What Yoogo does not answer
- Work, study and residence permits. Yoogo covers entry for tourism and short business visits only.
- Whether a specific person will be admitted. A border officer decides that, not a rule.
- Onward and transit rules for airports you change planes in, unless the corridor page says otherwise.
- Health and vaccination requirements beyond what the destination government publishes as an entry condition.
Yoogo is not a government authority and its pages are not legal advice. Every corridor page links to the official source it was read from. Check that source before you book.
Corrections
Found something wrong?
Send the page address and the official source that contradicts it to support@yoogo.to. Corrections to a Core Set corridor are made within two working days, and the change is recorded in that corridor’s change log.