Data & Methodology

Visary brings together visa-sponsored job listings, the official UK register of licensed sponsors and immigration news in one place. We want you to be able to judge how far to rely on each piece of information, so this page explains where it comes from and how we process it.

Visary is an information platform only. Nothing on the Service is legal or immigration advice, and you should always confirm sponsorship and eligibility with the employer, GOV.UK or a regulated immigration adviser before making decisions.

Sources. Job listings are collected by scheduled background jobs from third-party job sources and employer career pages, then stored in our database. The website and app read from that database; they never query external job sources directly while you browse.

Processing. Each listing is normalised before it is shown:

• Country. Listings are assigned to the UK, USA or Canada portal using an explicit country field where one exists, otherwise by detecting postcodes, US state codes or Canadian province names in the location.
• Salary. Where a salary is advertised it is shown as a single annual figure. Some employers do not publish a salary, in which case none is shown.
• Duplicates and expired roles. We aim to remove duplicates and listings that are no longer open, but some may remain visible for a short time after an employer closes them.

Freshness. Search results are cached for up to 5 minutes to keep the site fast, so a newly added listing may take a few minutes to appear.

Early access. Jobs posted within the last 14 days are shown in full to premium members. Free users can see that these jobs exist, and each one unlocks automatically once it is 14 days old.

Applying. Visary does not employ anyone or process applications on employers' behalf. The "Apply" button takes you to the employer's or job board's own application page.

Many listings carry a Trust Score from 0 to 100, produced by an automated review of the listing. It combines three components:

• Website trust: signals about the website the job is advertised on.
• Company credibility: whether the hiring organisation appears to be a genuine, established business.
• Job authenticity: whether the listing itself shows common warning signs, such as upfront fees, vague duties or unrealistic pay.

Each listing's review gives one of five verdicts (Verified, Likely legitimate, Caution required, High risk or Likely scam) and lists the specific positive findings and warning signs behind it. The score's colour shows its band:

The Trust Score is a guide, not a guarantee. A high score does not confirm that an employer will sponsor you, and a low score does not prove a listing is fraudulent. Never pay a fee to apply for a job or to obtain a Certificate of Sponsorship.

When you've set your job preferences, each listing gets a Match Score from 0 to 100. It is calculated only from the listing and your own answers.

Only the criteria you answered count. We add up the points a job earns and divide by the points that were possible, so skipping a question never lowers your scores.

Salary gets partial credit when a job pays somewhat below your minimum, and half credit when no salary is advertised. Seniority is estimated from words in the job title (for example "Senior", "Graduate", "Lead"). The Match Score says nothing about whether you meet visa requirements.

Source. The sponsor directory is built from the Home Office Register of Licensed Sponsors: Workers, published on GOV.UK. It contains organisation names, town/city, county, licence type and rating (A or B), and the visa routes each sponsor is licensed for. The directory shows the register's publication date.

Refresh. The Home Office updates the register most working days. We check for the latest version at least every 12 hours.

Industry data. The register does not include an industry, so we match sponsors to active companies on Companies House by name and group their SIC 2007 codes into broad industries. This data is cached for up to 24 hours. Name matching is imperfect, so some sponsors may be missing an industry or show the wrong one. Charities, public bodies and overseas companies are often not on Companies House.

What it doesn't tell you. Holding a licence means an organisation can sponsor workers, not that it is currently hiring or will sponsor a particular role. Salary thresholds and occupation eligibility still apply.

News articles are gathered by scheduled background jobs from third-party news sources and stored in our database. We show the headline, summary, date and a link to the original publisher. We do not write or edit these articles, and the original publisher is responsible for their accuracy. For official changes to immigration rules, always check GOV.UK.

Some features, such as CV analysis, CV building and application support, use AI models to produce suggestions. AI output can be incomplete or wrong. Review everything it produces before you rely on it or send it to an employer. For how we handle the personal data you provide to these features, see our Privacy Policy.

• Third-party sources can contain errors, and listings can change or close without notice.
• Visa sponsorship status in a listing comes from the source and is not independently confirmed with the employer.
• Scores are produced automatically and are meant to help you prioritise, not to make decisions for you.
• Immigration rules, salary thresholds and eligible occupations change regularly. GOV.UK is the authoritative source.

If you spot a listing that looks like a scam, a sponsor with the wrong details, or any other data problem, please tell us at legal@visaroutediary.com. We review reports and remove or correct data where needed.