Methodology
The score is calculated deterministically from your own answers and a planning assessment. This page documents exactly what it measures, how it is capped, and where its limits are.
Readiness is a planning measure. It is not immigration, legal, tax or financial advice, and it is not a determination of eligibility.
One headline number out of 100, built from six weighted dimensions. Immigration and timing carry the most weight: unresolved residence research and a tight date can limit the usefulness of otherwise strong preparation.
| Dimension | Weight | What it looks at |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration pathway clarity Whether a credible legal route into the country exists for your nationality and situation. | 30% | Whether a credible legal route into the country exists for your nationality and situation. |
| Timeline realism Your runway to the target move date versus the typical processing time for that route. | 25% | Your runway to the target move date versus the typical processing time for that route. |
| Financial readiness Your stated budgets against the upfront cost floor for the destination and household size. | 15% | Your stated budgets against the upfront cost floor for the destination and household size. |
| Documentation readiness How many assumptions in your answers still need documentary proof. | 12% | How many assumptions in your answers still need documentary proof. |
| Housing dependency Whether your housing budget and intent (rent or buy) fit local rents for your family size. | 10% | Whether your housing budget and intent (rent or buy) fit local rents for your family size. |
| Family considerations Schooling, dependants and special considerations that add sequencing constraints. | 8% | Schooling, dependants and special considerations that add sequencing constraints. |
Readiness is gated, not averaged. The state of your immigration pathway sets a maximum the overall score cannot exceed, whatever the other dimensions look like. On higher-complexity routes the cap can be tighter still.
If no immigration pathway is identified, selected or confirmed, readiness is capped at 39/100. This reflects an unresolved planning dependency, not a decision about your legal position. Investigate the applicable process with an official authority or qualified professional before committing money or dates.
Strong finances, housing or documentation cannot compensate for an unresolved pathway. Once a potential pathway is identified, your preparation can be assessed more meaningfully.
Where you tell us a route has been reviewed by a qualified professional or confirmed by an authority, that is recorded as the review you reported, never as a legal conclusion about it. Based on the review you reported. This records research progress, not an official decision. Verify current requirements with the relevant authority.
Blockers are the items that stand between your current position and a workable plan. They are ordered so the most blocking check comes first, and each carries a priority, an owner and a timing rather than sitting in an undifferentiated list.
Anything we do not know is named as missing, not guessed. If you have not chosen a target city, for example, housing, schooling and cost guidance stay at country level with clear ranges and the decision is listed explicitly.
Household size, children and their ages come only from your saved answers and are never inferred. An unselected route is always described as a potential pathway to verify, never as one already in place.
Always verify before you commit money or sign anything: leases, deposits, school fees, removals contracts or the sale of property. Immigration, tax and healthcare requirements change often, and any rule that depends on consular discretion, nationality-specific arrangements or recent legal change should be confirmed with the relevant authority or a qualified professional in your destination.
Movidou provides relocation planning, research assistance, and preparation guidance. Movidou does not provide legal or immigration advice, determine eligibility, recommend regulated immigration routes, predict approval, or replace advice from authorities or qualified professionals.
Because strong finances, housing or documentation cannot compensate for an unresolved immigration route. The pathway state sets a maximum for the overall score, so preparation elsewhere cannot hide the unresolved question.
No. Upgrading adds guidance and planning support, not legal confirmation, and it does not change your assessed score or its cap.
Missing inputs are listed explicitly as missing information rather than assumed. Where a target city has not been chosen, housing, schooling and cost guidance stay at country level with clear ranges until it is.
The assessment is free, and the method above is exactly the one applied to your answers. You can also browse the destination guides first.
