Practice area · Immigration

Details

How the tools fit a immigration matter, the documents involved and the rules they draft around.

Process

The path of a single matter

1

The first call

The Website Intake Assistant talks to a visitor at any hour, collects their name and contact details, and saves a short account of their status and dates as an Inquiry.

2

The rules

Ask the AI Law Assistant about the requirement, such as the residence period for naturalization, with its sources. Matter Management keeps the notice and expiration dates you enter.

3

The letters and checklists

The Document Drafter writes the client letter, the request-for-evidence response and the document checklist, in plain English for the client. Save a response date and the draft is written a few days ahead.

4

The follow-through

Reply to the employer, the sponsor or the agency with the Email Assistant. Each draft is saved for review and nothing is sent without you.

Documents

The documents an immigration firm uses

These are real Document Drafter types. Lengths are for the document itself, and about 450 words fill a page.

Client Letter

Plain-English steps, status or next actions for the client, such as the documents to bring to an interview. Standard length runs about 400 to 700 words. Every plan.

Retainer Agreement

The engagement for a filing, with the scope, the flat fee and which government fees the client pays directly. Standard length runs about 1,600 to 2,600 words. Every plan.

Legal Memo

An internal memorandum on an eligibility question, with authority left for you to fill in and verify. Standard length runs about 1,400 to 2,300 words. Every plan.

Settlement Letter

Not usually used in immigration work; included for matters that also involve a civil dispute with an employer. Standard length runs about 700 to 1,200 words. Every plan.

Checklist

A working checklist of the documents for a petition or application, such as the evidence list for a family petition. Standard length runs about 300 to 600 words. Professional and Enterprise.

Rules

Immigration rules are federal

Immigration law is set by the Immigration and Nationality Act and the agency regulations, not by state law, so this page does not use the state reference file. The table lists the rules the tools cite, with the section each one comes from.

MatterWhere the rule comes fromWhat the tool does
NaturalizationINA § 316(a) and § 319(a)Explains the residence period: five years as a permanent resident, or three years when married to and living with a U.S. citizen. It does not decide eligibility
Family-based petitionINA § 204Lists the evidence for the petitioner's status and the relationship. The petitioner's status and the relationship are facts the attorney checks
Asylum applicationINA § 208(a)(2)(B)Flags the one-year filing deadline and its exceptions. The dates come from your facts

Confirm the current rule and the current form edition before you rely on it. Agency rules and forms change.

Limits

Outside its reach

It does not decide eligibility

It explains the requirement with its source. Whether a client qualifies depends on facts an attorney must check.

It does not file with an agency

Nothing is submitted to USCIS or another agency. Every form and letter is a draft for an attorney to review and file.

It does not predict an outcome

It does not estimate approval times, the chance of approval or the result of an interview.

It does not send anything

Every letter and email is a draft for an attorney to review and send.