Frequently asked questions

Providers start with a short intro call, then apply and are reviewed by a person — access is by verification only, and review takes up to seven days. Agents sign up free, self-serve.

The application runs in five stages: basic info, identity verification, company details, references, and tariff selection and payment. Identity verification runs through Stripe and takes a few minutes. You can also start with a short intro call before applying. A person then reviews your application — up to seven days — and you get network access and onboarding once approved. If we decline your application, any prepaid fee is refunded, subject to reasonable fraud and compliance checks.

Onboarding with the community manager — goals, jurisdictional focus, your welcome post — then forum access and your first personal introductions.

We keep the network balanced across jurisdictions and practice areas rather than filling a territory with interchangeable firms — where coverage is already strong, access runs through a waiting list. That balance is the point: an agent brings a case to the network because the provider they reach is the right one for it.

No. Solo agents go through identity verification only — no company review.

If you only pass cases on and never take cross-border work yourself, the agent side is enough. If you practise, join as a provider — it covers both directions: you respond to cases in your jurisdictions, and on any provider plan you can still post your own clients' out-of-scope cases for the network to pick up. Provider membership also carries the part of the network that isn't on the platform: the Telegram forum, personal introductions and the online meetings — one to four a month — with access on every seat. The forum is providers only.

Yes, if you work with clients who need to move, invest or structure across borders. You don't need to deliver the work yourself — verified providers do, and practice briefings help you understand the programmes you offer. Start on Agent Free and move to Agent Pro when you need no limits, your own company page or your team.

A vetted professional network for the global mobility industry, operating since 2023: verified peers across 50+ jurisdictions who share practice, build reputations and form partnerships. Membership includes Circle Deals, the network's infrastructure for requests, offers and deals.

Two sides. Providers are the firms delivering the work — immigration, investment migration, visas, corporate services, tax and finance, support services. Agents are advisors and brokers who bring their clients' cases to the network. Every member is verified before access.

Through partnerships and referrals between members: a colleague in another jurisdiction refers a case in yours, agents bring cases to providers, and your own out-of-scope enquiries become referrals with a fee. Circle takes no part in deals and no percentage of them — we earn on membership only.

Circle isn't a lead-generation service. We don't sell leads or promise client volume, and we take 0% of your deals. What reaches you depends on your jurisdictions, your profile, and how active you are in the network. Our job is to keep the membership verified and to give every deal a clear path from first contact to closed payment. This is where the industry refers work to firms it already trusts.

Every provider gets access to Circle's private Telegram forum for the verified network. It's where members raise cross-border questions, compare notes on jurisdictions and cases, flag work they're looking to place, and get to know the people they'll be referring deals to. Access is providers only. Access attaches to each seat on your membership, not to one account holder. Every colleague you add is another person inside the network's knowledge flow — the forum, Circle Deals and the online meetings, one to four a month.

From members' own case work. 100+ companies have been verified into the network since 2023. When a rule changes, someone in the network is already working under it — and says so in the forum threads and at the online meetings, one to four a month.

Yes — Circle runs online meetings, one to four a month, and providers have access to all of them. Beyond attending, you can present your own work in a practice briefing: your explainer of a programme or a service you run, delivered live to the network, with agents and providers in the same room. Every provider plan includes briefings each year — one on Core, two on Team, four on Group. Included with each: the slot, the announcement across Circle's channels, a recap article on the site written by Circle, and the recording for the network. Video cuts, promotion across our social channels and the newsletter, and — once it opens — a segment in the Service Catalogue are by editorial selection.

Yes — Circle runs online meetings, one to four a month, and agents have access to them. It's a direct way to get to know the verified providers you'll be placing cases with, beyond the deal itself. Invitations to Circle Roundtable and Circle Meetup come with Agent Pro.

Circle Council is a closed quarterly meeting on the state and the direction of the network: who the network invites next — which jurisdictions, which service lines, which kinds of firm — what goes into the meeting programme, product priorities, and where the rules of the environment are not working. Circle convenes it and remains responsible for the decisions taken afterwards. Core and Team: Members on this plan are invited individually, on the strength of what they contribute to the network. Group: Your seat is permanent, and you can put an item on the agenda. Members on this plan also receive a quarterly brief on the network.

Publish the request anyway — it reaches the whole network, and a provider with adjacent expertise may take it. The jurisdictions currently covered are listed by region on the For Providers page.

A practice briefing is your own explainer of a programme or a service you run, delivered live to the network — agents and providers in the same room. You propose the topic. The community manager works on it with you beforehand: the angle, the structure, a rehearsal. Core: You speak alongside other members at a shared speakers' meeting. Where a topic warrants it, Circle may invite a Core member to a meeting of their own. Team: The meeting is yours — you are the only speaker, and you choose the quarter. Group: One dedicated meeting each quarter, yours alone. Included in your plan: the slot, the announcement across Circle's channels, a recap article on the site written by Circle, and the recording for the network. By editorial selection: video cuts, promotion across our social channels and the newsletter, and — once it opens — a segment in the Service Catalogue, the shelf of programmes we are building for agents. The slot is provided within your membership year. The topic is yours, the date is agreed with the community manager. An unused slot does not carry over and is not compensated.

An expert article is published on Circle's own surfaces, with your name and your firm on it. You are the expert and the source — the substance is yours. Circle works on the topic and the angle with you, can run it as an interview against questions we prepare, and edits the final text with your agreement before it goes out. This is separate from the forum, where you post as often as you like. The forum is your own channel inside the network; an expert article is a Circle publication. Articles are produced within your membership year and do not carry over.

Included on every plan: verification, onboarding with the community manager, the Telegram forum, Deal Flow from your first day, introductions to relevant members, and every online meeting — one to four a month. Members are invited to Circle Meetup, the network's annual gathering. Professional exchange in the forum — post as often as you like, on any plan. Legislative changes, news from your jurisdiction, observations from your practice, a considered answer to another member's question. Not descriptions of your own services or prices, announcements that you now work in a new country, invitations to your own events, or anything with a call to action.

The feed of open requests inside Circle Deals. Members publish structured client requests; providers respond with offers on the requests that fit their jurisdictions. Every request, offer and deal sits between verified members.

Yes — when a case needs something you don't cover yourself (another jurisdiction, or a different service line), you post a request and verified members respond. Unlimited on every provider plan.

On a commission deal, the provider pays you a referral commission on the agreed terms after the client pays. On white-label, you bill the client and pay the provider for the service.

The deal's status follows the money. Payments are recorded and confirmed inside the platform, and a fully refunded deal reverts to its earlier state instead of closing as completed, so the record matches what actually happened.

Nothing needs to — Circle takes 0% of your deals, so there is nothing to route around. What keeps members inside is the record: contacts open only once your organisations have a deal together, and every completed deal, confirmed payment and piece of partner feedback stays attached to the member inside the network.

Circle is not a party to any deal and takes no responsibility for the work itself — members contract directly with each other, so do your own due diligence before placing a case. What Circle controls is who stays in the network. Report the conduct and we will review it; where a member has breached our standards, membership is not renewed or is withdrawn. Every completed deal, confirmed payment and piece of feedback stays attached to a member's record, which is what keeps standards high. The Complaints & Reporting Policy sets out how to raise a complaint and the limits of our role.

Circle is a vetted network. A free provider tier would dilute the membership and import noise — and every value proposition to agents depends on the absence of random or low-effort providers. Verification and onboarding also carry real cost.

Four things. Jurisdiction reach and seats on the platform. How often you present your practice to the network — one practice briefing and one expert article a year on Core, two of each on Team, four of each on Group. And Circle Council, four sessions a year — three online and one in person at Circle Meetup: Group holds a permanent seat, while Core and Team members are invited on the strength of what they contribute. On Group, Circle Meetup attendance is included for one representative of the firm; on Core and Team it is billed separately. Specialist Visa or Tax providers get higher jurisdiction bands at every tier.

Access ends at the close of the period you've paid for. To return, you may need to re-apply and complete verification again, at the plan fees in effect at that time.

Yes. We send reminders before your membership renews, so you have time to stop it. Providers pay for a year at a time, and access runs to the end of the year already paid for. Agents on a paid plan keep access until the end of the period already paid for. Fees already paid are not refunded in either case.

On Agent Free you work as an individual agent, with a monthly request allowance and a cap on how many deals you keep open at once. Agent Pro removes both, and lets you add your company — name, logo and a company page the network sees — whenever you want to. The current limits are on the pricing page. Agent Pro is priced per seat: colleagues work under your company page, each on their own seat. Agent Pro members are also invited to Circle Roundtable and Circle Meetup; Meetup attendance is billed separately.

On a commission deal, the provider pays the agent a referral commission directly, on terms the two parties agree between themselves. Circle takes 0% of your deals. The only thing you pay Circle is your subscription.

Providers join as verified companies on an annual membership — it reflects a committed, vetted relationship. Agent Pro is priced per seat, monthly or annually; annual costs less.

Agent Free has two limits: how many requests you post each month, and how many deals you keep open at once. Agent Pro has neither. Circle Deals, your partner network and practice briefings are on both. Agent Pro adds a company page, colleagues on their own seats, and invitations to Circle Roundtable and Circle Meetup.

Offers and requests are unlimited on every provider plan. An offer is your response to a case another member has posted. A request is your own case, posted to the network to find a specialist for the work. Neither is capped on any plan. What grows with the tier is jurisdiction reach and seats, how often you present to the network — practice briefings and expert articles are allotted per year by tier — and your place at Circle Council and Circle Meetup.

You can upgrade at any time and the higher limits apply immediately; billing for the new tier starts from the next period. Practice briefings and expert articles move to the new tier's yearly allotment straight away, less whatever you have already used this membership year. Downgrades take effect at the start of the next period, and anything already delivered stands.

Providers with a single service line in Visa Services or Tax & Finance get higher jurisdiction limits, since their work spans more countries within one specialisation. Visa Services covers short-stay visas: tourism, business, transit and other non-immigration visas. Residency and citizenship fall under Immigration Services and Investment Migration, which is why a single-line visa firm legitimately spans many more territories: the work is document-driven and standardised across countries.

Subscriptions are non-refundable. The one exception is the initial application: if we decline it at review, any prepaid fee is refunded, subject to reasonable fraud and compliance checks. Once you're admitted, fees for a paid term are not refunded.

No. A free agent account publishes requests, sends a request to a specific provider, and keeps its partner contacts. What Agent Pro adds is volume — how many requests you post and how many deals you run at once — plus your company page, colleagues and invitations to Circle Roundtable and Circle Meetup.

An active jurisdiction is a territory where you can respond to requests in Deal Flow and open deals. Sending your own requests is not restricted by jurisdiction — you can look for a specialist anywhere in the network. Each plan includes a set number of active jurisdictions, and firms working in a single service line — Tax & Finance or Visa Services — hold wider bands. On Team and Group you can add jurisdictions for an annual fee each. The current limits and prices are on the pricing page.

A seat is a colleague from your firm with their own login. On Core and Team you can add seats for an annual fee per seat; Group has no limit. The current price is on the pricing page.

An offer is your response to a case another member has posted. A request is your own case, posted to the network to find a specialist for the work. Neither is capped on any plan. Not a guarantee of incoming requests or deals.

Sovium Ltd, trading as Circle, is the controller of your personal data. The Privacy Notice sets out what we collect, why, how long we keep it, who processes it on our behalf, and the rights you have — including access, correction, erasure and objection. Identity verification runs through a third-party provider rather than being handled by us directly. If you have a concern about how we handle your data, the Complaints & Reporting Policy explains how to raise it.

Other verified providers can find you through search and open your full profile — the details you've chosen to publish, plus your verification and licences. Agents see far less: until you share an active deal, an agent sees only your avatar and first name. Your full profile and contacts open to them only once a deal is underway.

As little as possible. A request carries the case, not the person — jurisdictions, service line, budget, timeline, citizenship — not your client's name. Identifying details and supporting documents are exchanged directly between the two parties, off the platform.