Formi: Automating Immigration

Inspiration

We are a team of international students that have personally felt the burdens of the USCIS complicated bureaucratic process. As such, we deeply resonate with other immigrants who have limited English capabilities and limited access to support resources. Formi was our vision of the intersection of technology and positive social impact.

What it does

Over 50 million immigrants file immigration documents annually in the US alone, forming a $12B+ underserved market. These forms are often complex for immigrants, especially those with limited Out platform aims to provide a quick, simple

How we built it

We developed an interactive prototype mockup of our platform using Figma. Our team heavily focused on understanding the problem, ideating a realistic and impactful solution, and doing market research because we were targeting the Innovation & Entrepreneurship track.

Challenges we ran into

Performing market research in a field that is not well documented and coming up with a differentiated idea that strongly aligned our goals were the largest challenges we faced. Through long and thorough discussions, we finally came up with this idea that we were satisfied with.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Coming to this hackathon empty handed and leaving less than 3 days later with a well-formed business idea and pitch is certainly a feat our team celebrates. Moreover, we've learnt many things together from overcoming our challenges and strengthened our team bonding throughout the event.

What we learned

We've acquired the skills necessary to run through all the preliminary steps of designing and refining a product idea: ideating, prototyping, iterating and in-depth researching. Additionally, we've also learnt how to create a powerful and persuasive business pitch by leveraging concision, clarity and confidence.

What's next for Formi: Automating Immigration

With a solid business foundation in mind, building the first iteration of our platform with code would be the next logical step we plan to pursue.

Built With

• figma