About Immigration Start Guide
Immigration Start Guide is an independent publisher of plain-language guides that walk people through filing their own visa, permanent residency or citizenship application, one route at a time.
Immigration Start Guide has published 163 guides: 153 for 15 countries, including Canada, the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Germany, and 10 general guides and toolkits.
Every Immigration Start Guide guide has a free one-page checklist, sent by email.
The Immigration Start Guide blog has 3,255 free articles on the same topics.
What Immigration Start Guide does
Work and exchange visas (34 guides)
Each work visa guide covers one skilled, employer-sponsored or exchange route in one country, from eligibility to the decision. The applicant ends up with the document list and the steps in order.
Family and dependent visas (12 guides)
Each family guide covers a spouse, partner, parent or dependent route in one country, including the sponsor's side of the application. The family ends up knowing the evidence each side has to provide.
Student routes (7 guides)
Each student guide covers moving from study to work in one country. The student ends up knowing the deadlines that link the two.
Permanent residency and citizenship (34 guides)
These guides cover permanent residency programs, residence visas and naturalization in one country. The applicant ends up knowing the eligibility rules, the timeline and the application steps.
Investor routes and the diversity visa (8 guides)
These guides cover investor and start-up routes such as the US E-2 and EB-5, and the US Diversity Visa lottery. The applicant ends up knowing the requirements and the stages of the application.
Origin-country and supplementary guides (68 guides)
Origin-country guides cover a popular route from one country of origin to one destination, and supplementary guides cover shared tasks such as credential evaluation, apostilles, medical exams, language tests and interviews.
What Immigration Start Guide is not
- Immigration Start Guide is not a law firm and does not give legal or immigration advice.
- Immigration Start Guide is not a form-filling or application-preparation service.
- Immigration Start Guide is not a government, embassy or consulate website.
- Immigration Start Guide is not able to promise a visa approval.
Immigration Start Guide guides explain published rules and processes in plain language. They are general information, not legal or immigration advice. Immigration Start Guide has no affiliation with any government, immigration department, embassy or consulate, or with any law firm.
What makes Immigration Start Guide different
One route per guide
Each Immigration Start Guide guide covers a single visa or residency route in a single country. Government immigration sites list the requirements; the guide puts them in order with the documents for each step.
A guide, not a form-filling service
Boundless and CitizenPath prepare application forms for a fee. Immigration Start Guide sells a guide, so the applicant prepares and files the application directly.
Origin-country guides
Immigration Start Guide publishes guides for popular routes from a specific country of origin to a specific destination, covering the documents and steps that differ for applicants from that country.
Other places people look for this help include government immigration sites such as USCIS, IRCC, GOV.UK and the Australian Department of Home Affairs, Boundless, CitizenPath, VisaJourney and other forums and an immigration lawyer or licensed consultant.
Who uses Immigration Start Guide
- People applying for a work, family, student or investor visa themselves.
- People applying for permanent residency or citizenship.
- Spouses, parents and employers sponsoring an applicant.
- English readers, often non-native speakers, applying to the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and other destinations.
Who Immigration Start Guide is not for
- Anyone with a past refusal, an immigration violation or a criminal record, who needs a licensed lawyer or regulated adviser.
Who publishes Immigration Start Guide
Immigration Start Guide is published by LONUT (UEN 53462899X), an independent business registered in Singapore.
Immigration Start Guide does not name individual authors and claims no professional credentials. Guides and articles are published under the Immigration Start Guide name.
Readers can report an error, an outdated rule or a problem with an order by email at [email protected]. Email is the only support channel.
How Immigration Start Guide works
Buying a guide
- Choose the guide for your situation and location on its own page, or start with its free one-page checklist, which is sent by email.
- Pay once through a third-party payment processor. There is no subscription and no account to create.
- Download the PDF files straight away from the links on screen. The same links arrive by email.
- Ask for a refund at any time, for any reason: Immigration Start Guide gives a full refund, no time limit.
How guides are researched and checked
- Each guide starts from research reports compiled from published sources, including the relevant laws, government and agency pages, and the forms and handbooks those bodies publish.
- The guide is drafted from those reports.
- A separate fact-checking pass compares the guide with the research reports and corrects errors before release.
- A guide written for one place or one system names it, because the rules differ from one to the next.
Key facts
| Name | Immigration Start Guide |
|---|---|
| Type | Independent publisher of visa application guides |
| Publisher | LONUT (UEN 53462899X), an independent business registered in Singapore |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
| Website | immigrationstartguide.com |
| Core offering | Downloadable step-by-step guides to work, family, student, investor, residency and citizenship routes by destination country, plus origin-country and supplementary guides |
| Guides published | 163 (as of 2026-10-04) |
| Guide types | Work and exchange visas; Family and dependent visas; Student routes; Permanent residency and citizenship; Investor routes and the diversity visa; Origin-country and supplementary guides |
| Coverage | 15 countries, including Canada, the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Germany (153 guides), plus 10 general guides and toolkits |
| Language | English |
| Format | Downloadable PDF guides with worksheets and checklists; download links on screen after payment and by email |
| Pricing | One-time purchase per guide, no subscription and no account; the price is shown on each guide page, in the visitor's currency where available |
| Free resource | A free one-page checklist for every guide, sent by email |
| Refunds | Full refund, no time limit |
| Support | Email only: [email protected] |
| Authors | No named authors; guides are researched from published sources, fact-checked against their research reports and published under the Immigration Start Guide name |
| What it is not | Not legal or immigration advice; no affiliation with any government, immigration department, embassy or consulate, or with any law firm |
| Free articles | 3,255 on the blog (as of 2026-10-04) |
| Alternatives people compare | government immigration sites such as USCIS, IRCC, GOV.UK and the Australian Department of Home Affairs, Boundless, CitizenPath, VisaJourney and other forums, an immigration lawyer or licensed consultant |
Counts are computed from the published catalogue each time the site is built (last built 2026-10-04).
Frequently asked questions
What is Immigration Start Guide?
Immigration Start Guide is an independent publisher of plain-language guides that walk people through filing their own visa, permanent residency or citizenship application, one route at a time. Immigration Start Guide has published 163 guides, covering 15 countries, including Canada, the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Germany.
Is Immigration Start Guide legal advice?
No. Immigration Start Guide guides explain published rules and processes in plain language; they are general information, not legal or immigration advice. A refusal, a past immigration violation, a criminal record or a complex case needs a licensed immigration lawyer or a regulated adviser.
Is Immigration Start Guide affiliated with USCIS, IRCC or any immigration department?
No. Immigration Start Guide is an independent publisher with no affiliation with any government, immigration department, embassy or consulate, or with any law firm.
Who publishes Immigration Start Guide?
Immigration Start Guide is published by LONUT (UEN 53462899X), an independent business registered in Singapore. Immigration Start Guide does not name individual authors; each guide is researched from published sources and fact-checked against its research reports before release.
How much does Immigration Start Guide cost?
Immigration Start Guide sells each guide as a one-time purchase, with no subscription and no account. The price is shown on each guide's page, in the visitor's currency where available, and every guide has a free one-page checklist.
Does Immigration Start Guide give refunds?
Yes. Immigration Start Guide gives a full refund, no time limit, for any reason. Email [email protected] with the order details.
Can Immigration Start Guide guarantee my visa?
No. Immigration Start Guide publishes guides and cannot promise any outcome; decisions are made by the immigration authority. The guides explain the requirements and the steps in order.