Filling out immigration forms has traditionally been a repetitive and error-prone process. Attorneys and legal staff often find themselves entering the same information, names, passport numbers, and dates of birth across multiple forms and documents for a single case. Not only is this time-consuming, but it also increases the risk of inconsistencies that can lead to costly delays or Requests for Evidence (RFEs).
Imagility solves this with cutting-edge Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology, transforming the way attorneys and petitioners complete and review immigration forms.
What Is OCR and Why It Matters in Immigration?
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is a technology that reads and converts text from scanned documents, PDFs, or images into structured, usable data. For immigration practices, this means that data trapped inside resumes, passports, I-20s, educational certificates, and more can be automatically extracted and used to populate form fields. This eliminates the need to manually enter data that already exists in a digital or printed format.
With Imagility, this process happens in real time and with minimal effort saving hours of manual entry and significantly improving data accuracy.
How Imagility Uses OCR to Eliminate Redundancy
Imagility’s immigration platform uses OCR in two powerful areas:
Bulk Upload
Attorneys can upload multiple beneficiary documents through a designated Google Drive path. Here’s how it works
- OCR scans and parses resumes, educational, and immigration documents for multiple beneficiaries.
- Data is extracted in bulk and mapped directly to relevant columns in smart templates.
- These auto-filled templates are then used to create multiple petitions in minutes, no repeated typing, no copy-paste chaos.
Immigration Wizard
When attorneys or petitioners build a petition manually using the Immigration Wizard
- Beneficiary documents are uploaded during the Individual Details step.
- A simple click on “Extract Data” initiates real-time OCR scanning.
- Relevant data is instantly auto-populated into the petition form fields, speeding up workflows while ensuring consistency.
Key Benefits of OCR-Powered Automation
- Eliminates Redundant Entry: Enter once, use across multiple petitions and forms
- Improves Accuracy: Reduces manual errors and mismatches in sensitive data
- Speeds Up Case Prep: What used to take hours now takes minutes
- Boosts Efficiency: Allows firms to handle more cases with fewer resources
- Supports Compliance: Ensures consistency across all documentation
A Better Way to Work
Redundancy in immigration processes is more than an inconvenience, it can impact timelines, increase costs, and affect petition outcomes. By using OCR and smart data extraction, Imagility empowers legal professionals to work smarter, not harder, all while maintaining the highest standards of compliance and accuracy.
Get in touch with us at sales@imagility.co to learn how to simplify your form-filling process using OCR.
