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+# Live Visa-Need And Entry Route Check
+
+Run this check for every new application before collecting detailed form answers. Never infer a current visa requirement from the cached registry, general knowledge, a search snippet, or a prior trip.
+
+## Route Key
+
+Collect these facts first:
+
+- destination and every transit country
+- nationality or stateless/refugee status
+- travel-document type, issuer, issue/expiry dates
+- legal residence, residence status/expiry, and application location
+- purpose, arrival date, duration, entries, arrival mode, and entry point
+- self-transfer, overnight transit, airport change, or baggage recheck
+- existing visas, residence permits, diplomatic/official status, or crew status
+- age and accompanying guardian when minor rules may apply
+
+## Mandatory Live Sources
+
+1. Destination immigration authority or foreign ministry.
+2. Destination embassy/consulate responsible for the application location.
+3. Official ETA/eVisa/application portal when applicable.
+4. Official sources for every transit country.
+5. IATA Travel Centre/Timatic or the operating carrier for boarding-document cross-checks.
+
+Government sources determine the legal rule. Timatic and carriers are operational cross-checks and may reveal boarding implementation, but they do not override the destination government. Delegated visa centres establish submission logistics only.
+
+Use Browser/Web search on every run. Open the official page itself; do not rely on search-result text. Record the exact URL, authority, checked timestamp, page update/effective date when shown, and the applicant facts used for the lookup.
+
+## Verdict Values
+
+Use one of:
+
+- `visa_free`
+- `eta`
+- `evisa`
+- `visa_on_arrival`
+- `consular_visa`
+- `transit_authorization`
+- `residence_route`
+- `mixed`
+- `unresolved`
+
+`mixed` means the itinerary contains different routes, such as visa-free destination entry plus a transit authorization. `Unresolved` is valid only when the conflict and next verification action are visible.
+
+## Required Findings
+
+Capture all applicable conditions:
+
+- eligible travel document and nationality/residence exceptions
+- allowed purposes and work/study restrictions
+- maximum stay, number of entries, validity window, and extension rules
+- policy start/end dates or temporary-program dates
+- passport validity, blank pages, damage, and emergency-document restrictions
+- required arrival mode, approved ports, pre-registration, or invitation
+- onward/return travel, funds, accommodation, insurance, vaccination/health, and registration
+- ETA/eVisa/VOA fee, processing time, payment method, and issuance format
+- transit airside/landside rules, self-transfer, airport change, and overnight stay
+- minor, diplomatic/official passport, crew, refugee-document, and stateless-person exceptions
+- existing visa or residence-permit substitutions
+
+## Freshness Rules
+
+- Check live sources on the day detailed intake starts.
+- Recheck immediately before application submission or payment.
+- Refresh when the route check is more than 7 days old, the itinerary changes, or a policy has a future effective date.
+- Recheck entry and carrier requirements within 72 hours before departure.
+- Never claim “latest” without a checked timestamp.
+
+## Conflict Handling
+
+If official pages disagree, keep the verdict `unresolved`, record both sources and dates, and seek clarification from the responsible mission or immigration authority. Do not choose the more convenient rule. If Timatic conflicts with a government source, record the carrier risk and contact the operating carrier before travel.
+
+## Gate
+
+Do not begin detailed form intake until the HTML shows the verdict, official basis, conditions, transit result, checked timestamp, and recheck deadline. Visa-free or ETA results may end the visa-form workflow and switch the dossier to entry-readiness tracking.