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You send what you have
Your income, the country you have in mind, and anything you are unsure about.
Takes two minutes Free consultation, no obligation
Book a free consultation
Tell us what you earn and who pays you. We will tell you which of the twelve countries are open to you and what your file is still missing. Asking costs nothing.
- No fee for the first answer
- Reply in one to two working days
- Nothing stored or sold
Or reach us directly
Handled remotely. There is no office to visit and nothing here asks you to travel.
What happens next
What happens after you write
You will know whether this is worth pursuing before anything is agreed.
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Someone reads it properly
We check your figure against what that country requires this month, not a number from an old article.
One to two working days3
You get a straight answer
Either you are clear to proceed, or here is what is missing and how long it takes to fix.
In writing, from a real addressThe form
Tell us where you are in the process
Fill in what you can; only your name is required. The form writes your message for you, then opens your email app or WhatsApp with it ready to send.
Before you write
What makes the first reply worth reading
A message with figures in it gets an answer. A message asking whether it is possible gets a question back.
Send these and we can answer properly
- Your gross monthly income and the currency A range is fine if it moves. Say the lowest month, not the best one.
- Who pays you and from where Foreign clients, a foreign employer, or your own company. The country of the payer decides more than the amount does.
- Who is travelling with you A spouse and children raise the income threshold, and by a different amount in every country.
- Any refusal you have had before Including a visit visa. It changes how the next application has to be built, and hiding it costs more than disclosing it.
What we will not tell you
- That approval is guaranteed Nobody can promise that. The decision belongs to the embassy, and a consultant who says otherwise is selling something.
- How to make a weak file look strong If the income is not there, the answer is to wait until it is. We will tell you how many months that takes.
- A decision date for your specific case Processing times move with the season and the consulate. We give you the published range and what we have actually seen.
- Tax advice for the country you move to We handle the application. Once you are resident a local accountant handles the rest, and we will say so rather than guess.
Reply times
How long you will actually wait
These are what we work to. If we slip past them, chase us and say so.
Same day
Within working hours. Outside them, the next morning.
1 to 2 days
Email and the form
Working days. A message with documents attached takes the longer end, because someone reads them.
3 days
Still nothing?
Send it again on WhatsApp. Assume it went to spam rather than that it was ignored.
Before you ask
Questions people send before the real one
Does the first conversation cost anything?
No. Telling you whether your income clears a threshold takes a few minutes and is not worth charging for. Fees start when we begin preparing an actual application, and you see the figure before anything begins.
Can I visit your office?
There is no walk-in office. Everything runs over WhatsApp, email and calls, which is also how the application itself is put together. If you would rather talk than type, ask for a call and we will set a time.
Do you work with Pakistani passport holders living outside Pakistan?
Yes. Many of the people we work with hold a Pakistani passport but live in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain or Kuwait. Where you file changes which consulate handles it, so say where you are based when you write.
I do not know which country to pick. Can you choose for me?
We can narrow it. Your income, who pays you, and whether family is coming will usually cut twelve options down to two or three. From there it is your call, because the differences that remain are about where you want to live rather than paperwork.
My application was refused by someone else. Will you still take it?
Usually, but we want to see the refusal letter first. The reason given decides whether the next attempt is a fresh application, an appeal, or a wait. Send it with your first message rather than after we have quoted you.
What happens to the documents I send?
They are used to answer your question and nothing else. Nothing is added to a mailing list, sold, or shared with a third party. If you decide not to go ahead, ask us to delete what you sent and we will.
Do you handle apostille and attestation on its own?
Yes, separately from any visa work. Pakistan has been part of the Apostille Convention since 9 March 2023, so most documents now need a single apostille from MOFA rather than the older embassy legalisation chain. Private documents still need notarising before MOFA will apostille them.
Elsewhere
Where else we post
Threshold changes go up here first, usually the same week a government publishes them.
What we are not
Next Visa Step prepares and files applications. We are not a law firm, we do not give legal or tax advice, and we are not an agent of any government. Every decision on a visa or a residence permit rests with the relevant embassy or immigration authority. Anything we tell you about a threshold is checked against the government that publishes it, with the date of that check shown on our income requirements page.
Check the number before you write
It takes thirty seconds and tells you which of the twelve countries your income already clears. Come back with the result and the conversation starts halfway through.