About this tool
This is a free tool that explains, in plain words, how U.S. immigration processes generally work. It was built so that a worried person can understand the ground before talking to a lawyer.
What it does
It explains processes in general terms: what asylum is, how petitioning for a relative works, what a work permit is, what the papers that arrive in the mail mean, what happens in immigration court, and how to recognise someone who is not authorised to give legal help.
It names forms by number where that helps, because form numbers are public and do not change from person to person.
It answers in whichever language you write in, Spanish or English.
It ends every answer with concrete questions you can ask a lawyer. That is the most useful part: arriving at a consultation knowing what to ask changes a great deal about what comes out of it.
What it deliberately does not do
It does not tell you whether you qualify for anything. That depends on specific facts about your life, and only a lawyer can assess them.
It does not give deadlines or cut-off dates. A deadline stated to the wrong person is a real harm, and these vary by case.
It does not say how long something will take. Timelines change, and a wrong figure would have someone planning their life around something false.
It does not predict the outcome of any case, and it does not answer where anyone’s case stands.
It does not invent figures. It repeats only the fee amounts a person verified against the official government source, and it says they can change.
When the answer is not in the content it has, it says so. It does not fill the gap with guesses.
Why routing you to a lawyer is the point, not a limitation
It would be easy to build a tool that answers everything. It would also be dangerous. In immigration, one specific detail said confidently to the wrong person can cost them a case.
This tool is built to explain the ground and then leave the decision with someone who can see your whole situation and be accountable for what they say.
That is why the option to speak with a lawyer is on every screen, in the same words for everyone, and appears only when you look for it. It never appears because a system decided you look like an interesting case.
Where the information comes from
The content was written by hand against official U.S. government sources: uscis.gov and the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review pages.
Every claim has its source recorded, and a person walks that list before anything is published.
The tool answers only from that content. It does not search the internet while answering you.
What it costs
Nothing. There is no account, no sign-up, we do not ask for your email or phone number, and there is nothing to buy.