How we write and verify

Who writes

Every guide names its author, with their role and credentials, and links to a page listing everything they wrote. Guides on money and tax carry the name of the person who reviewed them and the date of that review.

Where the facts come from

Rules, thresholds, fees and deadlines come from official pages: Spanish ministries, the BOE, the Agencia Tributaria, the Seguridad Social, the DGT, and on the U.S. side the IRS, FinCEN and the State Department. Each guide ends with the list of pages it was checked against, with the publisher, the language and the date we last read it. We never confirm a rule from a forum, a blog or a vendor's marketing page.

What "Last verified" means

The date on the badge is the last day someone on the team re-read every source behind the guide and confirmed the figures. It moves only when that check happens. A guide can be updated for wording without moving that date.

When we update

When a procedure changes, we rewrite the affected guide and note what changed. When a figure we cannot confirm anymore, we say so in the text rather than leave a stale number.

Corrections

Found an error? Tell us. We fix it, and the updated date on the guide moves.

Money and independence

Affiliate links are disclosed next to the link and never carry a rule. Partner placements are labelled. No commercial relationship earns a recommendation or a place in a guide.

What we are not

We are not lawyers, immigration attorneys or tax advisors. The guides are general information for U.S. citizens; your situation may need a licensed professional, and when it does, we say so.