[ Who it's for ]
Wherever you're starting from, there's a route worth checking.
Pasage is built for the Global South — healthcare and skilled workers, founders, and students. Most people are more than one of these — the free eligibility check lets you select all that apply and matches you against every route we support, not just the obvious one.
For example
A 22-year-old with a fresh bachelor's in Computer Science from Lagos, wanting a master's abroad but unsure whether their funds and English score are actually enough anywhere — or just enough to attract an agency's attention.
Student / prospective student
If you're applying to study abroad — undergraduate, master's, PhD, or a shorter diploma — this is the largest, most well-mapped category in Pasage. Student routes usually turn on three things: a confirmed admission, proof of funds for tuition and living costs, and (for English-taught programs) an English test score.
What routes look for
An admission letter or offer of place, funds that meet the destination's published guideline (these vary a lot — Ireland and Poland are far cheaper to prove than Switzerland or Denmark), and sometimes a stated field of study that plausibly matches your background.
The most common gap
The most common gap isn't funds — it's not having applied to a school yet. Pasage can tell you which countries are realistic before you spend money on applications, not after.
Routes to look at — UK Student, Canada Study Permit, Germany/Netherlands/Ireland/Spain/Belgium/Poland/Italy/Austria/Estonia/Iceland/Romania/Denmark/Malta/Japan/South Korea/New Zealand/China student visas — nearly every country we support has one.
For example
A 31-year-old backend engineer in Nairobi with 6 years' experience and a remote contract offer from a UK company, trying to figure out if that's enough for a Skilled Worker visa or if they need to go through Global Talent instead.
Skilled worker / tech talent
This is for employed professionals — engineers, nurses, accountants, tradespeople, analysts — looking for a route built around your job, not your business or your degree alone. Most skilled-worker routes are employer-sponsored: someone has to offer you a job that meets a salary or occupation bar.
What routes look for
A genuine job offer (the single biggest gate in most countries), a salary at or above a published threshold, and a qualification or experience level matching the role. A smaller number of routes — Austria's Red-White-Red Card, Japan and South Korea's points systems — let you apply without an offer first if your points clear the bar.
The most common gap
Salary thresholds are the most common trip-up, especially in expensive markets like Switzerland, Denmark, and Singapore — Pasage shows you the actual number, not a vague 'competitive salary' claim.
Routes to look at — UK Skilled Worker, Canada Express Entry, Germany EU Blue Card, Australia Skilled Independent, Japan Highly Skilled Professional, Austria Red-White-Red Card, and national work permits across most of the countries we support.
For example
A small business owner in Accra who's bootstrapped a profitable logistics startup for two years, being quoted a 'guaranteed' investor visa by an agency for a fee that turns out to be more than her annual revenue.
Startup founder / entrepreneur
For people building or who have already built a company. Founder routes are judged less on your CV and more on your business itself — its stage, its funding, its team, and whether it brings genuine economic value to the destination country.
What routes look for
A concrete, describable business plan (vague ideas don't clear committee review anywhere), some evidence of traction — revenue, a team, or raised funding — and, for several European routes, a minimum investment or the ability to create local jobs.
The most common gap
The most common gap is a business plan that's real but hasn't been written down clearly enough for an immigration committee to assess — that's a fixable problem, not a fundamental one.
Routes to look at — UK Innovator Founder, Canada Start-up Visa, Netherlands Startup Visa, Estonia Startup Visa, Italia Startup Visa, Start-up Denmark, Belgium/Poland/Romania/Switzerland/Austria self-employment and business routes.
See exactly where you stand
The free check covers all of these at once — answer honestly, and get a ranked list of every route you actually qualify for, with the one biggest gap per route.
See where I fit