What we do

The permit is a document. The life is the work.

Anybody can file an application. What decides whether a move actually works is the six months afterwards: whether a bank will take you, whether the lease says what you were told it says, whether there is a school place in September. Take all five packages, or take one.

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Third-party costs quoted anywhere on this site are indicative and change without notice. Our fee is fixed in writing before any work begins, and it does not move afterwards.

§ 03 What we actually do

The visa is the easy part.

A permit is a piece of paper. What people actually need is a bank that will take them, a lease they can read, a car with a plate on it, and a school that has a place in September. Take all five, or take one.

Visa filing

The application, prepared properly and filed once.

Choose the route, and tell you plainly why the other four are wrong for you
Build the document schedule, including the ones that take twelve weeks
Apostille, translate, certify, and chase
File, and hold the appointment calendar

What you do

Sign, appear for biometrics, and travel where the programme requires you to travel. We cannot do those for you and we will tell you well in advance when they land.

Not included

Government and legal fees, which are paid to the authority and its licensed professionals, never to us.

Bank introduction

An introduction to a regulated bank, and a file that clears their checks first time.

Introduce you to a regulated bank that actually onboards new residents
Prepare your file to the standard that bank expects
Assemble the source-of-funds documentation in the form they ask for
Attend the account-opening meeting with you

What you do

Complete the bank’s compliance checks yourself. They are thorough, they are legally required, and nobody — including us — can shortcut them. What we can do is make sure you arrive with the right file, so you go through them once instead of three times.

Not included

Any guarantee of approval. The bank decides who it onboards, on its own criteria, and it does not tell us why.

Apartment

Somewhere to live that you have actually seen.

Shortlist against how you live, not against a yield
Walk the shortlist on video, or in person, before you fly
Read the lease, and translate the clause that matters
Negotiate, sign, and hold the keys until you land

What you do

Choose. We will give you an opinion, and it will be a direct one.

Not included

Rent, deposit, agency commission, and any purchase price.

Car

Registered, insured, and on the drive when you arrive.

Buy or lease, whichever survives the arithmetic in that jurisdiction
Register the vehicle and put a plate on it
Insure it against a policy you can read
Convert or validate your licence, where the country allows it

What you do

Tell us what you drive now and what you actually need. Those are often different cars.

Not included

The vehicle, the insurance premium, and any road or registration tax.

School place

A place secured, in a school you chose for reasons you can defend.

Map the realistic options: curriculum, language, commute, and the waiting list
Prepare and submit the applications, with the transcripts already legalised
Arrange the assessments and interviews
Hold the place, and manage the handover from the old school

What you do

Visit, and let the child have an opinion. This is the decision families most often make on a spreadsheet and most often regret.

Not included

Tuition, registration fees, and deposits, all paid directly to the school.

§ 05 What it costs

Our fee, and then everything that isn’t our fee.

You will see the whole number before you sign anything. We have never understood the firms that make you take a call to find out what they charge.

The memo

$2,500

The ninety-minute call and the written recommendation: the route, the reasoning, the document schedule, the timeline, and every cost named. Credited in full against a full engagement if you go ahead within ninety days.

Most people should start here.

Filing

$5,000 — $12,000

The memo, plus the application prepared, legalised, translated and filed, the appointment calendar held, and the authority chased. The band is set by the jurisdiction and by how many people are on the application.

Georgia sits at the bottom of the band. Cyprus sits at the top.

Filing and landing

$18,000 — $50,000

Everything above, plus the packages you take: the bank introduction, the apartment, the car, the school place. Priced on the file, agreed in writing before we start, and fixed after that.

A family of four relocating with schools is the top of this band.

What our fee is not

Government fees are paid to the authority, at the rate the authority publishes, and we never mark them up.

Legal and professional fees are paid directly to the licensed lawyer, advisor, or valuer. We do not take a commission from them, and we will tell you if anyone offers us one.

Committed capital — a qualifying investment, a property, a fixed deposit — is your money, in your name. It is not a fee, it is not paid to us, and it is at your risk.

Indicative Verified JUL 2026

Third-party costs shown across this site are indicative and change without notice. Our fee is fixed in writing before any work begins, and it does not move afterwards.

Start with the memo.

Ninety minutes and a written recommendation you can take to your own advisor and argue with. It is credited in full against a full engagement, and it is yours either way.

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