I built a free study-abroad database from 62 governments' official pages. First dataset: proof of funds for a student visa

说明与用途

创建了一个免费的、可随时更新的学生签证资金证明要求数据库，涵盖62个政府来源，可通过公共API和JSON获取。

问题

Students need reliable, up‑to‑date figures for the amount of proof of funds required for a student visa, but official government pages are scattered and often not aggregated.

结果

The project now provides a free, up‑to‑date, and verifiable source for proof‑of‑funds amounts for student visas across 62 countries, reducing research time for prospective students.

工作流

• 1. Scraped official government pages for each of the 62 countries.
• 2. Extracted the yearly proof‑of‑funds requirement or embassy guidance.
• 3. Recorded the figure, source URL, and date checked.
• 4. Compiled the data into a JSON file and published it on the Studies Multiverse website.
• 5. Exposed the data via a public JSON API at https://studiesmultiverse.com/api/v1/.

证据

Studies Multiverse is a side project: a free guide to studying abroad where every figure comes from an official source and carries the date it was checked.

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The first dataset I'm publishing on its own is the one students ask about most: how much money a student visa asks you to prove you have.

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36 of the 62 countries publish a fixed yearly amount; for the other 26 the guide explains what the embassy asks for instead.

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The data is CC BY 4.0 and there is a JSON API at https://studiesmultiverse.com/api/v1/ if you want to build on it.

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