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Changelog

Last verified April 27, 2026 · Commit 3b2f5eb · Also on archive.org

A running log of substantive updates. We publish a new entry when:

  • A government immigration agency changes a form field, fee, or eligibility rule
  • A new arrival-card country launches and we cover it
  • We find and correct a factual error in an existing guide
  • We add or remove a domain from the scam_sites list

We do not log every typo fix or layout tweak. For that, see the git history.

2026-04-27 - Methodology and freshness signals added

Added a public methodology section to /about/, a longer /trust/ page, and visible freshness signals in the article rail. The rail now shows when each guide was last reviewed and links back to this changelog.

  • New: /trust/, /zh/trust/, /changelog/, /zh/changelog/
  • Updated: /about/, /zh/about/, article rail freshness badge
  • Added: monthly maintenance checklist and per-country changelog TOML files

2026-04-26 - Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore added

Added three countries with full English and Chinese coverage. Vietnam is the first country covered where the underlying form has a real government fee, so the framing is “middlemen overcharge” rather than “free form sold for money.”

  • New: /vietnam/, /indonesia/, /singapore/
  • New: country guide, how-to-fill, and iVisa/offical-site explainer for each
  • Updated: site navigation now lists seven countries

2026-04-26 - Scam-site DNS audit

Re-audited known scam-site domains and removed dead entries instead of keeping stale warnings. Commit 6c841f3 removed 13 domains that failed DNS checks.

  • Updated: data/official_urls/*.toml
  • Policy: only list domains that resolve at audit time and have documented evidence

2026-04-25 - SEO output checks and sitemap validation

Added automated output checks for robots.txt and sitemap generation after the Cloudflare Pages build. This protects Google Search Console setup from regressions.

  • New: scripts/check-seo-output.mjs
  • Updated: GitHub Actions now runs SEO checks after production build
  • Verified: root sitemap index and localized sitemaps render correctly

2026-04-22 - Thailand TDAC added

First country published. Covers the full TDAC flow at tdac.immigration.go.th, documents the iVisa middleman situation publicly named by Thai immigration in March 2026, and includes an in-browser validator.

  • New: /thailand/tdac/, /thailand/how-to-fill/, /thailand/is-ivisa-official/
  • New: data/official_urls/thailand.toml, data/rules/thailand.json

How to read the audit dates

Each country’s TOML at data/official_urls/{country}.toml has a last_verified field. That field updates whenever we re-check the official URL against the live site. If you see a guide reviewed more than 90 days ago, treat it as potentially stale and verify against the official site before relying on it.