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Smart intake and classification for immigration files.

Client documents arrive as phone photographs, sealed scans and files called doc(3).pdf. The classifier reads all of it, names it, categorises it, and tells you what is missing before a paralegal opens a single PDF.

  • 31document classes recognised
  • 8scripts supported for OCR
  • 4compliance checks per document

Intake queue — Ramírez, EB-2 NIW

45 files received · 10 shown · 312 MB · 6 formats

  • Diploma — PhD Materials Science, TU Delft

    Academic credentialIMG_4821.pdf

  • Official transcript — TU Delft, sealed

    Academic credentialscan0044.pdf

  • Birth certificate — Bogotá, Colombia

    Identity documentSpanish originaldoc(3).pdf

    • No translator certificate — 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3)
  • Expert declaration — Dr. E. Moreau

    Expert testimonyletter_final_v2.docx

  • Expert declaration — Prof. R. Sato

    Expert testimonyJapanese originalWhatsApp Image 2026.jpeg

    • No translator certificate — 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3)
    • Unsigned or undated
  • IRS Form 1040 — TY2024

    Financial recordtaxes 2024.pdf

    • PII detected and redacted
  • Citation report — Scopus, cap. 12 Aug 2026

    Citation evidencescholar_export.csv

  • NSF award notice — CBET-2418803

    Funding recordNSF_award.pdf

  • Passport biographic + entry stamps

    Identity documentpassport scans.pdf

    • PII detected and redacted
  • Employment verification — Corvine Systems

    Employment recordemployer ltr.pdf

    • Unsigned or undated

31 document classes recognised

3 held from the binder

2 redacted

Four checks

What runs on every document, every time.

These are the failures that produce RFEs citing evidence you already filed. All four are mechanical, which is why they should never depend on a person having a good day.

OCR and classification

Multi-pass recognition handles international documents, handwriting on older civil records, and the stamped and embossed surfaces on passports and visas that defeat single-pass OCR. Each document is then classified into one of 31 categories, renamed to something a human can read, and placed in the intake queue with its source filename preserved for audit.

Identity

  • Passport biographic pages
  • Entry and exit stamps
  • National identity cards
  • Birth certificates
  • Marriage and divorce records
  • I-94 arrival records
  • Prior I-797 approval notices

Academic

  • Diplomas and degree certificates
  • Official transcripts
  • Credential evaluations
  • Enrolment verification
  • Thesis and dissertation records

Employment & financial

  • Employer support letters
  • Employment verification letters
  • Pay stubs and W-2s
  • Corporate tax filings
  • LCA and ETA-9089 certifications
  • Offer letters and contracts

Evidentiary

  • Expert declarations and affidavits
  • Peer review and editorial records
  • Citation and impact reports
  • Publication lists
  • Media coverage
  • Award certificates
  • Grant and funding notices
  • Patent and licensing records

Translation compliance

Flags any non-English document lacking a certified English translation and a translator's competence certificate, as 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) requires. Held out of the binder until resolved.

Signature and execution audit

Verifies the presence of a signature and a date on employer letters, expert affidavits and declarations, and flags a signatory that does not match the letter body.

Automated PII redaction

Removes Social Security numbers, bank routing and account numbers, and third-party identifiers including children's dates of birth — from the content stream, not with a black box.

8 CFR 103.2(b)(3)

The translation rule that produces nine percent of RFEs.

Any document in a foreign language must be accompanied by a full English translation and a certification from the translator stating that the translation is complete and accurate and that they are competent to translate. A translation without the certificate does not satisfy the rule, and it is the second half that gets forgotten.

What the classifier checks

  • Document language detected as non-English
  • A translation document is present and paired
  • A translator certificate accompanies the translation
  • The certificate names the translator and asserts competence
  • The certificate is signed and dated

Any check that fails holds the document out of the compiled binder and raises a task on the matter.

Questions

On the intake engine.

Next: the evidentiary mapper

The pipeline runs multi-pass OCR with deskew, denoise and contrast normalisation before recognition, then scores its own confidence per page. Any page below the confidence threshold is surfaced for human review rather than silently accepted — the failure mode we design against is confident wrong text, not missing text.

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Software for licensed attorneys. Not legal advice.

Docket Build is legal technology software designed for use by licensed attorneys and legal professionals. Docket Build does not provide legal advice, does not practice law, and does not create an attorney–client relationship. All legal theories, filings, and petitions must be reviewed and approved by a qualified attorney.