About Antonio Mira
Antonio Mira is the founder and lead researcher of WhereToEmigrate.io. He designs the visa-matching scoring engine, maintains the 1,941-programme database against gazetted government sources, and writes the methodology that ranks countries on the MOVE / DELAY / AVOID verdict framework.
Based in Lisbon, Portugal, Antonio has personally navigated immigration processes across multiple jurisdictions. The platform was built because the gap between *expensive immigration consultancy* and *Reddit-thread-quality information* was wider than it should be — and because he's seen people commit savings to a path that, with 30 minutes of structured data review, would have been visibly wrong from the start.
He runs the engine, the data pipeline, the editorial review, and the customer-facing infrastructure. Cloudflare Workers, PostgreSQL on DigitalOcean, Stripe, Resend, and Brevo are the working tools.
Editorial standards
- Source-traceable. Every threshold, fee, and processing time in the database links to a named government URL. Currently 1,931 of 1,941 programmes (99%) carry an
official_source_url. The remaining ten are flagged with astatus: 'draft'marker and excluded from the public report until verified. - Quarterly refresh. All 1,941 programmes are re-reviewed every 90 days. When a country publishes a mid-cycle change (a fee bump, a new income floor, a programme suspension), the database is updated within 72 hours and a changelog entry is added at /changelog.
- Named authorship. Every blog post and methodology page is attributed to a real Person via
schema.org/PersonwithsameAslinks to the author's LinkedIn and GitHub. Not "the editorial team." - Verdict-first. The platform is engineered to produce a *decision* — MOVE, DELAY, or AVOID — not a *list of options*. This is a deliberate design choice. Most emigration sites inform; few decide. We chose the harder problem.
- Public disclosure of limits. The scoring engine is mathematically sound but unvalidated against real outcome data — there is no closed feedback loop between predicted-fit and successful-vs-rejected applications. We say so plainly. Numbeo cost-of-living figures are used under fair-use research; commercial licensing is in progress as of 2026-Q2. Both gaps are stated in the methodology page.
- Free correction reissue. If a paying customer finds a material inaccuracy verifiable against the official source we cite, the report is corrected and reissued at no charge. This is a service guarantee, not a marketing line — the cost is borne by the operator, not the customer.
How to contribute or correct
Found a programme we've missed, a fee we've mis-stated, or an income threshold we've mis-converted? Email [email protected] with: the programme ID (or country + name), the official government URL that contradicts our value, and the corrected value. Most updates ship within 24 hours; the change is logged at /changelog and we credit the contributor by name (or anonymously if preferred).
Journalists or researchers citing the database: the canonical attribution is "WhereToEmigrate.io (wheretoemigrate.io/data-sources)". For interview requests, fact-checks, or licensing inquiries, contact [email protected].
What we are not
We are not an immigration law firm. We do not submit visa applications. We do not represent applicants before any government. The reports we generate are research artefacts, not legal advice. We recommend engaging qualified immigration counsel before financial commitment to any pathway.
We are not a financial advisor. The cost-of-living, tax, and salary figures we publish are for orientation. Personal financial decisions warrant a CFP or tax adviser licensed in the relevant jurisdiction.
For the curious: the full company description (vendor stack, financials, infrastructure) is in our About page. The full scoring algorithm is in the Methodology. The full list of citable government sources is at /data-sources. The press kit with quotable stats and brand assets is at /press.