Editorial Policy: How We Source, Date and Correct Our Pages

We publish general information about the legal ways to move to the United States, Canada and Mexico. Our readers are making high-stakes decisions, often in a second language, so we value accuracy over volume. We would rather leave a figure out than publish one we could not confirm.

Our pages explain how programs work. They are not legal advice and do not replace a licensed professional. See our disclaimer.

We rank sources in this order:

We do not rely on forums, social media posts or marketing sites for facts.

Every page lists the official sources we used. Numbers that change, such as fees, income thresholds, quotas and processing times, appear only when we could confirm them, and we date them (for example, "as of September 2026"). When we could not confirm a current figure, we tell you where the official figure is published instead. When a new development is known only from secondary reports, we say so.

Each page shows a Last verified date. It is the date we last checked the page's key facts against its official sources. It is not the date the page was first published.

Immigration rules can change overnight. If a page's date is old, or you are about to pay a fee or file an application, check the official source linked at the bottom of the page first.

Pages about a specific program carry a status label with a one-sentence note on what is true now.

We set labels from official announcements and court records. Our Status Now pages for the USA, Canada and Mexico collect the programs that changed most recently.

Separately, pages that a licensed professional has not yet reviewed show Expert review in progress. That label is about our review process, not about the program. See the expert review program.

We want to be open about this: drafts on NorthAmericans.com are produced with AI assistance and then checked against official sources before they are published.

Our rules for AI-assisted drafting:

• Every fact that matters (eligibility, fees, deadlines, quotas, status) must be traced to an official source before publishing. If it cannot be, it is removed.
• We never publish invented people, quotes, testimonials, case studies or statistics.
• We never present AI output as legal advice.
• We date every page and ask readers to report errors, because checking reduces mistakes but cannot rule them out.

The how we research page describes each step.

• No government, program operator, school, employer, lawyer or consultant pays us to cover a program or describe it a certain way.
• We do not sell placement, rankings, links or articles.
• Status labels and facts are never for sale.
• We have no advertising and no affiliate links today.

If we accept sponsorships in the future, sponsored items will be clearly labeled and kept separate from our editorial pages, and sponsors will have no say over content or status labels. We plan to build a network of licensed professionals; any referral arrangements will follow the professional-conduct rules of the relevant bars, law societies and the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC), and will be disclosed. See advertise and our affiliate disclosure.

We describe policies, proclamations and court cases factually: what the rule does, who it affects, when it took effect and where it stands in court. We do not add political commentary or predict how courts will rule.

To report an error, email contact@northamericans.com with the subject line Correction. Please include:

1. The link to the page
2. What you think is wrong
3. A link to the official source, if you have one

We check every report against the official source. We handle errors that could cause harm first, such as a wrong deadline, fee, eligibility rule or program status. When we confirm an error, we fix the page and update its Last verified date. When a correction could have changed a reader's decision, we add a short note to the page saying what changed and when.

We do not remove accurate information because someone asks us to, and we do not accept payment to change a page.

We cannot answer questions about individual cases, predict the outcome of an application or recommend a specific lawyer or consultant. For help with your situation, see how to verify a lawyer or consultant.